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Insecurity and Industrial Organization : Evidence from Afghanistan

Blumenstock, Joshua Evan - 2018

One-fifth of the world's population lives in countries affected by fragility, violence and conflict, impeding long-term economic growth. However, little is known about how firms respond to local changes in security, partly because of the difficulty of measuring firm activity in these settings....

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Sifting Through the Data : Labor Markets in Haiti Through a Turbulent Decade (2001-2012)

Scot, Thiago - 2017

In Latin America, labor markets have been the main channel through which growth has reduced poverty, with higher labor income accounting for 49 percent of the reduction in poverty in 2008?13. Understanding labor markets is critical to designing policies and programs aimed at reducing poverty....

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Trade and Civil Conflict : Revisiting the Cross-Country Evidence

Calì, Massimiliano - 2017

This paper revisits and expands the evidence on the impact of trade shocks on intra-state conflict with a large sample of developing countries in the 1960-2010 period. The results suggest that increases in the prices of a country's exported commodities raise the country's risk of civil conflict...

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Macroinsurance for Microenterprises : A Randomized Experiment in Post-Revolution Egypt

Groh, Matthew - 2017

Firms in many developing countries cite macroeconomic instability and political uncertainty as major constraints to their growth. Economic theory suggests uncertainty can cause firms to delay investments until uncertainty is resolved. A randomized experiment was conducted in post-revolution...

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Risky Business : Political Instability and Greenfield Foreign Direct Investment in the Arab World

Burger, Martijn J. - 2017

Which foreign direct investments are most affected by political instability? Analysis of quarterly greenfield investment flows into countries in the Middle East and North Africa from 2003 to 2012 shows that adverse political shocks are associated with significantly reduced investment inflows in...

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Identifying Aid Effectiveness Challenges in Fragile and Conflict-Affected States

Ishihara, Yoichiro - 2017

Fragile and conflict-affected states face daunting challenges for development. Aid has a greater importance on development in these states than in others, and therefore aid effectiveness ?management and delivery of aid ? bears serious consideration. Despite its significance, aid effectiveness is...

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The"Resource Curse"In MENA? Political Transitions, Resource Wealth, Economic Shocks, and Conflict Risk

Ross, Michael L. - 2017

The recent political upheavals in the Middle East and North Africa region have exposed growing concerns about conflict risk, political stability, and reform prospects across its societies. Given the prevalence of oil and gas resource endowments in the region, which a voluminous literature...

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Second-Stage Sampling for Conflict Areas : Methods and Implications

Himelein, Kristen - 2017

The collection of survey data from war zones or other unstable security situations is vulnerable to error because conflict often limits the implementation options. Although there are elevated risks throughout the process, this paper focuses specifically on challenges to frame construction and...

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Corruption, the Business Environment, and Small Business Growth in India

Mengistae, Taye - 2016

business growth seem also to depend on a fourth element, namely, corruption. Specifically, labor regulation affects the growth … only of enterprises for which corruption is not a factor in business decisions. By contrast, power shortages seem to be a … drag on the growth only of enterprises self-reportedly held back by corruption. Lastly, sales growth is constrained by cash …

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Infrastructure Governance and Corruption : Where Next?

Kenny, Charles - 2016

Governance is central to development outcomes in infrastructure, not least because corruption (a symptom of failed … - primarily at the sector level - to improve governance and reduce the development impact of corruption. The discussion covers …

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