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Can Micro-Credit Support Public Health Subsidy Programs? 小额信贷能支持公共卫生补贴计划吗?

World Bank Policy Research Working Paper Series Pub Date : 2019-05-01 DOI: 10.1920/WP.IFS.2019.1019

B. Malde, Bet Caeyers, Britta Augsburg

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引用次数: 3

The Economics of Sustainability: Causes and Consequences of Energy Market Transformation 可持续性经济学:能源市场转型的原因与后果

World Bank Policy Research Working Paper Series Pub Date : 2019-05-01 DOI: 10.1596/1813-9450-8858

Rabah Arezki

引用次数: 2

E-Commerce Participation and Household Income Growth in Taobao Villages 淘宝村电子商务参与与家庭收入增长

World Bank Policy Research Working Paper Series Pub Date : 2019-04-10 DOI: 10.1596/1813-9450-8811

Xubei Luo, Chiyu Niu

引用次数: 26

Famine and the Aid Response: Evidence from the Announcement of Famine-Like Conditions in the Republic of Yemen 饥荒和援助反应:来自也门共和国类似饥荒状况公告的证据

World Bank Policy Research Working Paper Series Pub Date : 2019-04-10 DOI: 10.1596/1813-9450-8812

S. Tandon, T. Vishwanath

引用次数: 0

Exploring the Heterogeneous Effects of Export Promotion 探索出口促进的异质性效应

World Bank Policy Research Working Paper Series Pub Date : 2019-04-01 DOI: 10.1596/1813-9450-8833

M. Olarreaga, S. Sperlich, Virginie Trachsel

引用次数: 7

Inequality in the Quality of Health Services: Wealth, Content of Care, and Price of Antenatal Consultations in the Democratic Republic of Congo 卫生服务质量的不平等:刚果民主共和国产前咨询的财富、护理内容和价格

World Bank Policy Research Working Paper Series Pub Date : 2019-04-01 DOI: 10.1596/1813-9450-8818

G. Fink, Eeshani Kandpal, Gil Shapira

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引用次数: 7

The Rise of Star Firms: Intangible Capital and Competition 明星企业的崛起:无形资本与竞争

World Bank Policy Research Working Paper Series Pub Date : 2019-04-01 DOI: 10.2139/ssrn.3230154

M. Ayyagari, Asli Demirgüç-Kunt, Vojislav Maksimovic

引用次数: 10

Morocco's Growth and Employment Prospects: Public Policies to Avoid the Middle-Income Trap 《摩洛哥的增长和就业前景:避免中等收入陷阱的公共政策》

World Bank Policy Research Working Paper Series Pub Date : 2019-03-11 DOI: 10.1596/1813-9450-8769

E. Moreira

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引用次数: 6

International Willingness to Pay for the Protection of the Amazon Rainforest 国际社会愿意为保护亚马逊雨林买单

World Bank Policy Research Working Paper Series Pub Date : 2019-03-11 DOI: 10.1596/1813-9450-8775

J. Siikamaki, A. Krupnick, J. Strand, J. Vincent

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引用次数: 5

Fiscal Incidence in Ukraine: A Commitment to Equity Analysis 乌克兰财政事件:对公平分析的承诺

World Bank Policy Research Working Paper Series Pub Date : 2019-03-05 DOI: 10.1596/1813-9450-8765

Kateryna Bornukova, N. Leshchenko, M. Matytsin

引用次数: 3