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Do demographics matter for African child poverty?
Batana, Yélé Maweki; Cockburn, John - 2018
The effect of demographics on poverty measurement based on per capita consumption is well known. The size and composition of the household can affect the well-being of everyone in the household, with respect to total consumption within that household. Failure to address this issue may often lead...
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Identifying catch-up trajectories in child growth : new methods with evidence from young lives
Jones, Sam; Behrman, Jere R.; Dang, Hai-Anh H.; Anand, Paul - 2018
Definitions of catch-up growth in anthropometric outcomes among young children vary across studies. This paper distinguishes between catch-up in the mean of a group toward that of a healthy reference population versus catch-up within the group, associated with a narrowing of the outcome...
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Atlas of global development
World Bank - 2009 - 2nd ed
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Global Inequality in a More Educated World
Ahmed, Syud Amer - 2017
In developing countries, younger and better-educated cohorts are entering the workforce. This developing world-led education wave is altering the skill composition of the global labor supply, and impacting income distribution, at the national and global levels. This paper analyzes how this...
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Demography, Urbanization and Development : Rural Push, Urban Pull and... Urban Push?
Jedwab, Remi - 2015
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Impact of free trade agreement use on import prices
Hayakawa, Kazunobu; Nuttawut Laksanapanyakul; Mukunoki, … - 2018
This paper examines the impact of free trade agreement (FTA) use on import prices. For this analysis, it employs establishment-level import data with information on tariff schemes, that is, the FTA and most-favored-nation schemes used for importing. Unlike previous studies, this paper estimates...
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Thailand Economic Monitor, June 2016 : Aging Society and Economy
Ariyapruchya, Kiatipong - 2016
help Thailand weather shocks …
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Qualitative Assessment of Health Equity among the Elderly People in Thailand : Utilization and Financial Protection
World Bank Group - 2015
Thailand has succeeded in expanding coverage of publicly-funded and publicly-managed health insurance schemes …, following the introduction of universal health coverage policy in 2001. While Thailand's achievement of universal health … financial protection. A recent study by Thailand's health insurance system research office (HISRO) shows that utilization of …
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Economic Inclusion of LGBTI Groups in Thailand
World Bank Group - 2018
Thailand is widely considered progressive among developing and middle-income countriesregarding the inclusion of … orientation and gender identity (SOGI) in Thailand is qualitative in nature. A new study led by the World Bank, in partnership … quantitative data on economic and financial outcomes for a large, statistically significant sample of LGBTI people in Thailand …
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Thailand Economic Monitor, April 2018 : Beyond the Innovation Paradox
World Bank Group - 2018
recovery in advanced economies and emerging markets and developing economies. Thailand has continued to make progress in … reducing poverty. Thailand's economic recovery is expected to accelerate in 2018, with growth projected at 4.1 percent, driven … by external demand and private consumption. Thailand is an example of an emerging market facing the innovation paradox …
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