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Social Infrastructure Finance and Institutional Investors. A Global Perspective

Inderst, Georg - 2020

Social infrastructure has endured a long period of neglect in most developed and emerging countries, with chronic underinvestment exposed by the coronavirus crisis 2020. The financial crisis 2007/08 led to a slow revival of economic infrastructure policies, and a growing involvement of...

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Public Charge in the Time of Coronavirus

Tepepa, Martha - 2020

The United States government recently passed legislation and stabilization packages to respond to the COVID-19 (i.e., coronavirus disease 2019) outbreak by providing paid sick leave, tax credits, and free virus testing; expanding food assistance and unemployment benefits; and increasing Medicaid...

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Microfinance for Poverty Alleviation : Do Transnational Initiatives Overlook Fundamental Questions of Competition and Intermediation?

Arp, Frithjof - 2018

Numerous microfinance initiatives around the world aim to alleviate poverty in developing countries. However, debate persists about their effectiveness and sustainability – a concern for transnational corporations and the international business community, which contribute about $9.4 billion to...

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A global map of amenities : public goods, ethnic divisions and decentralization

Seidel, André - 2020 - This version: 20.02.2020

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...

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Cross-country evidence on the impact of decentralisation and school autonomy on educational performance

Lastra-Anadón, Carlos Xabel - 2019

How do administrative and fiscal decentralisation relate to education system performance? The question is answered by … exploiting a panel with several different measures of fiscal decentralisation: a measure of administrative decentralisation, as … positive relationship is found linking administrative and fiscal decentralisation with performance, as measured by PISA tests …

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A Global Map of Amenities : Public Goods, Ethnic Divisions and Decentralization

Seidel, André - 2019

This paper presents a new global dataset on the geocode locations of public amenities, e.g., schools, hospitals or libraries, based on OpenStreetMap data. Volunteered geocoded information can be systematically incomplete; therefore, we develop and study two new proxies for the degree of...

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Global food price volatility and spikes : an overview of costs, causes, and solutions

Braun, Joachim von; Tadesse, Getaw - 2012

Since the 2007-08 food crisis, many thoughtful analyses have addressed the causes and impacts of high and volatile international food prices and proposed solutions to the crisis. These studies have covered global as well as local food price dynamics and policy reactions. The food price problem...

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Needs vs expediency : poverty reduction and social development in post-conflict countries

Addison, Tony; Gisselquist, Rachel M.; Niño-Zarazúa, … - 2015

Conflict depletes all forms of human and social capital, as well as supporting institutions. The scale of the human damage can overwhelm public action, as there are many competing priorities and resources are often insufficient. What then should be the priorities for 'post-conflict' policy?...

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Principles and practicalities for measuring child poverty in the rich countries

Corak, Miles (contributor) - 2005

This paper has three objectives. The first is to discuss the major issues involved in defining and measuring child poverty. The choices that must be made are clarified, and a set of six principles to serve as a guide for public policy are stated. The second objective is to take stock of child...

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Civil Conflict and Antipoverty Programmes : Effects on Demobilisation

Pena, Paola - 2019

Antipoverty programmes have been successful in helping millions of people afford better livelihoods. While this is well known, little research has yet been conducted that examines the power of such programmes to influence outcomes in times of conflict, especially in countries where antipoverty...

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