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Air pollution and infant mortality : evidence from the expansion of natural gas infrastructure
Cesur, Resul; Tekin, Erdal; Ulker, Aydogan - 2013
One of the consequences of rapid economic growth and industrialization in the developing world has been deterioration in environmental conditions and air quality. While air pollution is a serious threat to health in most developing countries, environmental regulations are rare and the...
Persistent link: https://www.econbiz.de/10009699317
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Poverty and land distribution : evidence from a natural experiment
Keswell, Malcolm; Carter, Michael R. - 2011
While land reforms have long been motivated as a potential policy lever of rural growth and development, there is remarkably little evidence of the direct impacts of such reforms. In an effort to fill this lacunae, this paper examines South Africa's Land Redistribution for Agricultural...
Persistent link: https://www.econbiz.de/10009269838
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Air Pollution and Infant Mortality : Evidence from the Expansion of Natural Gas Infrastructure
Cesur, Resul - 2013
One of the consequences of rapid economic growth and industrialization in the developing world has been deterioration in environmental conditions and air quality. While air pollution is a serious threat to health in most developing countries, environmental regulations are rare and the...
Persistent link: https://www.econbiz.de/10013087407
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Air Pollution and Infant Mortality : Evidence from the Expansion of Natural Gas Infrastructure
Cesur, Resul; Tekin, Erdal; Ulker, Aydogan - 2013
One of the consequences of rapid economic growth and industrialization in the developing world has been deterioration in environmental conditions and air quality. While air pollution is a serious threat to health in most developing countries, environmental regulations are rare and the...
Persistent link: https://www.econbiz.de/10014039477
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Poverty and land distribution: Evidence from a natural experiment
Keswell, Malcolm; Carter, Michael - 2011
While land reforms have long been motivated as a potential policy lever of rural growth and development, there is remarkably little evidence of the direct impacts of such reforms. In an effort to fill this lacunae, this paper examines South Africa's Land Redistribution for Agricultural...
Persistent link: https://www.econbiz.de/10010280172
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Do interventions targeted at micro-entrepreneurs and small and medium-sized firms create jobs? : a systematic review of the evidence for low and middle income countries
Grimm, Michael; Paffhausen, Anna Luisa - 2014
Worldwide 600 million jobs are needed over the next 15 years to keep employment rates at their current level. Governments, non-governmental organizations and donors spend on targeted programs and broader policies to enhance employment creation and the creation of new firms. Because most...
Persistent link: https://www.econbiz.de/10010358250
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The impact of business support services for small and medium enterprises on firm performance in low- and middle-income countries : a meta-analysis
Cravo, Túlio; Piza, Caio - 2016
often based on the assumption that market failures and institutional constraints impede the growth of SME growth … interventions despite the abundance of resources directed to SME business-support services. This paper systematically reviews and … summarizes 40 rigorous evaluations of SME-support services in LMICs and presents evidence to help inform policy debates. The …
Persistent link: https://www.econbiz.de/10011521236
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Remittances and financial openness
Beine, Michel; Lodigiani, Elisabetta; Vermeulen, Robert - 2010
Remittances have greatly increased during recent years, becoming an important and reliable source of funds for many developing countries. Therefore, there is a strong incentive for receiving countries to attract more remittances, especially through formal channels that turn to be either less...
Persistent link: https://www.econbiz.de/10003976556
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Remittances and financial openness
Beine, Michel; Lodigiani, Elisabetta; Vermeulen, Robert - 2011
Remittances have greatly increased during recent years, becoming an important and reliable source of funds for many developing countries. Therefore, there is a strong incentive for receiving countries to attract more remittances, especially through formal channels that turn to be either less...
Persistent link: https://www.econbiz.de/10009300571
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Growth with Resilience in East Asia and the 2008-2009 Global Recession
Briguglio, Lino - 2013
This paper assesses why the 2008–2009 global economic recession impacted East Asia less than it did the United States (US) and the European Union (EU). The paper utilizes a “growth-with-resilience” (GWR) index aimed at measuring the extent to which a country can absorb or counteract...
Persistent link: https://www.econbiz.de/10013088233