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The Composition of Growth Matters for Poverty Alleviation
Loayza, Norman - 2016
This paper contributes to explain the cross-country heterogeneity of the poverty response to changes in economic growth. It does so by focusing on the structure of output growth. The paper presents a two-sector theoretical model that clarifies the mechanism through which the sectoral composition...
Persistent link: https://www.econbiz.de/10012747900
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The Effects of Health Insurance within Families : Experimental Evidence from Nicaragua
Fitzpatrick, Anne - 2017
among insured and uninsured children in Nicaragua. The study utilizes a randomized trial and age-eligibility cut-off in …
Persistent link: https://www.econbiz.de/10012951518
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Increasing the Sustainability of Rural Water Service : Findings from the Impact Evaluation Baseline Survey in Nicaragua
Borja-Vega, Christian - 2017
Nicaragua. The overall objective of the evaluation is to assess the causal impact of the provision of technical assistance …
Persistent link: https://www.econbiz.de/10012941036
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Demand Versus Returns? Pro-Poor Targeting of Business Grants and Vocational Skills Training
Macours, Karen - 2017
communities in Nicaragua. On average, the interventions resulted in increased participation in non-agricultural employment and …
Persistent link: https://www.econbiz.de/10012974524
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Transfers, Diversification and Household Risk Strategies : Experimental Evidence with Lessons for Climate Change Adaptation
Macours, Karen - 2017
effective policies to facilitate adaptation. This paper presents experimental evidence on a program in rural Nicaragua aimed at …
Persistent link: https://www.econbiz.de/10012975269
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The Impact of Wealth on the Amount and Quality of Child Labor
Del Carpio, Ximena V. - 2017
trial data, which were collected for the evaluation of the 2006 Nicaragua conditional cash transfer program. This social …
Persistent link: https://www.econbiz.de/10012975476
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Cash Transfers, Behavioral Changes, and Cognitive Development in Early Childhood : Evidence from a Randomized Experiment
Macours, Karen - 2017
analyzes the impact of a randomized cash transfer program on cognitive development in early childhood in rural Nicaragua. It …
Persistent link: https://www.econbiz.de/10012746754
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Do Regional Trade Pacts Benefit the Poor? An Illustration from the Dominican Republic-Central American Free Trade Agreement in Nicaragua
Bussolo, Maurizio - 2016
the Central American Free Trade Area agreement on Nicaragua. The authors use a general equilibrium macro model to simulate … can be as important as growth. The main policy message that emerges from the paper is that Nicaragua should consider …
Persistent link: https://www.econbiz.de/10012748074