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This paper applies a partial equilibrium model to analyze the fiscal revenue implications of the prospective economic partnership agreement between the Economic Community of West African States (ECOWAS) and the European Union. The authors find that, under standard import price and substitution...
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Financial crises affect income distribution via different channels. This paper argues that there is an important channel overlooked by the literature, namely the financial channel. We study how this channel operates by analyzing data from several Latin American countries, including Argentina,...
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governance reform in Pakistan's vast Indus Basin irrigation system. Using canal discharge measurements across all of Punjab …
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influence of nearly a quarter million irrigators in Pakistan's vast Indus Basin watershed allow the construction of a novel …
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Pakistan, power shortages are commonplace, but empirical evidence on the impact of shortages is still lacking. Using a survey … productivity in Pakistan. The analysis finds that a 10 percent increase in the duration of outages on average leads to a 0 …
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This paper uses unique data collected in rural Pakistan to assess the extent to which consanguinity, which is …
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, Ghana, Indonesia, Nigeria, Pakistan and the Philippines, to highlight key aspects of their characteristics and experience of …
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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 … presents the first empirical evidence on the cost of unreliable electricity supply to households in Pakistan. The results show …
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This study investigates the degree to which the association of height and earnings in Pakistan is independent of other …
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Mental health, well-being, and lasting economic outcomes are intimately connected. However, in geographies marked by fragility, conflict, and violence (FCV), entrepreneurs of small and medium size enterprises (SMEs) experience chronic stress and poor mental health on a regular basis. These...
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