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A quantitatively effectiveness of hybrid sewerage systems allowing rainwater flow into sewage facilities for disaster prevention of inland flooding
Shirayanagi, Hiroaki; Kitamura, Yukisada - 2015
In Japan, recent low birthrate and aging population have progressively led to a crisis for infrastructure. In particular, the quantity of drainage from homes and factories is remarkably decreasing, along with the decline of economic activity resulting from the overseas move of Japanese...
Persistent link: https://www.econbiz.de/10011400481
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The impact of infrastructure on trade and economic growth in selected economies in Asia
Ismail, Normaz Wana; Mahyideen, Jamilah Mohd - 2015
Infrastructure plays a key role in facilitating trade, especially since recent trade liberalization in Asia has resulted in significant tariff reductions. This study quantifies the impacts of both hard and soft infrastructure on trade volume for exporters and importers in the region as well as...
Persistent link: https://www.econbiz.de/10011526675
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The middle-income trap: Issues for members of the Association of Southeast Asian Nations
2013
the late 1990s. The paper concludes that for ASEAN middle-income countries (Indonesia, Malaysia, the Philippines, and …
Persistent link: https://www.econbiz.de/10010397292
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Politics and the geographic allocation of public funds in a semi-democracy: The case of Ghana, 1996-2004.
André, Pierre; Mesplé-Somps, Sandrine - 2011
The body of literature on purely democratic countries can sometimes fail to explain the behavior of government in semi-democratic African countries. Empirical and theoretical political economic papers and that public funds target ruling party supporters and swing districts. Our results, however,...
Persistent link: https://www.econbiz.de/10010305592
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A global map of Amenities: Public Goods, Ethnic Divisions and Decentralization
Seidel, André - 2020
I analyze the effects of ethnic divisions on the provision of public goods. Using OpenStreetMap data, I construct a new global dataset of locations of public amenities, such as schools, hospital and libraries. I allow for the possibility that the data may be systematically incomplete using two...
Persistent link: https://www.econbiz.de/10012287843
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Modelling of distributional impacts of energy subsidy reforms: An illustration with Indonesia
Durand-Lasserve, Olivier; Campagnolo, Lorenza; Chateau, Jean - 2015
consequences of energy subsidy reforms. The framework is applied to the case of Indonesia to study the consequences in this country … if Indonesia were to remove its fossil fuel and electricity consumption subsidies, it would record real GDP gains of 0 …
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The nutrition-learning nexus: Evidence from Indonesia
Lo Bue, Maria C. - 2015
This paper investigates the effect of nutritional status on subsequent educational achievements for a large sample of Indonesians children. I use a long term panel data set and apply a maternal fixed effect plus an instrumental variables estimator in order to control for possible correlation...
Persistent link: https://www.econbiz.de/10011310814
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The sources of income inequality in Indonesia: A regression-based inequality decomposition
Wicaksono, Eko; Amir, Hidayat; Nugroho, Anda - 2017
Growing inequality is one important problem for a developing country, and Indonesia is no exception. Narrowing the gap … data in Indonesia (Indonesia Family Life Survey), we are motivated to investigate the source of income inequality in … Indonesia. The approach employed in this study is regression-based inequality decomposition using the Shapley value …
Persistent link: https://www.econbiz.de/10011688690
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Measuring the effects of commodity price shocks on Asian economies
Inoue, Tomoo; Okimoto, Tatsuyoshi - 2017
Commodity prices have become volatile over the past 2 decades, and their recent sharp decline has decreased the consumer price index inflation rates for most economies. While many Asian economies have benefited from low international oil and food prices, commodity exporters have suffered. Thus,...
Persistent link: https://www.econbiz.de/10011688716
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Pro-poor growth in Indonesia: Challenging the pessimism of Myrdal's Asian Drama
Timmer, Charles Peter - 2018
This chapter addresses the unrelenting pessimism in Asian Drama about Indonesia's development prospects. This pessimism …
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