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How is the Internet Changing Labor Market Arrangements? Evidence from Telecommunications Reforms in Europe

Vazquez, Emmanuel Jose - 2017

This paper exploits variations in the timing of telecommunications reforms across Europe to analyze the relationship … changes in their employment outcomes after telecommunications reforms were introduced. The main results point to a …?intensive sectors after the implementation of telecommunications reforms. The analysis does not find a link between the incidence of …

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Telecommunications Performance, Reforms, and Governance

Estache, Antonio; Goicoechea, Ana; Manacorda, Marco - 2006

The authors assess the effects of private capital and independent regulatory agencies on telecommunications performance …

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Forecasting Investment Needs in South Africa's Electricity and Telecommunications Sectors

Bogetic, Zeljko - 2016

The authors use a panel-data set for the period 1980-2002 to estimate demand for electricity and telecommunications … investment needs in electricity and telecommunications for the current growth scenario (3.6 percent a year) are of the order of 0 …

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Welfare Effects of Introducing Competition in the Telecom Sector in Djibouti

Decoster, Xavier Stephane - 2019

Djibouti is very well placed, as a landing site of undersea fiber optic cables, to benefit from the digital economy. However, the prevalence of a single national telecom operator in the country has stifled service delivery and innovation in the telecom sector. Mobile broadband coverage and...

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Services Reform and Manufacturing Performance : Evidence from India

Arnold, Jens Matthias - 2017

about 4,000 Indian firms from1993 to 2005. They find that banking, telecommunications, insurance and transport reforms all …

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International Remittances and Financial Inclusion in Sub-Saharan Africa

Aga, Gemechu - 2017

This paper uses World Bank survey data, including about 10,000 households in five countries -- Burkina Faso, Kenya, Nigeria, Senegal, and Uganda -- to investigate the link between international remittances and households' financial inclusion in Sub-Saharan Africa. The paper finds that receiving...

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Financial Inclusion and the Role of the Post Office

Anson, Jose - 2017

Given their widespread presence in rural and poor areas, post offices can play a leading role in advancing financial inclusion. Yet little is known about the type of clients that post offices reach through their financial service offerings as compared with clients of traditional financial...

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Islamic Finance and Financial Inclusion : Measuring Use of and Demand for Formal Financial Services Among Muslim Adults

Demirgüç-Kunt, Asli - 2017

In recent years, the Islamic finance industry has attracted the attention of policy makers and international donors as a possible channel through which to expand financial inclusion, particularly among Muslim adults. Yet cross-country, demand-side data on actual usage and preference gaps in...

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Benchmarking Financial Systems : Introducing the Financial Possibility Frontier

Beck, Thorsten - 2017

Across the world, supply for financial services rarely matches the demand, given multiple market frictions. This paper discusses the concept of the financial possibilities frontier as a constrained optimum to categorize different problems of shallow financial markets or unsustainable expansion....

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Improving Access to Banking : Evidence from Kenya

Allen, Franklin - 2017

Using household surveys and bank penetration data at the district-level in 2006 and 2009, this paper examines the impact of Equity Bank -- a leading private commercial bank focusing on microfinance -- on access to banking in Kenya. Unlike other commercial banks in Kenya, Equity Bank pursues...

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