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Are Large-scale Poverty Alleviation Programmes Implemented with Electoral Goals in Mind? A Study of the National Rural Employment Guarantee Scheme in India
(Georgetown University, 2014)
Impact evaluations of poverty alleviation programmes often do not take into account political placement and implementation effort while estimating effectiveness. This can give rise to biased estimates if politicians make ...
CORRUPTION AND FDI: A REGIONAL STUDY OF DEVELOPING SOUTHEAST ASIAN COUNTRIES
(Georgetown University, 2014)
This paper examines the empirical relationship between corruption and foreign direct investment (FDI) in developing countries of Southeast Asia. Difference General Method of Moments (GMM) is utilized to take advantage of ...
Promoting Exports or Fostering Disparity? The Effects of Exchange Rate Undervaluation on Income Inequality
(Georgetown University, 2014)
Income inequality finds a prominent place in contemporary political and economic debates. I demonstrate that sustained exchange rate undervaluation increases inequality, building on research linking undervaluation with ...