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Corruption and assortative matching of partners in international trade

Cooray, Arusha; Jha, Chandan Kumar; Panda, Bibhudutta - 2020

While the effects of corruption on bilateral trade have been relatively well explored, its effect on the composition of … trading partners has not been studied. In this paper, we argue that corruption in a country is likely to impose asymmetric … costs on its trading partners depending on their characteristics. As a result, as the level of corruption in a country …

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Rural roads and urban agglomeration economies : benefits for town and country?

Bell, Clive - 2018

Do urban agglomeration economies enhance the social profitability of rural roads? When all goods are traded at parametric world prices, lower transport costs benefit villagers. Urban activities and welfare are unaffected if labour is immobile, but their levels fall when rural workers move freely...

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Dynamics of off-farm self-employment in the West African Sahel

Dedehouanou, Fidèle Ange; Alia, Didier Yélognissè - 2020

This study uses detailed household-level data to analyse off-farm self-employment dynamics in Mali and Niger. It adds to the literature that acknowledges the existence of heterogeneities in informal work and the body of evidence on informal self-employment in fragile and conflict-affected...

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The effects of armed conflicts on local economic dynamics in the Mopti and Ségou regions of Mali

Tangara, Mahamadou Bassirou - 2024

Armed conflicts significantly affect the social and economic conditions of societies in turmoil, disrupting the normal functioning of local economies. This study seeks to delve into the repercussions of armed conflicts on the dynamics of local economies in Ségou and Mopti, Mali, since the...

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The social profitability of rural roads in a small open economy : do urban agglomeration economies matter?

Bell, Clive - 2020

In the presence of agglomeration economies, the effects of a rural roads programme depend not only on the reduction in transportation costs, but also on the form of labour mobility. When financed by a poll tax on rural households, the wage will rise, accompanied by some return migration,...

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Revisiting community-driven reconstruction in fragile states

Samii, Cyrus - 2023

relative to alternative strategies in terms of its efficiency and relative invulnerability to corruption. Institutions created …

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Using remote tracking technologies to audit and understand medicine theft

Jablonski, Ryan; Seim, Brigitte; Barbosa, Mariana Carvalho - 2023

Medicine theft is a leading cause of inadequate healthcare. Audits of public health supply chains suggest that up to a third of medicines go missing in low-income countries, disproportionately affecting those facing greater health risks and poverty. Despite much investment, policy-makers...

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Taxation, infrastructure, and firm performance in developing countries

Chauvet, Lisa; Ferry, Marin - International Centre for Tax and Development - 2016

when corruption is too pervasive, and when the origin of tax revenue origin reduces government accountability. Lastly, our …

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A short history of India's economy : a chapter in the Asian drama

Basu, Kaushik - 2018

This paper is a short history of the Indian economy since 1968. India today is a changed country from what it was half a century ago, when Myrdal published his Asian Drama. The stranglehold of low growth has been broken, its population below the poverty line has fallen markedly, and India has...

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Deterrence, peer effect, and legitimacy in anti-corruption policy-making : an experimental analysis

Boly, Amadou; Gillanders, Robert; Miettinen, Topi - 2016

Official A at almost all individual detection levels. This 'legitimacy' effect may help explain why anti-corruption policies …

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