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Information, identification, or neither? : experimental evidence on role models in Viet Nam
Narciso, Gaia; Newman, Carol; Tarp, Finn - 2018
How can development programmes reach out to remote communities? This paper presents experimental evidence on the impact of a role models intervention that aims to inspire ethnic minority households to start businesses and diversify income sources. The experiment took place in three provinces of...
Persistent link: https://www.econbiz.de/10011962584
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What's behind pro-poor growth? : the role of shocks and measurement error
Klasen, Stephan; Lo Bue, Maria C.; Prete, Vincenzo - 2020
Standard growth incidence curves describe how growth episodes impact on the overall income distribution. However, measuring the pro-poorness of the growth process is complex due to (i) measurement errors and (ii) effect shocks that may hit the percentiles of the income distribution in different...
Persistent link: https://www.econbiz.de/10012174023
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Moral reputation and political selection in a decentralized democracy : theory and evidence from India
Banerjee, Prasenjit; Iversen, Vegard; Mitra, Sandip; … - 2020
What motivates individuals to become politicians? This is an important question in decentralized democracies, where … local politicians play a key role in public goods provision. However, and in emerging economies, bureaucratic hurdles and … concern for reputation, our model predicts that politicians' effort is increasing in their reputation concern. With …
Persistent link: https://www.econbiz.de/10012173954
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Social capital, political connections, and household enterprises : evidence from Vietnam
Kinghan, Christina; Newman, Carol - 2015
-income setting of Vietnam. We propose that social capital and political connections assist households in accessing resources …
Persistent link: https://www.econbiz.de/10010462539
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Children and the youth in rural Viet Nam
Narciso, Gaia; Newman, Carol - 2015
Structural transformation in rural Viet Nam has led to rising incomes and a diversification of livelihoods away from agriculture. Using panel data on children in 2,181 rural households surveyed over the 2008-14 period, we examine how the welfare of children has been impacted by structural...
Persistent link: https://www.econbiz.de/10011342302
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Social ties, clientelism, and the poor's expectations of future service provision : receiving more, expecting less?
Jöst, Prisca; Lust-Okar, Ellen - 2021
Are candidates who hand out clientelistic goods at election time less likely to provide services once they take office? This paper examines the poor's expectations of future service provision by candidates who hand out money and other goods versus those who do not. We hypothesize that the poor's...
Persistent link: https://www.econbiz.de/10012608569
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Ethnicity and risk sharing network formation : evidence from rural Viet Nam
Hoang, Quynh; Pasquier-Doumer, Laure; Saint-Macary, Camille - 2018
Ethnic inequality remains a persistent challenge for Viet Nam. This paper aims at better understanding this ethnic gap through exploring the formation of risk sharing networks in rural areas. It first investigates the differences in risk sharing networks between the ethnic minorities and the...
Persistent link: https://www.econbiz.de/10011922151
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Social capital, network effects and savings in rural Vietnam
Newman, Carol; Tarp, Finn; Van den Broeck, Katleen - 2012
formally. In this paper, we explore the extent to which social networks in rural Vietnam can play a role in increasing formal … found in low-quality networks. -- household savings ; social capital ; information failure ; women's unions ; Vietnam …
Persistent link: https://www.econbiz.de/10009521583
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Is there a Brazilian model of development? : are there lessons for countries in Africa?
Amann, Edmund; Barrientos, Armando - 2014
Brazil's recent growth has been intensely pro-poor, and both poverty and inequality have declined significantly in the …
Persistent link: https://www.econbiz.de/10010414801
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Towards greater poverty reduction in Zambia : simulating potential Cash Plus reforms using MicroZAMOD
Gasior, Katrin; McLennan, David; Kalikeka, Mbewe; … - 2021
A large share of the population in Zambia is living below the national poverty line. To reduce poverty, in 2019, the … additional benefits to take account of the multidimensionality of poverty. We use the tax-benefit microsimulation model … MicroZAMOD to analyse the coverage and poverty impact of the current social protection system and to assess the extent to which …
Persistent link: https://www.econbiz.de/10012665409