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Islamist radicalization and developmental aid in South Asia
Lakshman, Kanchan - 2006
This working paper explores the reasons commonly identified for the rise of political and radical Islam throughout the …
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Risk and return under Shari'a framework: An attempt to develop Shari'a compliant asset pricing model (SCAPM)
Hanif, Muhammad - In: Pakistan Journal of Commerce and Social Sciences (PJCSS) 5 (2011) 2, pp. 283-292
A speedy emerging area of finance is the Shari'a compliant financial system. In first decade of 21st century Islamic financing has shown tremendous increase and global volume has reached to US $ 1,041 billion by the end of 2009. Being financial intermediaries Islamic Financial Institutions...
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The puzzle of Muslim advantage in child survival in India
Bhalotra, Sonia; Valente, Christine; van Soest, Arthur - 2009
The socio-economic status of Indian Muslims is, on average, considerably lower than that of upper caste Hindus. Muslims have higher fertility and shorter birth spacing and are a minority group that, it has been argued, have poorer access to public goods. They nevertheless exhibit substantially...
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Religion, Politician Identity and Development Outcomes: Evidence from India
Bhalotra, Sonia R.; Clots-Figueras, Irma; Cassan, Guilhem; … - 2013
This paper investigates whether the religious identity of state legislators in India influences development outcomes, both for citizens of their religious group and for the population as a whole. To control for politician identity to be correlated with constituency level voter preferences or...
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The decomposition analysis of CO 2 emission and economic growth in Pakistan India and China
Attari, Muhammad Irfan Javaid; Attaria, Sumayya Nasim - In: Pakistan Journal of Commerce and Social Sciences (PJCSS) 5 (2011) 2, pp. 330-343
analysis of PIC nations i.e. Pakistan, India and China. The study also provides the detail information regarding the …
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Black market and official exchange rates: long-run equilibrium and short-run dynamics
Caporale, Guglielmo Maria; Cerrato, Mario - 2006
six emerging economies (Iran, India, Indonesia, Korea, Pakistan, and Thailand). First, it applies both time series …
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India - Pakistan Trade
Taneja, Nisha - 2006
Quantitative studies estimate that potential two way trade between India and Pakistan can be about 10 times than its … examines the characteristics of firms engaged in Indo-Pakistan trade. It also estimates existing transport arrangement between … suggests that new rail and road links should be opened. Transaction costs of trading between India and Pakistan are high and …
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Trade possibilities and non-tariff barriers to Indo-Pak trade
Taneja, Nisha - 2007
This paper aims to identify the bilateral trade possibilities and non-tariff barriers between India and Pakistan. The …, the study finds that the export potential from India to Pakistan is to the tune of US$ 9.5 billion while that from … Pakistan to India is US$ 2.2 billion. Items having export potential from Pakistan are largely in the textile sector while items …
Persistent link: https://www.econbiz.de/10011807606
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Socioeconomic impacts of cross-border transport infrastructure development in South Asia
Gilbert, John; Banik, Nilanjan - 2010
describes a new CGE model for South Asia, covering India, Sri Lanka, Bangladesh, Nepal, and Pakistan, which incorporates …
Persistent link: https://www.econbiz.de/10010286155
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Health capital and the prenatal environment: The effect of maternal fasting during pregnancy
Almond, Douglas; Mazumder, Bhashkar - 2009
We use the Islamic holy month of Ramadan as a natural experiment in fasting and fetal health. In Michigan births 1989-2006, we and prenatal exposure to Ramadan among Arab mothers results in lower birthweight and reduced gestation length. Exposure to Ramadan in the first month of gestation is...
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