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The Role of Intergenerational Health Externalities and Women’s Occupational Constraints
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P Agenor
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Policy Research Working Papers, World Bank,
2012
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This paper studies the growth effects of externalities associated with intergenerational health transmission, health persistence, and women’s occupational constraints—with particular emphasis on the r...
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The Short-Term Impacts of a Schooling Conditional Cash Transfer Program on the Sexual Behavior of Young Women
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E. Chirwa;S. Baird;C. Mclntosh (ed)
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Policy Research Working Papers, World Bank,
2009
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Conditional Cash Transfers (CCTs) can be an important component of social protection policy and there is considerable evidence that CCTs have improved the lives of poor people. Zomba Cash Transfer Pro...
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Universal minimum old age pensions impact on poverty and fiscal cost in 18 Latin American countries
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J-J. Dethier;P. Pestieau;R. Ali
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Policy Research Working Papers, World Bank,
2010
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In Latin America, five countries - Argentina, Brazil, Chile, Costa Rica and Uruguay - have non-contributory pensions. But pension coverage rates remain below 30% in half of Latin American countr...
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Constraints to Economic Growth in Malawi
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L. Nicholas;L. Hanmer
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Policy Research Working Papers, World Bank,
2009
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This paper applies a growth diagnostics approach to identify the most binding constraints to private-sector growth in Malawi. The authors find that growth in Malawi has been primarily driven by the do...
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The long-run impacts of adult deaths on older household members in Tanzania
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A.R. Adhvaryu;K. Beegle
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Policy Research Working Papers, World Bank,
2009
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Increases in prime-age mortality rates in high-prevalence African countries due to HIV/AIDS have resulted in "missing" working-age adults, which has implications on the well-being of survivi...
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Enabling conditions for second pillars of pension systems
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H. Rudolph;R. Rocha
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Policy Research Working Papers, World Bank,
2009
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Over the past decade the World Bank has promoted pension reforms entailing the introduction of multi-pillar pension systems. Multi-pillar pension reforms typically included the introduction of a secon...
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The measurement of inequality of opportunity: theory and an application to Latin America
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F.H.G. Ferreira;J. Gignoux
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Policy Research Working Papers, World Bank,
2008
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What part of the inequality observed in a particular country is due to unequal opportunities rather than to differences in individual efforts or luck? Economists are increasingly attempting to underst...
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The economic impact of climate change on agriculture in Cameroon
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C., M. Lambi;E., L. Molua
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Policy Research Working Papers, World Bank,
2007
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Cameroon’s economy is primarily agrarian and 80% of the country’s poor are involved in farming. Changes in temperature and precipitation pose a serious threat to the nation’s econ...
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Local conflict and development projects in Indonesia: part of the problem or part of a solution?
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P. Barron;R. Diprose;M. Woolcock
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Policy Research Working Papers, World Bank,
2007
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It is a common assumption that development projects can help reduce conflict by promoting economic progress and reducing inequality. This paper explores the dynamics of the development-conflict&nbs...
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A poverty-focused evaluation of commodity tax options
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B. Essama-Nssah
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Policy Research Working Papers, World Bank,
2007
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This paper seeks to demonstrate how to conduct a poverty-focused evaluation of public policy. The author argues that in the case of commodity taxation, the evaluation criterion hinges on both the pric...
