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The effect of China's One Child Policy on sex selection, family size, and the school enrolment of daughtersFrom the book: Towards Gender Equity in Development
Development Education Family planningBook Chapter
Intra-household bargaining in poor countriesFrom the book: Towards Gender Equity in Development
Households Efficiency DevelopmentBook Chapter
Regulatory structures and challenges to developmental extractives: Some practical observations from GhanaFrom the book: Extractive Industries
Development Extractives RegulatoryBook Chapter
The curse of the one-size-fits-all fix: Re-evaluating what we know about extractives and economic developmentFrom the book: Extractive Industries
Development Oil GasBook Chapter
Mining's contribution to low- and middle-income economiesFrom the book: Extractive Industries
Mining Development Tax revenueBook Chapter
Dependence on extractive industries in lower-income countries: The statistical tendenciesFrom the book: Extractive Industries
Development Oil GasJournal Article
Tax Structures and Economic Growth: New Evidence from the Government Revenue DatasetPart of Journal Special Issue Fiscal Policy, State Building and Economic Development
Economic growth Fiscal policy DevelopmentWorking Paper
Diaspora externalities: A view from the SouthMigration decisions affect those left-behind in ways that are partly taken into account by market forces (e.g., wage effects on labour markets) and for the most part these can be seen as pure externalities...
Diaspora networks International migration Development
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Domestic revenue mobilization and the role of data
Government revenues are central to funding public expenditures in all countries...
Tax DevelopmentBlog
Updated Government Revenue Dataset provides new insights into developing country tax collection trends
The increasing focus on domestic resource mobilization in developing countries means that, for researchers and policy makers, access to accurate and timely data is more important than ever...
Tax DevelopmentWorking Paper
Regulatory structures and challenges to developmental extractives: Some practical observations from GhanaAt the heart of an effective extractive resource-based economic transformation and development is an effective regulatory framework that guides the promotion of investments into the sector, the procedure for responsible extraction, and the management...
Development Extractives RegulatoryWorking Paper
Multilateral development aid: Assessing the major replenishments of 2016This survey of the 2016 replenishments of three multilateral development bank soft funds and of the Global Fund for AIDS, TB and Malaria shows that a significant re-set of the multilateral development finance system is taking place, with grant fundin...
aid Multilateral finance Traditional and emerging donorsWorking Paper
The effect of China’s One Child Policy on sex selection, family size, and the school enrolment of daughtersI first document that the introduction of the One Child Policy dramatically increased sex selection in certain regions, and that the Chinese government responded to this by allowing parents who had a daughter as their first child to try for a second ...
Development Education Family planning