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Equity in Health and Health Care in the Philippines

Son, Hyun - Economics and Research Department, Asian Development Bank - 2009

ADB Economics Working Paper Series Asian Development Bank 6 ADB Avenue, Mandaluyong City 1550 Metro Manila … | August 2009 < 0090 8559 > ADB Economics Working Paper Series No. 171 Equity in Health and Health Care in the Philippines … Development Bank. The ADB Economics Working Paper Series is a forum for stimulating discussion and eliciting feedback on ongoing …

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A Cross-Country Analysis of Achievements and Inequities in Economic Growth and Standards of Living

Son, Hyun - Economics and Research Department, Asian Development Bank - 2009

ADB Economics Working Paper Series A Cross-Country Analysis of Achievements and Inequities in Economic Growth and … Standards of Living Hyun H. Son No. 159 | May 2009 ADB Economics Working Paper Series No. 159 A Cross-Country Analysis of … not necessarily reflect the views or policies of the Asian Development Bank. The ADB Economics Working Paper Series is a …

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Public Goods Access and Juvenile Sex Ratios in Rural India: Evidence from the 1991 and 2001 Village Census Data

B. Deolalikar, Anil; Hasan, Rana; Somanathan, Rohini - Economics and Research Department, Asian Development Bank - 2009

ADB Economics Working Paper Series Public Goods Access and Juvenile Sex Ratios in Rural India: Evidence from the … Bank. The ADB Economics Working Paper Series is a forum for stimulating discussion and eliciting feedback on ongoing and …. The ADB Economics Working Paper Series is a quick-disseminating, informal publication whose titles could subsequently be …

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Is Pakistan’s Growth Rate Balance-of-Payments Constrained? Policies and Implications for Development and Growth

Felipe, Jesus; McCombie, J. S. L.; Naqvi, Kaukab - Economics and Research Department, Asian Development Bank - 2009

ADB Economics Working Paper Series Is Pakistan’s Growth Rate Balance-of-Payments Constrained? Policies and … Asian Development Bank. The ADB Economics Working Paper Series is a forum for stimulating discussion and eliciting feedback … effectiveness. The ADB Economics Working Paper Series is a quick-disseminating, informal publication whose titles could …

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Tariff Liberalization and Trade Specialization in India

Alessandrini, Michele; Fattouh, Bassam; Ferrarini, Benno; … - Economics and Research Department, Asian Development Bank - 2009

Since the early 1990s, India has embarked on economic reforms that have progressively opened up the country to international trade. This paper analyzes the effects of reform on India’s trading structure from 1990 to 2006. It computes comparative advantage indicators on the basis of...

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Poverty Impact of the Economic Slowdown in Developing Asia: Some Scenarios

Hasan, Rana; Magsombol, Maria Rhoda; Cain, J. Salcedo - Economics and Research Department, Asian Development Bank - 2009

ADB Economics Working Paper Series Poverty Impact of the Economic Slowdown in Developing Asia: Some Scenarios Rana … Hasan, Maria Rhoda Magsombol, and J. Salcedo Cain No. 153 | April 2009 ADB Economics Working Paper Series No. 153 … Bank. The ADB Economics Working Paper Series is a forum for stimulating discussion and eliciting feedback on ongoing and …

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Saving in Asia: Issues for Rebalancing Growth

Jha, Shikha; Prasad, Eswar; Terada-Hagiwara, Akiko - Economics and Research Department, Asian Development Bank - 2009

This paper assesses the role of consumption and saving in Asia’s growth. It examines the composition of national saving, analyzes what forces drive saving rates, and draws policy conclusions from the analysis that are relevant for the economies in the region and which might play an important...

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Explaining Filipino Households’ Declining Saving Rate

Terada-Hagiwara, Akiko - Economics and Research Department, Asian Development Bank - 2009

From 1994 to 2006, the average household saving rate in the Philippines declined by 5.2 percentage points to about a mere 5% of disposable income. Using data from income and expenditure survey at the household level, this paper explains why households’ consumption growth had been higher than...

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Financial Sector Development, Economic Growth, and Poverty Reduction: A Literature Review

Zhuang, Juzhong; Gunatilake, Herath; Niimi, Yoko; Ehsan … - Economics and Research Department, Asian Development Bank - 2009

This paper reviews the theoretical and empirical literature on the role of financial sector development, with a view to deepening understanding of the rationale of development assistance to the financial sector of developing countries. The review leads to the following broad conclusions: (i)...

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Quality of Jobs in the Philippines: Comparing Self-Employment with Wage Employment

Hasan, Rana; Jandoc, Karl Robert L. - Economics and Research Department, Asian Development Bank - 2009

ADB Economics Working Paper Series Quality of Jobs in the Philippines: Comparing Self-Employment with Wage … Employment Rana Hasan and Karl Robert L. Jandoc No. 148 | March 2009 ADB Economics Working Paper Series No. 148 Quality of …(s) and do not necessarily reflect the views or policies of the Asian Development Bank. The ADB Economics Working Paper Series …

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