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Determinants of corporate cash holdings in South AfricaGlobally, corporate cash holdings have risen since the 1980s...
South Africa Corporate finance Cash holdingsJournal Article
Poverty dynamics and graduation from conditional cash transfers: A transition model for Mexico’s Progresa-Oportunidades-Prospera programThe effects of conditional cash transfers (CCTs) on poverty and well-being have been widely studied. However, there is limited knowledge on how a CCT should respond to the dynamics of poverty...
Panel analysis Poverty Poverty measurementWorking Paper
Is multi-party coalition government better for the protection of socially backward classes in India?The paper investigates whether multi-party coalition government is better for the protection of socially backward classes, i.e. Scheduled Castes, in India...
Caste Equality and inequality Local governmentWorking Paper
On the spread of social protection systemsThis paper undertakes an empirical analysis of the adoption of various components of social security systems as well as contribution rates...
Panel analysis Social security TaxationJournal Article
Evaluating multiple spatial dimensions of economic growth in Brazil using spatial panel data modelsThe goal of this paper is to evaluate the results of regional economic growth model estimations at multiple spatial scales using spatial panel data models...
Econometric models Economic growth Panel analysisVideo
New Approaches to MeasurementConference on Inequality—Measurement, trends, impacts, and policies - Parallel 4.3
Index numbers (Economics) Inequality Poverty measurementWorking Paper
Commercialization in agriculture in rural Vietnam, 2006-14The vast majority of households in rural Vietnam undertake agricultural activities and for many this is their main livelihood. Moreover, this agriculture has become increasingly commercialized over time...
Agricultural credit Agriculture AquacultureBlog
Economic Lessons from Recent Research for Achieving SDG8
This article is part of UNU’s “ 17 Days, 17 Goals ” series, featuring research and commentary in support of the United Nations Sustainable Development Summit, 25-27 September 2015 in New York City...
Business enterprises Capital investments Economic assistance and foreign aidBook Chapter
What Do Development NGOs Achieve?Economic development projects Nonprofit organizations Panel analysis
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The Return to Foreign AidWe investigate the marginal productivity of investment across countries. The aim is to estimate the return on investments financed by foreign aid and by domestic resource mobilization, using aggregate data...
Economic growth Investments Panel analysisJournal Article
Aid Supplies Over Time: Addressing Heterogeneity, Trends, and DynamicsPart of Journal Special Issue Aid Policy and the Macroeconomic Management of Aid
Business cycles Economic assistance and foreign aid Financial crisisBook Chapter
Tourism and Economic Growth: African Evidence from Panel Vector Autoregressive FrameworkUsing a panel vector autoregressive model this paper investigates the dynamic and endogeneous contribution of tourism to output based on a sample of 40 African countries for the period 1990–2006...
Economic development Human capital InvestmentsWorking Paper
Private Returns to Education for Wage-employees and the Self-employed in UgandaThe paper investigates the differences in private marginal returns to education between wage-employees and the self-employed in Uganda, using the Mincerian framework with pooled regression models...
Education Entrepreneurship Panel analysisWorking Paper
The impact of aid on total government expenditures: New evidence on fungibilityAid is said to be fungible at the aggregate level if it raises government expenditures by less than the total amount. This happens when the recipient government decreases domestic revenue, decreases net borrowing, or when aid bypasses the budget...
Economic assistance and foreign aid Econometric models (Economic development) Public expendituresWorking Paper
Social capital, political connections, and household Enterprises: Evidence from VietnamSocial capital and political connections can play an important role in developing countries where markets fail and institutions are weak...
Econometric models (Economic development) Households Panel analysisJournal Article
Has the Clean Development Mechanism Assisted Sustainable Development?One of the dual objectives of the Clean Development Mechanism (CDM) of the Kyoto Protocol is to assist host countries in achieving sustainable development...
Climate change Environment Panel analysis