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Socio-economic impact of rural electrification in developing countries: a review of evidence.
F, Fluitman - International Labour Organization (ILO), United Nations - 1983
in developing countries and its role in rural development - deals with power generation, power consumption, use and cost …
Persistent link: https://www.econbiz.de/10010967192
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Maternal and Child Survival: Findings from five countries experience in addressing maternal and child health challenges
Cortez, Rafael; Saadat, Seemeen; Chowdhury, Sadia; … - Economics Research, World Bank Group - 2014
Considerable progress has been made towards the achievement of the Millennium Development Goals (MDGs) since 1990 …
Persistent link: https://www.econbiz.de/10010939267
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Bangladesh: Maternal and Reproductive Health at a Glance
El-Saharty, Sameh; Ohno, Naoko; Sarker, Intissar; … - Economics Research, World Bank Group - 2014
population subsist on less than United States (U.S.) $1.25 per day (2010). Bangladesh achieved several millennium development …
Persistent link: https://www.econbiz.de/10011213934
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The effects of culture and politics on Foreign Direct Investment and sustainable development in China: some research hypotheses
Omar, Maktoba; Handley-Schachler, Morrison - In: World Review of Entrepreneurship, Management and … 2 (2006) 1/2, pp. 89-100
China's GDP reached US$ 1.159 trillion in 2001, making it the sixth largest economy in the world. In addition the Chinese government has reformed its economy, liberated market forces and opened up many industries to foreign investors. However, the surge of Foreign Direct Investment in China will...
Persistent link: https://www.econbiz.de/10010816958
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Lights, camera...income!: Estimating poverty using national accounts, survey means, and lights
Pinkovskiy, Maxim; Sala-i-Martin, Xavier - 2014
In this paper, we try to understand whether measures of GDP per capita taken from the national accounts or measures of mean income or consumption derived from household surveys better proxy for true income per capita. We propose a data-driven method to assess the relative quality of GDP per...
Persistent link: https://www.econbiz.de/10011340979
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Resource Rents and Economic Growth: Economic and institutional development in countries with a high share of income from the sale of natural resources. Analysis and recommendations...
Kaznacheev, Peter - 2013
characterise the role of natural resources in economic development. They certainly do not set a positive tone for a constructive … stories of economic development among resource abundant countries. This report presents the argument that resource economies … superior results in economic growth and social development. To support that argument, we have used empirical evidence and …
Persistent link: https://www.econbiz.de/10011379767
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An uncertainty approach to modelling climate change risk in South Africa
Cullis, James; Alton, Theresa; Arndt, Channing; … - 2015
This study represents the first attempt at an integrated approach to assessing the potential impacts of climate change on the national economy of South Africa via a number of (but not necessarily all) impact channels. The study focuses on outcomes by about 2050. The results show the multiple...
Persistent link: https://www.econbiz.de/10011418655
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Feeling the Heat: Temperature, Physiology & the Wealth of Nations
Heal, Geoffrey; Park, Jisung - 2014
social welfare has important implications for both the economics of climate change and comparative development. …
Persistent link: https://www.econbiz.de/10010333459
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Economic growth evens-out happiness: Evidence from six surveys
Clark, Andrew E.; Fléche, Sarah; Senik, Claudia - 2014
In spite of the great U-turn that saw income inequality rise in Western countries in the 1980s, happiness inequality has dropped in countries that have experienced income growth (but not in those that did not). Modern growth has reduced the share of both the very unhappy and the perfectly happy....
Persistent link: https://www.econbiz.de/10010334229
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Infrastructure and urbanization in the People's Republic of China
Li, Zhigang - 2017
construction? How can we evaluate the performance of infrastructure development? How and to what extent should the government be …
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