Search Results - subject:"Developing countries"

When don't developing countries benefit from capital account liberalization?

Du, Qingyuan; Nie, Jun; Wei, Shang-jin - 2020 - Updated February 2020

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Do public program benefits crowd out private transfers in developing countries? : a critical review of recent evidence

Nikolov, Plamen; Bonci, Matthew - 2020

Precipitated by rapid globalization, rising inequality, population growth, and longevity gains, social protection programs have been on the rise in low- and middle-income countries (LMICs) in the last three decades. However, the introduction of public benefits could displace informal mechanisms...

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Do public program benefits crowd out private transfers in developing countries? : a critical review of recent evidence

Nikolov, Plamen; Bonci, Matthew - 2020

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Do public program benefits crowd out private transfers in developing countries? : an overview of evidence from social protection policies

Nikolov, Plamen; Bonci, Matthew - 2020

programs have been on the rise in developing countries in the last three decades. However, the introduction of public benefits … could displace informal mechanisms for risk-protection, which are especially prevalent in developing countries. In this …, specifically in the context of developing countries. We review and synthesize patterns from the behavioral response to various …

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Leapfrogging into the unknown : the future of structural change in the developing world

Schlogl, Lukas - 2020

This paper traces a set of major trends and future scenarios in global structural change. It argues that across multiple domains of change, developing economies are facing novel constellations of lateness and prematurity in technological and economic development. The paper explores these novel...

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Financial literacy and poverty reduction : the case of Indonesia

Askar, Media Wahyudi; Ouattara, Bazoumana; Zhang, Yin-Fang - 2020

Given its role in affecting financial behavior, financial literacy has received considerable attention from researchers and policy makers alike. This paper employs data from a nationally representative survey in Indonesia to investigate the impact of financial literacy on poverty, which is a...

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Innovation strategies and productivity growth in developing countries : evidence from Pakistan

Wadho, Waqar; Chaudhry, Azam - 2020

We examine the determinants of product, process, and organizational innovation, and their impact on firm labor productivity using data from a unique innovation survey of firms in Pakistan. We find significant heterogeneity in the impact of different innovations on labor productivity:...

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Wage losses and inequality in developing countries : labor market and distributional consequences of Covid-19 lockdowns in Turkey

Duman, Anil - 2020

We develop a possibility to work index (PWI) taking the ability to work from home and workplace closures into account. By using the data from the HLFS in Turkey, we examine the individual level determinants of PWI. Our findings reveal that PWI and ability to work from home are significantly...

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Oil price and economic growth of oil-importing countries : a review of international literature

Akinsola, Motunrayo O.; Odhiambo, Nicholas M. - In: Applied econometrics and international development 20 (2020) 1, pp. 129-151

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The impact of financial development on innovation activities in emerging and developing countries

Loukil, Kamilia - In: Business and Economic Research : BER 10 (2020) 1, pp. 112-119

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