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Showing items 47386 through 47394 of 73379.Are the household characteristics that
are good for transition to a more diversified
market-oriented development process in Vietnam also
important for reducing poverty? Or are there tradeoffs? The
The Caribbean region suffers from a high
degree of economic volatility. A history of repeated
external and domestic shocks has made economic insecurity a
major concern across the region. Of particular concern to
Bringing the United States and major
developing countries to control their greenhouse gas
emissions will be the key challenge for the international
climate regime beyond the Kyoto Protocol. But in the current
The authors analyze how property rights
affect the allocation of firms' available resources
among different types of assets. In particular, they
investigate empirically for a large number of countries
This paper provides an overview of the
privatization of the Russian coal industry. It reviews the
salient aspects of the Government's privatization
policy as it evolved over the years, and looks at the
Global capitalism, vintage early 21st
century, favors the movement of goods and capital across
national borders more than it does the movement of people.
It was not always this way. The first wave of globalization,
Using panel data from a unique survey of
public primary schools in Uganda, The authors assess the
degree of leakage of public funds in education. The survey
data reveal that on average during 1991-95 schools received
Theoretical work has shown that
nonlinear dynamics in household incomes can yield poverty
traps and distribution-dependent growth. If this is true,
the potential implications for policy are dramatic:
The authors empirically estimate the
impact of social capital on household welfare in
Bolivia--where they found 67 different types of local
associations. They focus on household memberships in local
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