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The Economic Burden of Malaria
(Center for International Development at Harvard University, 2000-07)Malaria and poverty are intimately connected. Controlling for factors such as tropical location, colonial history, and geographical isolation, countries with intensive malaria had income levels in 1995 only 33% of countries ... -
The Economic Complexity of Kazakhstan: A Roadmap for Sustainable and Inclusive Growth
(Center for International Development at Harvard University, 2023-02)Since the end of the 1990s, Kazakhstan has relied on oil and gas as the main drivers of economic growth. While this has led to rapid development of the country, especially during years of high oil prices, it has also ... -
The Economic Complexity of Namibia: A Roadmap for Productive Diversification
(Center for International Development at Harvard University, 2022-03)After a large growth acceleration within the context of the commodity supercycle (2000-2015), Namibia has been grappling with three interrelated challenges: economic growth, fiscal sustainability, and inclusion. Accelerating ... -
Economic Complexity Report for Western Australia
(Center for International Development at Harvard University, 2021-04)The Government of Western Australia (WA), acting through its Department of Primary Industries and Regional Development (DPIRD), invited the Growth Lab of the Center for International Development (CID) at Harvard University ... -
Economic Consequences of Health Status: A Review of the Evidence
(Center for International Development at Harvard University, 1999-12)The correlation between health and economic performance is extremely robust across communities and over time. Many factors exogenous to income play an important role in determining health status, including a number of ... -
Economic Costs of Friend-Shoring
(Center for International Development at Harvard University, 2022-09)Geo-political tensions and disruptions to global value chains have led policymakers to reevaluate their approach to globalisation. Many countries are considering regionalisation and friend-shoring – trading primarily with ... -
Economic Development and Innovation: Problem-solving in Scarcity Conditions
(Center for International Development at Harvard University, 2006-11)The aim of this paper is to contribute to the debate about innovation in developing countries. Innovation is not an unchanging element pervasive under all socio-economic conditions. We suggest that under the conditions of ... -
Economic Development, Legality, and the Transplant Effect
(Center for International Development at Harvard University, 2000-03)We analyze the determinants of effective legal institutions (legality) using data from 49 countries. We show that the way the law was initially transplanted and received is a more important determinant than the supply of ... -
Economic Growth and the Environment
(Center for International Development at Harvard University, 2000-07)Will the world be able to sustain economic growth indefinitely without running into resource constraints or despoiling the environment beyond repair? What is the relationship between steadily increasing incomes and ... -
Economic Growth in Colombia: A Reversal of 'Fortune'?
(Center for International Development at Harvard University, 2001-12)Colombia’s annual GDP growth fell to an average of 3% between 1980 and 2000 from 5% between 1950 and 1980. The sources-of-growth decomposition shows that this reversal can be accounted entirely by changes in productivity. ... -
Economic Growth: Shared Beliefs, Shared Disappointments?
(Center for International Development at Harvard University, 2006-06)There are two widely-held views on economic growth: 1) it is a natural outcome of getting ‘the basics’ right-- international integration, macroeconomic stability, and contract enforcement; and 2) it is hard, requiring a ... -
Economic Reforms and Constitutional Transition
(Center for International Development at Harvard University, 2000-04)This paper investigates the relationship between economic reforms and constitutional transition, which has been neglected by many transition economists. It is argued that assessment of reform performance might be very ... -
The Economic Tale of Two Amazons: Lessons in Generating Shared Prosperity while Protecting the Forest in the Peruvian and Colombian Amazon
(Center for International Development at Harvard University, 2023-02)Achieving economic prosperity in the Amazon rainforest is often seen as incompatible with protecting the forest. Environmental researchers rightly warn that rapid deforestation is pushing the Amazon close to a potential ... -
Education and Health at the Household Level in Sub-Saharan Africa
(Center for International Development at Harvard University, 2000-01)This paper surveys the microeconomic evidence on the determinants of and returns to education and health in sub-Saharan Africa. A year of education is associated with 3-14% increases wages and productivity. The introduction ... -
The Effect of Ethnic Violence on an Export-Oriented Industry
(Center for International Development at Harvard University, 2010-12)This paper investigates the effects of ethnic violence on export-oriented firms and their workers. Following the disputed 2007 Kenyan presidential election, export volumes of flower firms affected by the ensuing violence ... -
The Effect of Fertility Reduction on Economic Growth
(Center for International Development at Harvard University, 2012-10)We assess quantitatively the effect of exogenous reductions in fertility on output per capita. Our simulation model allows for effects that run through schooling, the size and age structure of the population, capital ... -
The Effect of Pollution on Labor Supply: Evidence from a Natural Experiment in Mexico City
(Center for International Development at Harvard University, 2011-08)Moderate effects of pollution on health may exert an important influence on labor market decisions. We exploit exogenous variation in pollution due to the closure of a large refinery in Mexico City to understand how pollution ... -
Effect of Polyploidy on Ecophysiology of Four-Wing Saltbush: Implications for its Sustainable Use in Agriculture and Degraded Land Reclamation
(Center for International Development at Harvard University, 2011-08)This paper seeks to analyze the impact of ploidy level (chromosome size of cells) on drought tolerance of four-wing saltbush in its native habitat of western US with an aim to inform a more successful introduction of this ... -
Effects of Return Migration on the Non-migrants' Wages and Employment
(Center for International Development at Harvard University, 2017-01)Background Over the past few decades, migration from developing to developed countries was often viewed as 'brain drain', as talented workers were forced out of their home countries due to lack of competitive opportunities. ... -
Elections, Electoral Competitiveness, and Political Budget Cycles in Developing Countries
(Center for International Development at Harvard University, 2001-10)This paper presents the first cross-country evidence of electorally-motivated changes in the composition of public expenditures in developing countries. Results show that election-year public expenditures shift towards ...