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There is increasing recognition that non-communicable diseases (NCDs) are an important international and development issue globally, undermining health gains and imposing financial and economic costs on governments and households. NCDs are an important health challenge in the Pacific. First,...
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conditions can negatively affect trusting behavior. Results are important in assessing vulnerability and resilience to natural … disasters, and therefore relevant for policy regarding aid and recovery of communities affected by these types of events. …
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Cross?country econometric studies of aid effectiveness are numerous and often criticized. Relying on results of those … which seem the most relevant and robust, this paper argues that aid is leading to poverty reduction, in particular in … vulnerable countries. It examines the main methodological challenges faced by these studies, related to the definition aid, to …
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Cross-country econometric studies of aid effectiveness are numerous and often criticized. Relying on results of those … which seem the most relevant and robust, this paper argues that aid is leading to poverty reduction, in particular in … vulnerable countries. It examines the main methodological challenges faced by these studies, related to the definition aid, to …
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As one of the world's largest recipients of remittances, the Philippines received remittances roughly 12% of its gross … domestic product in 2008. Remittances have become the single most important source of foreign exchange to the economy and a … role of remittances in increasing household consumption and investment and thereby their potential for rebalancing economic …
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As one of the world's largest recipients of remittances, the Philippines received remittances roughly 12% of its gross … domestic product in 2008. Remittances have become the single most important source of foreign exchange to the economy and a … role of remittances in increasing household consumption and investment and thereby their potential for rebalancing economic …
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C14, C34, D12, F24, J16 </AbstractSection> Copyright Göbel; licensee Springer. 2013
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This article proposes an econometric analysis of the effects of remittances on the Romanian economy in terms of … research targets the macroeconomic level, following the extent to which remittances have supported the evolution of consumption … and investment. Contrary to our assumptions, the results showed that remittances had a more significant contribution to …
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