have been cited as a contributing factor. To explore whether religion itself is associated with differences in sanitation …-representative data sets from India. Across all three data sets, the unconditional religion-specific gap in latrine ownership and latrine …. Further, the estimates do not show evidence of religion-specific differences in other sanitation practices, such as …

for about 11 percent of firms and are more prevalent in countries with better rule of law, gender equality, and stronger … related to gender equality, it is smaller where there isless emphasis on personal networks (better rule of law, lower trade …

What sorts of conditions make some countries more prone to corruption than the others? This is an important question … for understanding how corruption arises and how to combat it. The present paper attempts to answer this question by … exploring the link between the size of the country and corruption. Economic theory suggests advantages and disadvantages of …

, but the impact varies by income group. Provisions outside the current mandate of the World Trade Organization (investment … under the current World Trade Organization mandate (tariff reduction and customs facilitation) drive the effect of trade …

paper shows that small developing countries are more prone to domestic output shocks, while shocks to the world interest …