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Das Erbe des Bürgerkrieges in Mosambik: Landbevölkerung verharrt in Armut
Giesbert, Lena; Schindler, Kati - In: DIW Wochenbericht 78 (2011) 4, pp. 6-9
Wie bewältigen Haushalte den wirtschaftlichen Wiederaufbau nach einem Krieg? Sind einige Gruppen ländlicher Haushalte in einer Armutsfalle gefangen, während andere der Armut entfliehen können? Diese Fragen werden hier am Beispiel von Mosambik diskutiert, wo kurz nach der Unabhängigkeit im...
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Supporting Women's Livelihoods at Scale : Evidence from a Nationwide Multi-Faceted Program
Botea, Ioana; Brudevold-Newman, Andrew; Goldstein, Markus P. - National Bureau of Economic Research - 2023
The success of multi-faceted "graduation" programs at reducing poverty raises three questions: can the impacts of these programs be maintained when implemented by governments at scale, will positive effects be offset by negative spillovers, and can bundled programs be streamlined without losing...
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The Child Penalty Atlas
Kleven, Henrik Jacobsen; Landais, Camille; … - National Bureau of Economic Research - 2023
This paper builds a world atlas of child penalties in employment based on micro data from 134 countries. The estimation of child penalties is based on pseudo-event studies of first child birth using cross-sectional data. The pseudo-event studies are validated against true event studies using...
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Child work, poverty and underdevelopment
Rodgers, Gerry (ed.); Standing, Guy (contributor) - 1981
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Trends and patterns of growth, development, achievements of China and India : a comparative analysis
Bhattacharyay, Biswanath; Bhattacharyay, Madhurima - 2016
given to the re-emergence of the Asian giants, the People's Republic of China (PRC) and India. Both countries have attained … unprecedented growth and economic development-PRC and India became the second and fourth largest economies of the world … from US$341 in 1990 to US$4,421 in 2010 whereas India posted a four times growth from US$384 in 1990 to US$1,342 in 2010 …
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Does self help group participation lead to asset creation?
Swain, Ranjula Bali (contributor);  … - 2008
We evaluate the effect of Self Help Group participation on a long term impact parameter, namely asset creation. Indian Self Help Groups (SHGs) are unique in that they are mainly NGO-formed microfinance groups but later funded by commercial banks. The results reveal that longer membership in SHGs...
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Toward a Microeconomics of Growth
Burgess, Robin - 2016
how policy has affected manufacturing growth performance in India. They analyze links between the direction of state …
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Information Technology and India's Economic Development
Singh, Nirvikar - 2008
This paper discusses the possibilities for broad-based IT-led economic growth in India, including increasing value …
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Information Technology and Broad-Based Development : Preliminary Lessons from North India
Singh, Nirvikar; Kaushik, P. D. - 2008
-based services to rural populations in India. Several features distinguish these projects from others: a combination of public and …
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Economies of Density and Congestion in the Sharing Economy
Caunedo, Julieta; Kala, Namrata; Zhang, Haimeng - National Bureau of Economic Research - 2022
in India. We document large dispersion in rental rates, unused service capacity and delays in service provision. We then …
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