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Labeled loans and human capital investments

Augsburg, Britta; Caeyers, Bet; Giunti, Sara; Malde, Bansi - 2023

Imperfect capital markets and commitment problems impede lumpy human capital investments. Labeled loans have been postulated as a potential solution to both constraints, but little is known about the role of the label in influencing investment choices in practice. We draw on a cluster randomized...

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State capacity and the quality of policies : revisiting the relationship between openness and the size of government

Chuaire, María Franco; Scartascini, Carlos G.; … - 2014

The literature has identified that countries with higher levels of openness tend to present a larger government sector as a way to reduce the risks to the economy that openness entails. This paper argues that there are a number of policies that can mitigate trade-induced risks, many of which do...

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Disasters and the networked economy : a book summary

Albala-Bertrand, José M. - 2014

This document summarizes the thrust of my monograph book Disasters and the Networked Economy (2003, NY: Routledge. 228 pp. ISBN: 978-0-415-66629-9). It is no substitution for the book, but it attempts to make salient the main concepts, explanations and conclusions of it. It does so by first...

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Trade and geography in the economic origins of Islam : theory and evidence

Michalopulos, Stelios; Naghavi, Alireza; Prarolo, Giovanni - 2010 - This draft: May, 2010

This research examines the economic origins of Islam and uncovers two empirical regularities. First, Muslim countries, virtual countries and ethnic groups, exhibit highly unequal regional agricultural endowments. Second, Muslim adherence is systematically larger along the pre-Islamic trade...

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Development diagnostics for the Southern cone

Borensztein, Eduardo; Miller, Sebastián; Sánchez, Gabriel - 2014

This is an update and revision of our 2009 study. Using a broad dataset and an original methodology, this paper reports composite development gaps across economic, social and institutional sectors. We define development gap as the distance between the observed and the expected development level...

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Management and execution of investment projects, the task prior to the measurement of development effectiveness : the case of the Inter-American Development Bank

LaGarda, Guillermo; Linares, Jennifer; Lopez Marmolejo, … - 2018

The literature on development effectiveness has traditionally focused on the ex-post analysis of projects. While this is the appropriate method of measuring benefits, a previous step must be taken as a forerunner to good ex-post evaluation: the measurement of the efficiency in the execution of...

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The role and changing paradigm of India's assistance to Nepal : case of the education sector

Goyal, Tanu M. - 2019

India is seen as a key developmental partner to Nepal with the latter being one of the first receipts of development aid from India. Development aid from India to Nepal has not only been associated with creation of infrastructure in the country but also with human capital development and...

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Is results-based aid more effective than conventional aid? : evidence from the health sector in El Salvador

Bernal, Pedro; Celhay, Pablo; Martinez, Sebastian - 2018

the same community health intervention was implemented in 98 municipalities using one of three financing models. The Salud … externally measured maternal and child health targets. Fifty-four municipalities funded inputs using conventional aid and thirty … had national funds. Using a difference-in-difference approach and national health systems data we find that preventive …

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Quality of health care, survival and health outcomes in Ghana

Lavy, Victor (contributor) - 1995

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Pioneering a new classification : a comprehensive study of healthcare products in global trade

Cotterlaz, Pierre; Gaulier, Guillaume; Sztulman, Aude; … - 2024

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