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ConclusionFrom the book: Micro, Small, and Medium Enterprises in Vietnam
SMEs Microeconomics Private sectorBook Chapter
IntroductionFrom the book: Micro, Small, and Medium Enterprises in Vietnam
SMEs Microeconomics Data revolutionBook
Micro, Small, and Medium Enterprises in VietnamMicro, Small, and Medium Enterprises in Vietnam provides a comprehensive analytic contribution to a crucial topic within development economics...
SMEs Microeconomics Private sectorJournal Article
Improving Financial Inclusion through the Delivery of Cash Transfer Programmes: The Case of Mexico’s Progresa-Oportunidades-Prospera ProgrammeThis paper follows a quasi-experimental research design to assess the impact of the electronic payment system of Mexico’s Progresa-Oportunidades-Prospera (POP) programme...
Mathematical models (Economic development) Microeconomics MicrofinanceJournal Article
Agricultural extension, intra-household allocation and malariaCan agricultural development programs improve health-related outcomes? We exploit a spatial discontinuity in the coverage of a large-scale agricultural extensionprogram in Uganda to causally identify its effects on malaria...
Administrative law Agriculture Economic developmentBlog
Income generation and malaria in UgandaSeveral large-scale efforts have been made to combat malaria in the last decade under the Millennium Development Goals, and while these have led to a rapid decline in cases, malaria continues to exact a heavy toll on sub-Saharan Africa, both in terms...
Administrative law Agriculture Economic developmentWorking Paper
Microsimulation of impacts of tax and transfer in Vietnam: Feasibility studyThis paper assesses the feasibility of simulating the distributional impacts produced by various tax and transfer instruments in Vietnam...
Distribution Microeconomics TaxationBook Chapter
Slow Progress in Growth and Poverty Reduction in CameroonFrom the book: Growth and Poverty in Sub-Saharan Africa
Economic growth Equality and inequality MicroeconomicsBook Chapter
Spatial and Temporal Multidimensional Poverty in NigeriaFrom the book: Growth and Poverty in Sub-Saharan Africa
Game theory Microeconomics PovertyBook Chapter
Poverty and its Dynamics in Uganda: Explorations using a New Set of Poverty LinesFrom the book: Growth and Poverty in Sub-Saharan Africa
Econometric models Game theory HealthJournal Article
Disadvantage and discrimination in self-employment: Caste gaps in earnings in Indian small businessesUsing the 2004–2005 India Human Development Survey data, we estimate and decompose the earnings of household businesses owned by historically marginalized social groups known as Scheduled Castes and Tribes (SCSTs) and non-SCSTs across the earni...
Caste Equality and inequality MicroeconomicsJournal Article
Poverty Mapping Based on First-Order Dominance with an Example from MozambiqueWe explore a novel first-order dominance (FOD) approach to poverty mapping and compare its properties to small-area estimation...
Public expenditures Microeconomics PovertyVideo
Food Production SystemsConference on Climate Change and Development Policy - Parallel 3.3
Agriculture Productivity Climate changeVideo
Local Perceptions and PoliciesConference on Climate Change and Development Policy - Parallel 4.3
Climate change Microeconomics Economic policyWorking Paper
Tax-benefit microsimulation in Ethiopia: A feasibility studyThe purpose of this study is to assess the feasibility of building a microsimulation model of the Ethiopian tax and benefits system. We first provide a detailed description of the tax and benefits system of the country...
Household survey Microeconomics Taxation