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Do Black Politicians Matter?
Logan, Trevon D. - 2018
politician race on public finance. I overcome the endogeneity between electoral preferences and black representation using the … number of free blacks in the antebellum era (1860) as an instrument for black political leaders during Reconstruction. IV … race has large effects on public finance and individual outcomes over and above electoral preferences for redistribution …
Persistent link: https://www.econbiz.de/10012453523
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Does Money Protect Health Status? Evidence from South African Pensions
Case, Anne - 2001
The channels by which better health leads to higher income, and those by which higher income protects health status, are of interest to both researchers and policy makers. In general, quantifying the impact of income on health is difficult, given the simultaneous determination of health and...
Persistent link: https://www.econbiz.de/10012470223
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Credit Constraints and the Racial Gap in Post-Secondary Education in South Africa
Lam, David - 2013
This paper analyzes the impact of high school household income and scholastic ability on post-secondary enrollment in South Africa. Using longitudinal data from the Cape Area Panel Study (CAPS), we analyze the large racial gaps in the proportion of high school graduates who enroll in university...
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Länderreport / Südafrika
Bundesstelle für Außenhandelsinformation <Köln> - Köln : BfAI - 1994/95(1995) - 1997
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Wirtschaftstrends / Südafrika
Bundesstelle für Außenhandelsinformation <Köln>; … - Köln : BfAI - 1997/98 - 2005
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Wirtschaftsentwicklung / Südafrika
Bundesstelle für Außenhandelsinformation <Köln>; … - Köln : BfAI - 1999(2000) - 2003(2004); damit Ersch. eingest.
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Understanding South Africa's Economic Puzzles
Rodrik, Dani - 2006
South Africa has undergone a remarkable transformation since its democratic transition in 1994, but economic growth and employment generation have been disappointing. Most worryingly, unemployment is currently among the highest in the world. While the proximate cause of high unemployment is that...
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Blended Finance
Flammer, Caroline; Giroux, Thomas; Heal, Geoffrey - National Bureau of Economic Research - 2024
Blended finance---the use of public and philanthropic funding to crowd in private capital---is a potential way to … finance a more sustainable world. While blended finance holds the promise of being catalytic in mobilizing vast amounts of … decision-making of development finance institutions (DFIs) that engage in blended finance. We then provide empirical evidence …
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Whither the World Bank and the IMF?
Krueger, Anne O. - 1997
On their fiftieth anniversary, the International Monetary Fund and the World Bank were" extensively reviewed, both to mark the occasion and to consider, often critically roles and performance. This paper reviews the functions of the two institutions in light of their" evolution over the past...
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Why is there Multilateral Lending?
Rodrik, Dani - 1995
Why should multilateral lending exist in a world where private capital markets are well developed and governments have their own bilateral aid programs? If lending by the World Bank, IMF, and regional development banks has an independent rationale, it must rest on advantages generated by the...
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