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Psychic vs. economic barriers to vaccine take-up : evidence from a field experiment in Nigeria
Sato, Ryoko; Takasaki, Yoshito - 2018
This paper experimentally evaluates the relative importance of psychic costs of tetanus vaccination compared to monetary costs among women in rural Nigeria. To measure psychic costs, vaccine take-up between two conditions to receive cash incentives is compared: clinic attendance vs. vaccine...
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In the Dark : How Much Do Power Sector Distortions Cost South Asia?
Zhang, Fan - 2018
-7 percent of the gross domestic product in Bangladesh, India,and Pakistan. Some of the largest costs are upstream and downstream …
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Economic Costs Associated to the Coronavirus Pandemic for Vietnam
Morisset, Jacques - 2020
The short-term impact of coronavirus outbreak (i.e., 2019-nCov) on Vietnam's economy could be significant, as high 6-10 percent of monthly output, but short-lived if the outbreak is rapidly contained. While the recent measures by the Government to limit the mobility of people, goods, and...
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Demystifying the costs of electricity generation technologies
Timilsina, Govinda R. - 2020
The levelized cost of electricity is the most common indicator used to compare the cost competitiveness of electricity-generating technologies. Several studies claim that some renewable energy technologies, particularly utility-scale solar photovoltaic and onshore wind, are cost-competitive with...
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Challenges in Assessing the Costs of Household Cooking Energy in Lower-Income Countries
Toman, Michael - 2017
The paper discusses challenges in analyzing the costs of household cooking methods (fuels and associated stove technologies) in lower-income countries, and sources of divergence between observed and true social costs. The challenges in assessing social costs include valuation of household time,...
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Short and long-run labor market effects of developing country exports : evidence from Bangladesh
Robertson, Raymond; Kokas, Deeksha; Cardozo, Diego; … - 2020
the Multifibre Arrangement (MFA) - spread through Bangladesh's labor markets. Although the end of the MFA was arguably … exogenous to Bangladesh, the authors instrument export demand with OECD imports to ensure identification. The paper compares …, Bangladesh's export shock was sector specific, limited predominantly to the female-intensive garment and textile sector. The …
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What aspects of formality do workers value? : evidence from a choice experiment in Bangladesh
Mahmud, Minhaj Uddin; Gutierrez, Italo A.; Kumar, Krishna B. - 2020
This study uses a choice experiment among 2,000 workers in Bangladesh to elicit willingness to pay (WTP) for job …
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Assessing deprivation with an ordinal variable : theory and application to sanitation deprivation in Bangladesh
Seth, Suman; Yalonetzky, Gastón - 2020
empirical illustration documenting changes in sanitation deprivation in Bangladesh showcases the measures' ability to identify …
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Children need clean water to grow : E. Coli contamination of drinking water and childhood nutrition in Bangladesh
Joseph, George; Haque, Sabrina S.; Moqueet, Nazia; Hoo, … - 2019
younger than age five years, using unique cross-sectional data from the 2012-13 Bangladesh Multiple Indicator Cluster Survey …
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Impact of salinity on infant and neonatal mortality in Bangladesh
Joseph, George; Wang, Qiao; Chellaraj, Gnanaraj; … - 2019
In this paper, the impact of salinity on maternal and child health in Bangladesh is analyzed using data from the … Bangladesh Demographic Health Surveys. A U-shaped association between drinking water salinity and infant and neonatal mortality …, especially in the coastal areas of Bangladesh …
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