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Collective values, behavioural norms, and rules: Building institutions for economic growth and poverty reduction

Chu, Ke-young - 2001

Economic growth and poverty reduction require for a country to establish efficient rules for economic and political transactions. Poor countries suffer from inadequate, inefficient transaction rules. Formal rules (e.g., laws, policies) must be nested in hospitable behavioural norms and values....

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Aid, public sector fiscal behaviour and developing country debt

Feeny, Simon; McGillivray, Mark - 2002

This paper looks at public sector debt in developing countries, being concerned specifically with the relationship between aid inflows and the public sector borrowing requirement net of aid loans. After examining the public sector budget constraint and various conditions under which aid might...

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Transnational terrorims as a spillover of domestic disputes in other countries

Addison, Tony; Murshed, S. Mansoob - 2002

This paper models transnational terrorism as a three-way strategic interaction involving a government that faces armed opposition at home, which may spill over in the form of acts of terrorism by the state’s opponents against the government’s external sponsor. The external sponsor also...

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Consumer preferences for water supply? An application of choice models to urban India

Anand, P. B. - 2001

This paper examines consumer preferences for the attributes of alternative sources of water supply in Chennai, based on a household survey where respondents were given the description of a set of options. Their decision to choose one of the options is examined using discrete choice models....

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(Re)Distribution of personal incomes, education and economic performances across countries

Rehme, Günther - 2002

In many OECD countries income inequality has risen, but surprisingly redistribution has as well. The theory attributes … this partly to the redistributive effect of education spending. In the model income inequality and growth depend in an … technology requires more resources, which lowers pretax and posttax income inequality as well as growth. Using consistently …

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Inequality and risk

Fafchamps, Marcel - 2002

In poor societies, asset accumulation serves as insurance. It also opens the door to wider inequality. Many societies prohibit certain types of accumulation, such as land sales or indenture contracts. This paper investigates the theoretical relationship between risk sharing, asset accumulation,...

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By how much does conflict reduce financial development?

Addison, Tony; Chowdhury, Abdur R.; Murshed, S. Mansoob - 2002

Financial development is vulnerable to social conflict. Conflict reduces the demand for domestic currency as a medium of exchange and a store of value. Conflict also leads to poor quality governance, including weak regulation of the financial system, thereby undermining the sustainability of...

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Conditionality and endogenous policy formation in a political setting

Murshed, S. Mansoob - 2001

The paper examines two issues associated with aid and fiscal policy. First, how best the conditionality behind foreign aid, sometimes non-economic, is complied with in a principal-agent framework. In a multiple task and multiple principal framework, principals are better off cooperating and...

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Conceptual and measurement issues in poverty analysis

Thorbecke, Erik - 2004

The objective of this paper is to review a number of issues related to poverty, while taking stock of the ongoing research. Most of the remaining unresolved issues in poverty analysis are related directly or indirectly to the dynamics of poverty. Before the development community can become more...

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Analyzing corruption possibilities in the gaze of the media

Vaidya, Samarth - 2001

In this paper I analyze the economic incentives that govern the strategic relationship between the government and the independent media using a consistent analytical framework. The analysis focuses on the extent to which the ‘free’ press can act as a deterrent to corruption in governance. I...

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