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discusses and models various political economy aspects of fuel subsidies, focusing on gasoline and kerosene. Both economic and …
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This paper studies the effect of political regime transitions on public policy using a new data set on global agricultural and food policies over a 50-year period (including data from 74 developing and developed countries over the 1955?2005 period). The authors find evidence that democratization...
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This paper argues that state weakness is broader than implied previously in the civil war literature, and that particular types of weakness in interaction with natural resources have aggravating or mitigating consequences for the risk of civil war. While in anocracies or unstable regimes natural...
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This study conducted an experimental intervention in unelectrified areas of northern Bangladesh to investigate the …
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forward. A simple growth model calibrated to the Bangladesh economy is used to analyze various growth scenarios. The main …Bangladesh has achieved robust economic growth over the past 10 years, with real GDP growing by more than 6 percent on …
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Millions of villagers in Bangladesh are exposed to arsenic by drinking contaminated water from private wells. Testing … randomized controlled trial conducted in 112 villages in Bangladesh to evaluate the effectiveness of different test selling …
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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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empirical illustration documenting changes in sanitation deprivation in Bangladesh showcases the measures' ability to identify …
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This study uses a choice experiment among 2,000 workers in Bangladesh to elicit willingness to pay (WTP) for job …
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impacts of rural road projects using household-level panel data from Bangladesh. Rural road investments are found to reduce …
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