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A vulnerability approach to the definition of the middle class [PDF]

Measurement of the middle class has recently come to the center of policy debate in middle-income countries as they search for the potential engines of growth and good governance. This debate assumes, first, that there is a meaningful definition of class,
Lopez-Calva, Luis F., Ortiz-Juarez, Eduardo   +1 more
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Performance and applicability of low-cost PM sensors to assess global pollution variability through machine learning techniques

Atmospheric Environment: X
Air quality monitoring and analyses became easy and affordable due to emergence of low-cost sensors. Recently, the efforts to improve the monitoring and understanding of region-specific air pollution events attracted immense global attention ...
Rajat Sharma, Andry Razakamanantsoa, Ashutosh Kumar, Thaseem Thajudeen, Agnès Jullien   +4 more
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Higher education for economic development: contexts of escaping low-and-lower-middle-income trap in ASEAN

Discover Education
This study aims at the contribution of education to ASEAN low-and-lower-middle-income countries (LLMICs) economic development and particularly the role of higher education in avoiding the low-and-lower-middle-income trap (LLMIT).
Hara Masatoshi
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Income-Based Economic Determinants of Life Expectancy in Four Groups of Countries Classified by their Levels of Income

Scientific Annals of Economics and Business
This study seeks to determine the role of per capita value added in the main sectors of; agriculture, industry, services, plus per capita GDP, on life expectancy at birth in the four groups of countries classified internationally by; high income, upper ...
Ismael Abdulrahman, Sarah Ahmed Chawsheen   +1 more
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The social rate of return on infrastructure investments [PDF]

The authors estimate social rates of return to electricity-generating capacity and paved roads, relative to the return on general capital, by examining the effect on aggregate output and comparing that effect with the costs of construction.
Bennathan, Esra, Canning, David
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How do governments respond after catastrophes ? natural-disaster shocks and the fiscal stance [PDF]

Natural disasters could constitute a major shock to public finances and debt sustainability because of their impact on output and the need for reconstruction and relief expenses.
Melecky, Martin, Raddatz, Claudio
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Dual Effects of Education Expenditure on Life Expectancy: An Empirical Assessment of Crowding-Out and Complementarity

Econometrics
This study investigates whether public education expenditure crowds out or complements health investment in influencing life expectancy across 158 countries from 1990 to 2023.
Jayadevan CM, Nam Trung Hoang, Subba Reddy Yarram   +2 more
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Did International Trade Become Dirtier in Developing Countries? On the Composition Effect of International Trade on the Environment [PDF]

Utilizing the world panel dataset for the pollution emission embedded in international trade for the period between 1988 and 2009, we investigated whether the composition of international trade of a country moved away from pollution-intensive industries ...
Satoshi Honma, Yushi Yoshida
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Financial institutions and markets across countries and over time - data and analysis [PDF]

This paper introduces the updated and expanded version of the Financial Development and Structure Database and presents recent trends in structure and development of financial institutions and markets across countries.
Beck , Thorsten, Demirguc-Kunt, Asli, Levine, Ross   +2 more
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Universal Health Insurance for Lower Income and Lower Middle-Income Countries: A Lesson from India

National Journal of Community Medicine
Prakash Patel
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