World Bank Research Digest, Vol. 2(1)

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World Bank Research Digest, Vol. 2(1)

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2007-11

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In this issue: "Fiscal space" or fiscal policy under constraints? Focus: climate change and agriculture in Africa; how well do institutional theories explain firms' perceptions of property rights? Disability, poverty, and schooling in developing countries; campaign contributions and preferential access to finance; and micro-decomposing the macro determinants of human development; teacher compensation and decentralization in India.

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“World Bank. 2007. World Bank Research Digest, Vol. 2(1). Washington, DC. © World Bank. https://openknowledge.worldbank.org/handle/10986/20978 License: CC BY 3.0 IGO.”

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