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Effects of Trade Liberalization on Textile and Apparel Exports from Sub-Sahara Africa
Van Biesebroeck, Johannes - 2019
indicate strongly positive export effects, which are especially large for textile, apparel, and leather products, and tend to ….73 percent and to the United States by 0.30 percent; effects are two to three times as large for textiles. The presence of strong … export effects to the EU and the United States show an opposite sign …
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Big Dragon, Little Dragons : China's Challenge to the Machinery Exports of Southeast Asia
Rahardja, Sjamsu - 2016
This paper investigates the extent of China's export boom in machinery and analyzes trade in components and finished …
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The Relationship between Female Labor Force Participation and Violent Conflicts in South Asia
Robertson, Raymond - 2020
This paper explores the link between the prevalence of violent conflicts and extremely low female labor force participation rates in South Asia. The Labor Force Surveys from Bangladesh, Sri Lanka, India, and Pakistan are merged with the Global Terrorism Database to estimate the relationship...
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Analyzing Female Employment Trends in South Asia
Najeeb, Fatima - 2020
This paper studies employment patterns and trends in South Asia to shed light on determinants of extremely low female employment rates in the region. After a comprehensive literature review, the authors use employment data from about one hundred censuses and surveys from Afghanistan, Bangladesh,...
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Regional Integration in South Asia : Implications for Green Growth, Female Labor Force Participation, and the Gender Wage Gap
Mani, Muthukumara - 2020
The study aims to provide insights to policy makers in measuring the impact of trade liberalization and regional integration measures on gender employment and wages. The study incorporates gender-differentiated employment and wages for selected South Asian economies across sectors to identify...
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Special Study on Benchmarking the Quality of Project Economic Analysis for the South Asia Region
Ezemenari, Kene - 2017
This paper benchmarks the quality of project economic analysis in South Asia against other World Bank regions, using data on project exits between 1975 and 2015. The results show that the South Asia region performs on par with the other regions, in that the share of project documents that report...
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International Comparisons of Poverty in South Asia
Islam, T. M. Tonmoy - 2018
This paper explores the methodological differences underlying the construction of the national consumption aggregates that are used to estimate international poverty rates for all countries in the South Asia region, including Afghanistan, Bangladesh, Bhutan, India, Maldives, Nepal, Pakistan, and...
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Feeding of Infants and Young Children in South Asia
Torlesse, Harriet - 2018
Poor breastfeeding and complementary feeding practices predict child stunting and wasting in South Asia, suggesting that initiatives to end undernutrition in the region should focus on improving the diets of young children. This review of the literature finds that South Asia has made relatively...
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Fiscal Policy and Economic Activity in South Asia
Beyer, Robert - 2019
This paper analyzes whether fiscal policy in South Asia amplifies or smooths business cycle fluctuations. The paper estimates several econometric models to explore the cyclicality of government spending and tax buoyancy. The findings show that fiscal policy is procyclical in most countries. In...
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Employment in South Asia : A New Dataset
Beyer, Robert - 2019
This paper presents a new dataset of comparable employment indicators for South Asian countries, constructed from more than 60 primary data sources from 2001 to 2017. The main contribution of the paper is to curate the information provided by individual respondents to censuses and surveys, in a...
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