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This paper estimates the impact of the Golden Quadrilateral and North-South-East-West Highways in India on welfare, social inclusion, and environmental quality. The analysis uses district-level data for 1994-2011 and the difference-in-difference method. The results suggest that the highways...
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Participatory community development programs are designed to match government investments with local needs. In Morocco …
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childhood development have historically been a challenge in Morocco, with children facing unequal opportunities to develop … Morocco by focusing on the state of early childhood development, inequality in early childhood development, and trends over …
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In the last decade Morocco undertook substantial, if gradual, trade liberalization by reducing tariffs, reforming trade …
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Under increasing budget pressure, Morocco carried out an extensive set of subsidy reforms in 2014 and is planning for …
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The impact of micro-credit interventions on existing credit markets is theoretically ambiguous. Previous empirical work suggests the entry of a joint-liability lender may lead to a positive impact on the informal lending rate. This paper presents the first randomized controlled trial-based...
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Recent evidence suggests only modest social and economic impacts of microfinance. Favorable cost-benefit ratios then … depend on low costs. This paper uses proprietary data on 1,335 microfinance institutions between 2005 and 2009, jointly … serving 80.1 million borrowers, to calculate the costs of microfinance and other elements of the microfinance business model …
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This paper investigates whether the utilization of microcredit programs has a significant impact on the income and net …
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Using a new, nationally representative sample of Chinese households, this paper studies how social capital affects access to credit and its implications for consumption levels. The paper focuses on two specific forms of social capital: private social networks and membership in the Communist...
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, tobacco, or other "temptation goods." The income effect of transfers will increase expenditures if alcohol and tobacco are …
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