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Mungiu-Pippidi, Alina - 2017

context and not at individual level. Presuming corruption to be the exception and public integrity the norm in every society …To understand why corruption has become the crucial issue for the latest generation of protest movements and uprisings …, from Tunisia to Moldova and from India to Brazil, public corruption is best conceived as part of a broader social order …

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Political connections and financial constraints : evidence from transition countries

Bussolo, Maurizio; De Nicola, Francesca; Panizza, Ugo; … - 2019

This paper examines whether political connections ease financial constraints faced by firms. Using firm-level data from six Central and Eastern European economies, the paper shows that politically connected firms: (i) have high levels of leverage, (ii) have low levels of profitability, (iii) are...

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How much does reducing inequality matter for global poverty?

Lakner, Christoph; Mahler, Daniel Gerszon; Negre, Mario; … - 2019

countries comprising 97 percent of the world's population, this paper simulates a set of scenarios for global poverty from 2018 …

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From theory to practice : open government data, accountability, and service delivery

Jelenic, Michael Christopher - 2019

Open data and open government data have recently attracted much attention as a means to innovate, add value, and improve outcomes in a variety of sectors, public and private. Although some of the benefits of open data initiatives have been assessed in the past, particularly their economic and...

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Monetary policy in fossil fuel exporters : the curse of horizons

Arezki, Rabah - 2019

This paper examines the role of monetary policy in fossil fuel exporters at different horizons. The main argument is that central banks in these economies need to look beyond the horizon of the business cycle. In the short run, (independent) monetary policy should flexibly target inflation. In...

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Better policies from policy-selective aid?

Annen, Kurt; Knack, Stephen F. - 2019

countries an incentive to improve policies. The paper estimates that a change in the World Banks Country Policy and …

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Does rainfall matter for economic growth? : evidence from global sub-national data (1990-2014)

Damania, Richard; Desbureaux, Sébastien; Zaveri, Esha - 2019

(especially in the climate economy literature) finds that precipitation has no robust and significant impact on various measures …

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Labor market impacts and responses : the economic consequences of a marine environmental disaster

Hoang Trung Xuan; Duong Trung Le; Nguyen, Ha; Nguyen … - 2019

This paper examines the labor market impacts of a large-scale marine environmental crisis caused by toxic chemical contamination in Vietnam's central coast in 2016. Combining labor force surveys with satellite data on fishing-boat detection, the analysis finds negative and heterogeneous impacts...

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Tracking the sustainable development goals : emerging measurement challenges and further reflections

Dang, Hai-Anh H.; Serajuddin, Umar - 2019

The Sustainable Development Goals recently adopted by the United Nations represent an important step to identify shared global goals for development over the next two decades. Yet, the stated goals are not as straightforward and easy to interpret as they appear on the surface. Review of the...

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The economics of international student and scholar mobility : directions for research

Chellaraj, Gnanaraj - 2019

International trade in higher education services in the form of international student mobility has increased sharply since the 1960s and especially from Eastern Europe and Central Asia since the fall of the Soviet Union. Many international students, especially those with graduate degrees, stay...

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