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Argentina's Contingent Protection Use after the Financial Crisis: There and Back Again? 阿根廷在金融危机后的应急保护使用:又回来了吗?

Development Economics eJournal Pub Date : 2011-05-25 DOI: 10.2139/ssrn.1872563

Michael Moore

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引用次数: 1

Impact of Organized Retail on the Economy of Punjab 有组织的零售业对旁遮普经济的影响

Development Economics eJournal Pub Date : 2011-05-17 DOI: 10.2139/ssrn.1844510

Sanjeet Singh, G. Sharma, Mandeep Mahendru

引用次数: 6

Measuring the Attributes of Poverty and its Persistence: A Case Study of Eritrea 衡量贫困的属性及其持续性:以厄立特里亚为例

Development Economics eJournal Pub Date : 2011-05-11 DOI: 10.1111/j.1475-4991.2010.00434.x

Eyob Fissuh, John Serieux, M. Harris

引用次数: 1

Multidimensional Poverty and the State of Child Health in India 印度的多维贫困和儿童健康状况

Development Economics eJournal Pub Date : 2011-05-06 DOI: 10.2139/ssrn.1833864

S. Mohanty

引用次数: 7

The Impact of New Immigration on Native Wages: A Cross-Occupation Analysis of a Small Open Economy 新移民对本地工资的影响:一个小型开放经济的跨职业分析

Development Economics eJournal Pub Date : 2011-05-01 DOI: 10.2139/ssrn.1926806

Heiwai Tang, S. Wong

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引用次数: 0

Vulnerability in Rural Bangladesh: Learning from Life History Interviews 孟加拉国农村的脆弱性:从生活史访谈中学习

Development Economics eJournal Pub Date : 2011-05-01 DOI: 10.2139/SSRN.1896139

P. Davis

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引用次数: 12

Regional Corridors Development in Regional Cooperation 区域合作中的区域走廊建设

Development Economics eJournal Pub Date : 2011-05-01 DOI: 10.2139/ssrn.1874493

P. Srivastava

引用次数: 45

Sustainability and its Measurement 可持续性及其测量

Development Economics eJournal Pub Date : 2011-05-01 DOI: 10.3386/W17008

G. Heal

引用次数: 18

Can Medical Progress Be Sustained? Implications of the Link between Development and Output Markets 医学进步能否持续?发展与产出市场之间联系的含义

Development Economics eJournal Pub Date : 2011-05-01 DOI: 10.3386/W17011

A. Malani, T. Philipson

引用次数: 13

Modelling Sequencing Patterns in Asset Acquisition: The Case of Smallholder Farmers in Three Rural Districts in Uganda 资产收购中的时序模式建模:乌干达三个农村地区小农的案例

Development Economics eJournal Pub Date : 2011-04-29 DOI: 10.2139/ssrn.1831323

Nicky R. M. Pouw, Chris Elbers

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