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An evaluation of overseas oil investment projects under uncertainty using a real options based simulation model
Zhu, Lei; Zhang, ZhongXiang; Fan, Ying - 2011
value of oil overseas investment projects of three oil field sizes (large, medium, small) and under different resource tax …
Persistent link: https://www.econbiz.de/10009379748
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The impact of agricultural extension for improved management practices : an evaluation of the Uruguayan livestock program
Maffioli, Alessandro; Muffally, Conner - 2014
Management is an important input into agricultural production, as it a determinant of the uptake and proper implementation of productive technologies and practices. While there is a large literature on evaluations of extension programs meant to improve management practices in agricultural...
Persistent link: https://www.econbiz.de/10011285055
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The effect of fair trade affiliation on child schooling : evidence from a sample of Chilean honey producers
Becchetti, Leonardo; Castriota, Stefano; Michetti, Melania - 2012
We evaluate the impact of fair trade (FT) affiliation on child schooling within a sample of Chilean honey producers with a retrospective panel data approach. From a theoretical point of view we argue that FT should have a positive effect on child schooling since it generates a short run pure...
Persistent link: https://www.econbiz.de/10009611895
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Organizational efficiency or bureaucratic quagmire : do quality at entry assessments improve project performance?
Corral, Leonardo; McCarthy, Nancy - 2017
Do quality at entry assessments enhance the delivery of development projects? In this paper we take advantage of … approval and execution systems in place at the Inter-American Development Bank (IDB) to examine whether projects that have … effective framework for assessing quality at entry for IDB projects, though there is scope to improve the checklist for certain …
Persistent link: https://www.econbiz.de/10011661665
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Junior farmer field schools, agricultural knowledge and spillover effects : quasi-experimental evidence from Northern Uganda
Bonan, Jacopo; Pagani, Laura - 2016
We analyse the impact of a junior farmer field school project in Northern Uganda on students’ agricultural knowledge and practices. We also test for the presence of intergenerational learning spillover within households. We use differences-in-differences estimators with ex-ante matching. We...
Persistent link: https://www.econbiz.de/10011591627
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Management and execution of investment projects, the task prior to the measurement of development effectiveness : the case of the Inter-American Development Bank
LaGarda, Guillermo; Linares, Jennifer; Lopez Marmolejo, … - 2018
The literature on development effectiveness has traditionally focused on the ex-post analysis of projects. While this …: the measurement of the efficiency in the execution of investment projects. This document aims to identify the determinants … factors that are associated with faster or slower disbursement on several stages of the projects' life cycle. The basic …
Persistent link: https://www.econbiz.de/10011927224
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Gestión y ejecución de proyectos de inversión, tarea previa a la medición de la efectividad del desarrollo : el caso del Banco Interamericano de Desarrollo
LaGarda, Guillermo; Linares, Jennifer; Lopez Marmolejo, … - 2018
The literature on development effectiveness has traditionally focused on the ex-post analysis of projects. While this …: the measurement of the efficiency in the execution of investment projects. This document aims to identify the determinants … factors that are associated with faster or slower disbursement on several stages of the projects' life cycle. The basic …
Persistent link: https://www.econbiz.de/10011927233
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The Basilicata wealth fund : resource policy and long-run economic development in southern Italy
Iacono, Roberto - 2015
proposing a new resource policy for the oil-rich southern Italian region of Basilicata. The policy proposal is to establish a …
Persistent link: https://www.econbiz.de/10011391851
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Is disaster risk reduction spending driven by the occurrence of natural disasters? : evidence from Peru
Miller, Sebastián; Vela, Mauricio A. - 2014
received by region in order to prevent future natural disasters. Impacts of geological disaster, on the other hand, affect the …
Persistent link: https://www.econbiz.de/10011285568
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Assessing the effects of eclimate and socioeconomic factors on vulnerability to vector-borne diseases in Latin America
García Ayala, Rodrigo; Estrugo, Andrés - 2014
Climate change is imposing a large burden on the most vulnerable populations, particularly in the developing world. Establishing consistent causal relationships, however, is difficult because a multiplicity of climatic, economic and sociodemographic elements are combined to create the conditions...
Persistent link: https://www.econbiz.de/10011286265