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Labor markets in an era of adjustment : an overview [PDF]
The authors have written an overview of 19 papers in a symposium devoted to an examination of the interaction between labor markets and adjustment. The purpose of their commentary is to draw general conclusions and policy lessons and to identify areas ...
Horton, Susan +2 more
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Oxford Bulletin of Economics and Statistics, EarlyView.ABSTRACT The paper examines the macroeconomic effects of public investment in emerging market and developing economies (EMDEs). To this end the analysis develops a new measure of public investment shocks based on cyclically adjusted government investment.
Amat Adarov +2 more
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Reducing the Agricultural Gender Gap in Cote d'Ivoire: How has it Changed?
, 2020 Aletheia Donald +3 more
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Access, affordability, and alternatives: Modern infrastructure services in Africa [PDF]
This report reviews recent trends in household access to infrastructure services and associated budgetary expenditures in Africa. It is based on a pooled database that draws upon the entire body of household surveys conducted in sub-Saharan Africa in the
Banerjee, Sudeshna +6 more
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Population and Development Review, EarlyView.Abstract Periodic abstinence and withdrawal (the dominant methods in the “traditional methods” category) have been used to prevent pregnancy in both historical and contemporary contexts and, in some countries, continue to be used despite increased availability and use of modern methods. Yet research on family planning programs and contraceptive methods
Vladimíra Kantorová +4 more
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Household Structures and Savings: Evidence from Household Surveys [PDF]
This paper examines the relationship between household structures, the institutions that shape them and physical and human capital accumulation using household and individual data from China, Indonesia, Côte d'Ivoire and Ghana.
de Laiglesia, Juan R. +1 more
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