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The effects of urban transport policies on household welfare are a broadly understudied topic in developing countries …. The paper uses pooled cross-sectional household survey data, analyzed by block, over 2008-15 and a difference …
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detailed individual-level information from household surveys of several countries in the region. The paper widens an ongoing …
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paper finds that through bulk purchasing the average household could spend 8.7 percent less without reducing purchasing …
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Intra-household inequalities have long been a source of concern for policy design, but there is very little evidence … overall poverty rate, but individual poverty statuses are affected. Intra-household consumption inequalities accounts for 14 … percent of inequality in Senegal. The authors uncover the fact that household structure and organization are key correlates of …
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between rural non-farm activities (wage and self-employment) and household welfare in rural Malawi. The paper analyzes the …
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structure of their houses, household assets and appliances, and vehicles. With recurrent floods, they continue to bear the cost …
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This paper studies long-term impacts of violent conflict, to provide insights into the costs of conflict and policies to prevent conflict relapse. The findings link evidence on the contemporaneous effects of conflict with its persistent impact, especially by combining multiple data sources such...
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As many as 50 million people in Pakistan may still live without connection to the electric grid. Pakistan also has some of the world's worst power outages. Using data from a nationally representative two-period panel survey, this paper presents the first empirical evidence on the cost of...
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opportunities, including for women and youth. This paper examines the role of e-commerce participation in household income growth …-commerce participation is not random: participation is higher among the households with younger household heads, with secondary education …-commerce participation is associated with higher household income, with some indications that participation has a strong positive effect on …
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-commerce development has shaped household consumption growth in China. The paper presents three major findings. First, e …
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