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From Commodity Discovery to Production
Khan, Tehmina S. - 2017
Major resource discoveries have transformed growth prospects for many low-income countries. However, the sharp downturn in commodity prices in recent years is affecting resource investment in these countries, and may delay the development of recent discoveries into production. This study...
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To Sew or Not to Sew? Assessing the Welfare Effects of the Garment Industry in Cambodia
Mejia-Mantilla, Carolina - 2017
This paper uses the 2011 Cambodia Socio-Economic Survey to analyze the relationship between participation in the …
Persistent link: https://www.econbiz.de/10012956220
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Glass Barriers : Constraints to Women's Small-Scale Cross-Border Trade in Cambodia and Lao Pdr
Seror, Marlon Armand Remy - 2017
shown the challenges faced in Africa by this population, especially women, but it remains unknown in Cambodia and the Lao …
Persistent link: https://www.econbiz.de/10012943012
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Dollarization Dilemma : Price Stability at the Cost of External Competitiveness in Cambodia
Samreth, Sovannroeun - 2019
Cambodia has recorded both rapid economic growth and macroeconomic stability in recent decades despite (or thanks to …) high levels of dollarization. Previous studies on dollarization in Cambodia have largely focused on examining its causes … and estimating seigniorage losses. As an attempt to further explore the effects of dollarization in Cambodia, this paper …
Persistent link: https://www.econbiz.de/10012865488
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The Impact of Minimum Wage Hikes on Employment and Wages in Cambodia
Shrestha, Maheshwor - 2019
Using an event-study framework, this paper examines the impact of four minimum wage hikes between 2008 and 2015 on the Cambodian labor market. The analysis finds that, except for immediate adjustments around the time of the hikes, the minimum wage hikes did not affect participation rates in the...
Persistent link: https://www.econbiz.de/10012871281
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Self-Help Groups, Savings and Social Capital : Evidence from a Field Experiment in Cambodia
Ban, Radu - 2017
social capital measures to assess the impact of a pilot program that was randomly rolled out in rural villages in Cambodia …
Persistent link: https://www.econbiz.de/10012971305
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Self-Help Groups, Savings and Social Capital : Evidence from a Field Experiment in Cambodia
Ban, Radu - 2017
social capital measures to assess the impact of a pilot program that was randomly rolled out in rural villages in Cambodia …
Persistent link: https://www.econbiz.de/10012971317
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Incentivizing Schooling for Learning : Evidence on the Impact of Alternative Targeting Approaches
Barrera-Osorio, Felipe - 2017
This paper evaluates a primary school scholarship program in Cambodia with two different targeting mechanisms, one …
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Impact Evaluation of Three Types of Early Childhood Development Interventions in Cambodia
Bouguen, Adrien - 2017
Scaling up early childhood development services has the potential to increase children's cognitive and socio-emotional development and promote school readiness in a large segment of the population. This study used a randomized controlled trial approach to evaluate three scaled-up programs...
Persistent link: https://www.econbiz.de/10012974147
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Female Wages in the Apparel Industry Post-Mfa : The Cases of Cambodia and Sri Lanka
Savchenko, Yevgeniya - 2017
for women. This paper analyzes the wages and working conditions of women in the apparel sector in Cambodia and Sri Lanka … the apparel sector relative to other industries went down post-Multi-fibre Arrangement in Cambodia and Sri Lanka and the … male-female wage gap increased. The paper finds mixed results in terms of working conditions in Cambodia and Sri Lanka …
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