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Creative Trade for Human Development
Kabanda, Patrick - 2017
In recent years, international trade in creative goods and services has been expanding. But this upward march is not lifting all boats. Although many developing countries are endowed with vast cultural wealth, they still lag behind. In addition, women are not faring well. Much needs to be done...
Persistent link: https://www.econbiz.de/10012968765
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Trade in Developing East Asia : How it Has Changed and Why it Matters
Constantinescu, Ileana Cristina - 2018
East Asia, for long the epitome of successful engagement in trade, faces serious challenges: technological change that may threaten the very model of labor intensive industrialization and a backlash against globalization that may reduce access to important markets. A detailed analysis of the...
Persistent link: https://www.econbiz.de/10012912297
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The Consumption, Income, and Wealth of the Poorest : Cross-Sectional Facts of Rural and Urban Sub-Saharan Africa for Macroeconomists
de Magalhaes, Leandro - 2017
This paper provides new empirical insights on the joint distribution of consumption, income, and wealth in three of the … transmission from income to consumption inequality, which suggests the presence of powerful institutions that favor consumption …
Persistent link: https://www.econbiz.de/10012971514
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What Does Variation in Survey Design Reveal About the Nature of Measurement Errors in Household Consumption?
Gibson, John - 2017
This paper uses data from eight different consumption questionnaires randomly assigned to 4,000 households in Tanzania … to obtain evidence on the nature of measurement errors in estimates of household consumption. While there are no … questionnaires shows that errors have a negative correlation with the true value of consumption, creating a non-classical measurement …
Persistent link: https://www.econbiz.de/10012974595
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Transfers, Diversification and Household Risk Strategies : Experimental Evidence with Lessons for Climate Change Adaptation
Macours, Karen - 2017
. Households that received the productive investment grant also had higher average consumption levels. The complementary …
Persistent link: https://www.econbiz.de/10012975269
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Updating Poverty Estimates at Frequent Intervals in the Absence of Consumption Data : Methods and Illustration with Reference to a Middle-Income Country
Dang, Hai-Anh - 2020
priority concern for policy makers. However, these objectives are not readily achieved in practice when household consumption …
Persistent link: https://www.econbiz.de/10012856512
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Governance Matters VII : Aggregate and Individual Governance Indicators, 1996-2007
Kaufmann, Daniel - 2008
This paper reports on the latest update of the Worldwide Governance Indicators (WGI) research project, covering 212 countries and territories and measuring six dimensions of governance between 1996 and 2007: Voice and Accountability, Political Stability and Absence of Violence/Terrorism,...
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The Aftermath of Civil War
Chen, Siyan - 2016
Using an quot;event-studyquot; methodology, this paper analyzes the aftermath of civil war in a cross-section of countries. It focuses on those experiences where the end of conflict marks the beginning of a relatively lasting peace. The paper considers 41 countries involved in internal wars in...
Persistent link: https://www.econbiz.de/10012747786
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Governance Matters V : Aggregate and Individual Governance Indicators for 1996-2005
Kaufmann, Daniel - 2016
The authors report on the latest version of the worldwide governance indicators, covering 213 countries and territories and measuring six dimensions of governance from 1996 until end-2005: voice and accountability, political stability and absence of violence, government effectiveness, regulatory...
Persistent link: https://www.econbiz.de/10012747976
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Governance Matters VI : Governance Indicators for 1996-2006
Kaufmann, Daniel; Kraay, Aart; Mastruzzi, Massimo - 2007
This paper reports on the latest update of the Worldwide Governance Indicators (WGI) research project, covering 212 countries and territories and measuring six dimensions of governance between 1996 and 2006: Voice and Accountability, Political Stability and Absence of Violence, Government...
Persistent link: https://www.econbiz.de/10014049000