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Social Spending, Distribution, and Equality of Opportunities : Opportunity Incidence Analysis
Cuesta, Jose - 2017
"opportunity incidence analysis" to six pilot countries: Liberia, Cote d?Ivoire, Zambia, Tajikistan, Thailand, and Paraguay. Three …
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Stuck in the Middle? Human Capital Development and Economic Growth in Malaysia and Thailand
Jimenez, Emmanuel - 2017
surmount. Slowing momentum in countries like Malaysia and Thailand has led analysts and policy makers to consider what it would … education system is fundamental to equip workers with marketable skills. Malaysia and Thailand have successfully expanded access …
Persistent link: https://www.econbiz.de/10012974793
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The Surprising Effects of the Great Recession : Losers and Winners in Thailand in 2008-2009
Haughton, Jonathan - 2017
In 2009, buffeted by the great recession, Thai gross domestic product fell by 2.3 percent. Using monthly data from the socio-economic surveys of 2007-2010, this paper finds, after controlling for household variables, that real consumption per capita rose in 2009 relative to 2008 for most groups,...
Persistent link: https://www.econbiz.de/10012974856
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What is Behind the Decline in Poverty Since 2000? Evidence from Bangladesh, Peru and Thailand
Inchauste, Gabriela - 2017
Thailand over the last decade. In contrast to methods that focus on aggregate summary statistics, the method adopted here …, mostly in the form of farm income in Bangladesh and Thailand and non-farm income in the case of Peru. This growth in labor … case of Bangladesh and through public and private transfers in Peru and Thailand. Transfers are more important in …
Persistent link: https://www.econbiz.de/10012974979
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The Health Effects of Universal Health Care : Evidence from Thailand
Wagstaff, Adam - 2017
This paper exploits the staggered rollout of Thailand?s universal health coverage scheme to estimate its impacts on …
Persistent link: https://www.econbiz.de/10012975144
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Universal Health Care and Informal Labor Markets : The Case of Thailand
Wagstaff, Adam - 2017
This paper explores the possibility that universal health coverage may inadvertently result in distorted labor market choices, with workers preferring informal employment over formal employment, leading to negative effects on investment and growth, as well as reduced protection against...
Persistent link: https://www.econbiz.de/10012975149
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Household Coping and Response to Government Stimulus in an Economic Crisis : Evidence from Thailand
Khandker, Shahidur R. - 2017
in softening the effects of these shocks, this paper examines recent nationally-representative data from Thailand, an …
Persistent link: https://www.econbiz.de/10012975328
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What Happens When the Market Shifts to China? The Gabon Timber and Thai Cassava Value Chains
Kaplinsky, Raphael - 2017
Rapid economic growth in China has boosted its demand for commodities. At the same time, many commodity sectors have experienced declining demand from high-income northern economies. This paper examines two hypotheses of the consequences of this shift in final markets for the organization of...
Persistent link: https://www.econbiz.de/10012976690
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Impact of Free Trade Agreement Use on Import Prices
Hayakawa, Kazunobu - 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...
Persistent link: https://www.econbiz.de/10012921122
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Economic Impacts of Sanitation in Southeast Asia : Summary
Hutton, Guy - 2016
This study examines the major health, water, environmental, tourism and other welfare impacts associated with poor sanitation in Cambodia, Indonesia, the Philippines and Vietnam. By examining the economic impacts of poor sanitation, and the potential gains from improved sanitation, this study...
Persistent link: https://www.econbiz.de/10012747353