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Using for the first time survey data from 26 post-Communist countries, covering the period 1990-2005, the paper examines correlates of unprecedented increases in inequality registered by most of these economies. We find that, after controlling for country-fixed effects and type of survey used,...
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-growth than others. Pro-growth corrupt policies hold the promise of enriching the corrupt elite more in absolute terms even though … the share of national wealth diverted may be smaller. The most effective pro-growth polices that help enrich an elite …
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the elite, lubricate patronage and political networks, and ensure that elites maintain political control rather than …
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actors are associated with worse local development outcomes. This evidence suggests that greater competition between elite …
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Do elites capture foreign aid? This paper documents that aid disbursements to highly aid-dependent countries coincide with sharp increases in bank deposits in offshore financial centers known for bank secrecy and private wealth management, but not in other financial centers. The estimates are...
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currently the instrument of choice. Nonetheless, despite clear advantages in administrative costs, the fear of elite capture …
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Inadequacies in Tanzania's education and training systems compromise the quality of workforce skills, giving rise to … productive; it found no impact, however, from secondary education and technical vocational education and training qualifications … these concerns using data from a unique Enterprise Skills Survey that asked Tanzanian employers about the education …
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data from four rounds of the Program for International Student Assessment. A year-specific education production function is … invested in public education, learning outcomes in public schools decreased vis-?-vis private schools. According to the results …-based education policies to improve learning outcomes in Argentina …
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A textbook provision program in Sierra Leone demonstrates how volatility in the flow of government-provided learning inputs to schools can induce storage of these inputs by school administrators to smooth future consumption. This process in turn leads to low current utilization of inputs for...
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This paper examines the role of courts in promoting fulfillment of the right to education in developing countries …, focusing on India and Indonesia?two countries that have experienced increased education rights litigation in recent years. It … argues that this litigation has been part of broader struggles over education policy, inequality, and the capture of …
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