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In response to the problems of high coordination costs among the poor, efforts are underway in many countries to organize the poor through "self-help groups" (SHGs) -- membership-based organizations that aim to promote social cohesion through a mixture of education, access to finance, and...
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Nearly one billion people worldwide live in rural areas without access to the paved road network. This paper measures the impacts of India's $40 billion national rural road construction program using regression discontinuity and data covering every individual and firm in rural India. The main...
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contributions may also include environmental stewardship, tourism, nation branding, social inclusion, cultural democracy, and … cultural sector a crucial part of the wealth of nations, and how could the World Bank Group better leverage the performing arts …, the challenge of intellectual property, and the unclear benefits of cultural tourism. Part I sets the stage. Part II then …
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Tourism is one of Latin America's fastest growing industries but the impact of tourism on the poor and the effects on … lagging regions are under debate. Many studies have evaluated the growth impacts of the tourism sector but few have analyzed … the impact of tourism on the economy and poverty at the subnational level in developing countries. As a country marked by …
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Why is the urban-rural gap in child malnutrition increasing in Peru despite government efforts to improve the provision of public services? To answer this question, the impact of regional public expenditure in Peru on young children's nutritional outcomes is examined. To account for policy...
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This study investigates the impact of the Golden Quadrilateral highway project on the urban and rural growth of Indian manufacturing. The Golden Quadrilateral project upgraded the quality and width of 5,846 km of roads in India. The study uses a difference-in-difference estimation strategy to...
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Chinese municipalities have developed a large stock of capital assets during a period of rapid growth and urbanization, but have yet to modernize asset management practices. Cities face challenges such as premature decline of fixed assets and spiking liabilities related to operating and...
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across the world, and one of the key issues is their financial constraints. Recently an economic analysis was conducted in …
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This paper uses a framework that goes beyond rural-urban dualism and highlights the role of small town economy in understanding structural change in a developing country. It provides a theoretical and empirical analysis of the role of agricultural productivity in structural transformation in the...
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This paper explores the links between city competitiveness and air pollution and the business environment. Because competitive cities not only attract more productive firms, but also facilitate their business, the paper look at firm performance as a proxy for city competitiveness. It focuses on...
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