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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...

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Are spatial networks of firms random? : evidence from Vietnam

Howard, Emma; Newman, Carol; Thijssen, Jacco J. J. - 2011

We present a new approach for the empirical investigation of agglomeration patterns. We examine the clustering of manufacturing firms by identifying patterns of spatial network formation that deviate from randomly generated networks. Using firm-level panel data from Vietnam we calculate...

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Exploring the network of individuals that influence the media's inflation message in South Africa

Smuts, Katrien - 2023

The main goal of this study-and its potential to add to the policy debate-is to cast light on the network of voices that influence the narrative about inflation and monetary policy in South Africa. To that end, this paper first identifies the main individuals (journalists, domestic policy...

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Making sense of multi-level and multi-actor governance of recovery in Ukraine

Udovyk, Oksana; Kylymnyk, Ievgen; Cuesta-Delgado, Daniel; … - 2023

This paper sheds light on the complex recovery governance in Ukraine by providing a snapshot of the evolving national recovery actors' networks and examining them within a multi-level governance framework, using interviews, social network analysis, and a sense-making workshop. It highlights the...

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Quantifying the impacts of expanding social protection on efficiency and equity : evidence from a behavioural microsimulation model for Ghana

Osei, Robert Darko; Pirttilä, Jukka; Rattenhuber, Pia - 2017

protection. Results from a new tax-benefit microsimulation model for Ghana are combined with the extensive margin elasticity of …

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Effects of an education reform on household poverty and inequality : a microsimulation analysis on the free Senior High School policy in Ghana

Adu-Ababio, Kwabena; Osei, Robert Darko - 2018

accessible to all. In Ghana - although basic education is largely free - for secondary education this was not the case until … effect of the reform on household poverty and inequality. Analysis is based on the Ghana Microsimulation Model which has the … Ghana Living Standards Survey - Round 6 as its base input data. Results provide policy makers with some good ex …

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Political connections and investment in rural Vietnam

Markussen, Thomas; Tarp, Finn - 2011

This paper uses household panel data from rural Vietnam to explore the effects of having a relative in a position of political or bureaucratic power on farmers' agricultural investment decisions. Our main result is that households significantly increase their investment in land improvement as a...

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Social capital, network effects and savings in rural Vietnam

Newman, Carol; Tarp, Finn; Van den Broeck, Katleen - 2012

Information failures are a major barrier to formal financial saving in low income countries. Households in rural communities often lack the information necessary to set up formal deposit accounts or are uncertain about the returns to saving formally. In this paper, we explore the extent to which...

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Social capital, political connections, and household enterprises : evidence from Vietnam

Kinghan, Christina; Newman, Carol - 2015

Social capital and political connections can play an important role in developing countries where markets fail and institutions are weak. This paper explores their role in household micro-enterprise operation and success in the rural low-income setting of Vietnam. We propose that social capital...

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Connections and the allocation of public benefits

Newman, Carol; Zhang, Mengyang - 2015

We explore the relationship between connections and public transfers in decentralized poverty-targeting programmes. Using panel data from Vietnam we find evidence that households with connections to local government are more likely to be classified as poor, the main determinant of whether...

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