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Confronting the ‘oil curse’: state–civil society roles in managing Ghana’s oil find
South African Institute of International Affairs, 2015Ghana discovered large oil deposits at Cape Three Points, on its western coast, in 2007.With the discovery of additional oil it is anticipated that the oil sector will significantly boost the economy, which in turn will have a positive developmental impact.DocumentEstimating the income counterfactual for oil producing countries of the MENA region
Economic Research Forum, Egypt, 2015How much richer would oil producing countries in the Middle East be if they invested all their natural resource rents? This study tries to answer this question by calculating the counterfactuals of capital stock and income under two major scenarios.DocumentEffects of institutions and natural resources in a multiple growth regime
Economic Research Forum, Egypt, 2015Dependence on natural resourcea is currently the object of a wide debate in the analysis of economic growth in rentier states. In this work, the authors examine the interaction effect between oil resources dependence and the quality of institutions on economic growth by employing a panel threshold regression methodology.DocumentTopic Guide: sub-national financing for urban infrastructure
Evidence on Demand, 2015Developing countries are growing faster than in the past, with significantly higher rates of growth than those in the developed world. Growth rates in Africa and India were well above 5% in 2014 and those in Ethiopia and Rwanda were higher than 7.5%.DocumentMaking youth employment policies work
Kenya Institute for Public Policy Research and Analysis, 2015Government policy and public investment in Kenya has focused disproportionately on formal private sector development and on education that is geared to urban wage employment as a solution to youth unemployment. A closer look at the figures, however, reveals that underemployment, especially in rural areas, is the greater challenge.DocumentRegional patterns of manufacturing industries: a study of manufacturing industries in Java Region, Indonesia
Philippine Journal of Development, 2010Previous studies on geographical distribution of economic activity in Indonesia demonstrate that firms are localized in major metropolitan areas as well as a set of emerging regions.DocumentA review of social insurance in the Philipppines
Philippine Journal of Development, 2009This paper aims to review and assess the protection afforded by the Social Security System (SSS) and the Government Service Insurance System (GSIS), two of the three agencies tasked with administering social insurance in the country.DocumentImpact Evaluation of the Non-contributory Social Pension Program 70 y más
International Initiative for Impact Evaluation, 2014Implemented throughout Mexico, the 70 y más (70 and above) programme was aimed at improving the living conditions of adults aged 70 and older. The programme was centred on two components:DocumentA randomized evaluation of the effects of an agricultural insurance program on rural households’ behavior: evidence from China
International Initiative for Impact Evaluation, 2014The provision of weather insurance is a potential way of shielding farmers from weather related shocks and reducing poverty. However, the use of weather insurance is not widespread in many countries. In China, even with a government subsidy of 70 per cent, the take-up of weather insurance is quite low.DocumentThe impact of export processing zones on employment, wages and labour conditions in developing countries
International Initiative for Impact Evaluation, 2014Export processing zones (EPZs), also called free trade zones, are one of the most common instruments of industrial policy in developed and developing countries. Despite their proliferation and spread across all countries in the world, there is little evidence about the impact that EPZs have on employment and wages.Pages