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Social Protection in the Developing World
Banerjee, Abhijit V.; Hanna, Rema; Olken, Benjamin A.; … - National Bureau of Economic Research - 2024
Social protection programs have become increasingly widespread in low- and middle-income countries, with their own distinct characteristics to match the environments in which they are operating. This paper reviews the growing literature on the design and impact of these programs. We review how...
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Contracting out the last-mile of service delivery : subsidized food distribution in Indonesia
Banerjee, Abhijit V.; Hanna, Rema; Kyle, Jordan C.; … - 2015
Persistent link: https://www.econbiz.de/10011430677
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Contracting out the last-mile of service delivery : subsidized food distribution in Indonesia
Banerjee, Abhijit V.; Hanna, Rema; Kyle, Jordan C.; … - 2016
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Contracting Out the Last-Mile of Service Delivery : Subsidized Food Distribution in Indonesia
Banerjee, Abhijit V. - 2016
Outsourcing government service provision to private firms can improve efficiency and reduce rents, but there are risks … distribution program. This led 17 percent of treated locations to switch distributors. Introducing the possibility of outsourcing … cheating were also more likely to block the outsourcing process. We find no effect on price or quality of providing information …
Persistent link: https://www.econbiz.de/10013002182
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Contracting Out the Last-Mile of Service Delivery : Subsidized Food Distribution in Indonesia
Banerjee, Abhijit V. - 2016
Outsourcing government service provision to private firms can improve efficiency and reduce rents, but there are risks … distribution program. This led 17 percent of treated locations to switch distributors. Introducing the possibility of outsourcing … cheating were also more likely to block the outsourcing process. We find no effect on price or quality of providing information …
Persistent link: https://www.econbiz.de/10013002242
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Private outsourcing and competition : subsidized food distribution in Indonesia
Banerjee, Abhijit V.; Hanna, Rema; Kyle, Jordan; Olken, … - In: Journal of political economy 127 (2018) 1, pp. 101-137
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Contracting out the last-mile of service delivery : subsidized food distribution in Indonesia
Banerjee, Abhijit V.; Hanna, Rema; Kyle, Jordan; Olken, … - 2017
Persistent link: https://www.econbiz.de/10011637355
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Aging and death under a dollar a day
Banerjee, Abhijit V.; Duflo, Esther - In: Research findings in the economics of aging, (pp. 169-203). 2010
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Aging and death under a dollar a day
Banerjee, Abhijit V.; Duflo, Esther - 2007
"This paper uses household survey data form several developing countries to investigate whether the poor (defined as those living under $1 or $2 dollars a day at PPP) and the non poor have different mortality rates in old age. We construct a proxy measure of longevity, which is the probability...
Persistent link: https://www.econbiz.de/10003627075
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Aging and Death Under a Dollar a Day
Banerjee, Abhijit V. - 2010
This paper uses household survey data form several developing countries to investigate whether the poor (defined as those living under $1 or $2 dollars a day at PPP) and the non poor have different mortality rates in old age. We construct a proxy measure of longevity, which is the probability...
Persistent link: https://www.econbiz.de/10012759650