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This paper exploits the emotional connections and viewer attentiveness of mainstream media to evaluate the economic impact of financial education messages on debt management delivered through a popular television soap opera in South Africa. The study uses a symmetric encouragement design to...
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poverty in the Philippines to these choices by presenting estimates for three alternative weighting schemes and three measures …
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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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This paper estimates the impacts on The Philippines of deep integration in a modern mega-preferential trade agreement …
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reconstruction process at the household level, this risk assessment provides new insights into disaster risks in the Philippines … losses due to disasters in the Philippines is estimated at US$3.9 billion per year, more than double the asset losses of US$1 …
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Philippine power sector (since coal is imported). The case of the Philippines' power market highlights the importance of adequate …
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to poverty due to natural disasters, especially typhoons. A wind field model for the Philippines is employed to estimate …
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The Philippines power sector underwent a substantial and largely complete reform process. Following a severe shortage …
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This paper evaluates how the Philippines utilize social protection systems and programs to help households better … in the Philippines. At the same time, the Philippines has developed one of the most advanced social protection systems in … disaster risk management framework of the Philippines, taking the lead coordinating role in disaster response activities …
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Philippines? health strategy. Yet, as this paper shows using eight household surveys, health spending increased by 150 percent …
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