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The role of constitutions on poverty : a cross-national investigation
Minkler, Lanse; Prakash, Nishith - 2015
In this paper we use novel historical data on economics and social rights from the constitutions of 201 countries and an instrument variable strategy to answer two important questions. First, do economic and social rights provisions in constitutions reduce poverty? Second, does the strength of...
Persistent link: https://www.econbiz.de/10010488146
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The role of constitutions on poverty : a cross-national investigation
Minkler, Lanse; Prakash, Nishith - 2015
Persistent link: https://www.econbiz.de/10011348581
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Macro-economic issues in international labour migration : a review
Saith, Ashwani - 1987
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The impact of micro-credit on employment : evidence from Bangladesh and Pakistan
Kahn, Azhar; Rahman, Twyeafur; Wright, Robert E. - 2016
Persistent link: https://www.econbiz.de/10011539630
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The impact of micro-credit on employment : evidence from Bangladesh and Pakistan
Kahn, Azhar; Rahman, Twyeafur; Wright, Robert E. - 2016
-experimental design, in Bangladesh and Pakistan. Three borrower groups are compared: Current borrowers; Pipeline borrowers and Non …. For Pakistan, there is no evidence that micro-credit effects employment. However, for Bangladesh, there is robust evidence …
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Investment climate and international integration
Dollar, David; Hallward-Driemeier, Mary; Mengistae, Taye - 2004
Persistent link: https://www.econbiz.de/10002126304
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Socioeconomic impacts of cross-border transport infrastructure development in South Asia
Gilbert, John P.; Banik, Nilanjan - 2010
describes a new CGE model for South Asia, covering India, Sri Lanka, Bangladesh, Nepal, and Pakistan, which incorporates …, Bangladesh, and Bhutan. This paper uses computable general equilibrium (CGE) methods to address how these infrastructure … accruing to India in absolute terms, but the largest relative gains to Nepal, followed by Bangladesh and Sri Lanka when the …
Persistent link: https://www.econbiz.de/10003983208
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Population ageing in South Asia : an overview and emerging issues of poverty and old age health
Alam, Moneer (contributor) - 2008
Persistent link: https://www.econbiz.de/10003758192
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Party system institutionalization and reliance on personal income tax in developing countries
Schiller, Armin von - 2015
This paper explores the effect of party system institutionalization on the relevance of the personal income tax in the tax composition. Based on a fiscal contractualism approach, it is argued that institutionalized political party systems increase the capacity of political actors to credibly...
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