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Migration and climate change in rural Africa
Cattaneo, Cristina; Massetti, Emanuele - 2015
We analyse whether migration is an adaptation that households employ to cope with climate in Ghana and Nigeria. If migration is part of the present adaptation portfolio of households in developing countries, it is reasonable to expect that it will also be an adaptation to future climate change....
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Complementarities in infrastructure : evidence from rural India
Vanden Eynde, Oliver; Wren-Lewis, Liam - 2021
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From contractors to investors? : evolving engagement of Chinese state capital in global infrastructure development and the case of Lekki Port in Nigeria
Zhang, Hong - 2023
This paper introduces and critically analyzes an emerging form of global infrastructure development by China's infrastructure construction companies, known as "integrated investment, construction, and operation" (IICO). This model has been promoted by the Chinese infrastructure industry,...
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Trade and infrastructure integration in Africa
Fontagné, Lionel; Lebrand, Mathilde; Murray, Siobhan; … - 2020
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Making rapid strides : agriculture in Madhya Pradesh : sources, drivers, and policy lessons
Gulati, Ashok; Rajkhowa, Pallavi; Sharma, Pravesh - 2017
Agriculture growth in Madhya Pradesh (MP) during the decade long period of 2005-06 to 2014-15 was around 9.7 per cent … per annum, which is the highest growth rate registered in agriculture by any major state of India over a ten year period … a lesson worth learning for many states of India who are struggling to get their agriculture moving. In this paper, we …
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Econometric evidence on the benefits of infrastructure investment : an Australian transport perspective
Luskin, David (agent) - 1996
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Place-based policies
Neumark, David; Simpson, Helen - 2014
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Sectoral productivity growth, COVID-19 shocks, and infrastructure
Ahumada, Hildegart A.; Cavallo, Eduardo A.; … - 2021
This paper examines sectoral productivity shocks of the COVID-19 pandemic, their aggregate impact, and the possible compensatory effects of improving productivity in infrastructure-related sectors. We employ the KLEMS annual dataset for a group of OECD and Latin America and the Caribbean...
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Public investment in Belgium : current state and economic impact
Biatour, Bernadette; Kegels, Chantal; Van der Linden, Jan; … - 2017
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Bright investments : measuring the impact of transport infrastructure using luminosity data in Haiti
Mitnik, Oscar A.; Sanchez, Raul; Yañez-Pagans, Patricia - 2018
This paper quantifies the impacts of transport infrastructure investments on economic activity in Haiti, proxied by satellite luminosity data. Our identification strategy exploits the differential timing of rehabilitation projects across various road segments of the primary road network. We...
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