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The Impact of Remittances on Poverty and Human Capital : Evidence from Latin American Household Surveys

Acosta, Pablo A. - 2016

This paper explores the impact of remittances on poverty, education, and health in 11 Latin American countries using nationally representative household surveys and making an explicit attempt to account for one of the inherent costs associated with migration - the potential income that the...

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Measuring Welfare Gains from Better Quality Infrastructure

Klytchnikova, Irina - 2016

Projects and reforms targeting infrastructure services can affect consumer welfare through changes in the price … in the quality of infrastructure services within the broader theoretical perspective of welfare measurement. The study … applications of a new approach to analyzing the effects of interruptions in the supply of infrastructure services on household …

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Estimates of Government Net Capital Stocks for 26 Developing Countries, 1970-2002

Arestoff, Florence - 2016

The authors provide various estimates of the government net capital stocks for a panel of 26 developing countries over the period 1970-2001. Two kinds of internationally comparable series of public capital stocks are presented. The first estimates are based on the standard perpetual inventory...

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Firms Operating Under Infrastructure and Credit Constraints in Developing Countries : The Case of Power Generators

Alby, Philippe - 2017

model of investment behavior in remedial infrastructure when physical and credit constraints are present. It then tests …

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International Remittances and the Household : Analysis and Review of Global Evidence

Adams, Jr., Richard H. - 2016

This paper examines the economic impact of international remittances on countries and households in the developing world. To analyze the country-level impact of remittances, the paper estimates an econometric model based on a new data set of 115 developing countries. Results suggest that...

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Basel III Implementation and SME Financing : Evidence for Emerging Markets and Developing Economies

Fisera, Boris - 2019

This paper examines the effect of Basel III implementation on the access to finance of small and medium-size enterprises in 32 emerging markets and developing economies. Analyzing rich, repeated cross-sectional data and a panel of matched firm-bank data in a difference-in-differences setting...

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Policy Challenges for Emerging and Developing Economies : Lessons from the Past Decade

Ruch, Franz Ulrich - 2020

risks. Structural policy priorities include investment in human capital and infrastructure to offset the decline in …

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Emerging and Developing Economies : Ten Years after the Global Recession

Kose, M. Ayhan - 2020

Although emerging market and developing economies (EMDEs) weathered the global recession a decade ago relatively well, they now appear less well placed to cope with the substantial downside risks facing the global economy. In many EMDEs, the room for monetary and fiscal policies to respond to...

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Cost Recovery and Financial Viability of the Power Sector in Developing Countries : Insights from 15 Case Studies

Huenteler, Joern Torsten - 2020

This paper analyzes power utilities in 15 jurisdictions to understand the determinants of success for reforms aimed at improving financial viability and cost recovery in the power sector and the impacts of these reforms on metrics of sector performance. The analysis finds that electricity...

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Covariate Shocks and Child Undernutrition : A Review of Evidence from Low- and Middle-Income Countries

Debebe, Zelalem Yilma - 2020

Unexpected adverse events that affect areas or populations widely (covariate shocks) can have major consequences for the welfare of a society. Although the negative effects on households, especially among the poor, are well established in the economics literature, fewer studies have focused on...

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