Documents et rapports
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Constrained firms, not subsistence activities : evidence on capital returns and accumulation in Peruvian microenterprises (anglais)
Authors investigate the size of returns to capital and the determinants of capital accumulation in microenterprises (MEs) in a developing country context. Marginal returns to capital are found to be well...
Type de document: Autre étude sur la protection sociale Numéro du rapport: 77928 Date du document: 1 mars 2013 Mode de publication: Disclosed Auteur: Gobel, Kristin,Grimm,Michael,Lay,Jann
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Kinship-ties and entrepreneurship in Western Africa (anglais)
Small entrepreneurs in poor countries achieve relatively high marginal returns to capital but show only low re-investment rates. The literature is rather inconclusive about the possible causes. The author...
Type de document: Autre étude sur la protection sociale Numéro du rapport: 77936 Date du document: 1 février 2013 Mode de publication: Disclosed Auteur: Grimm,Michael,Gubert,Flore,Koriko, Ousman,Lay,Jann,Nordman,Christophe Jalil
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How much does utility access matter for the performance of micro and small enterprises? (anglais)
The empirical evidence of the economic benefits of different utilities such as electricity, telecommunications and water is mixed and, in the case of micro and small enterprises, relatively thin. This...
Type de document: Document de travail Numéro du rapport: 77935 Date du document: 1 novembre 2012 Mode de publication: Disclosed Auteur: Grimm,Michael,Hartwig,Renate Sieglinde,Lay,Jann
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Credit constrained in risky activities? : the determinants of capital stocks of micro and small firms in Western Africa (anglais)
Micro and Small Enterprises (MSEs) in developing countries are typically considered to be severely credit constrained. Additionally, high business risks may partly explain why capital stocks of MSEs remain...
Type de document: Document de travail Numéro du rapport: 77923 Date du document: 1 mai 2012 Mode de publication: Disclosed Auteur: Grimm,Michael,Lange, Simon,Lay,Jann
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Informal sector dynamics in times of fragile growth : the case of Madagascar (anglais)
This paper investigates the dynamics of the informal sector in Madagascar during a period of fragile growth. Overall, the behavior of informal firms in terms of earnings, employment and capital accumulation...
Type de document: Document de travail Numéro du rapport: 77929 Date du document: 1 septembre 2011 Mode de publication: Disclosed Auteur: Grimm,Michael,Lay,Jann,Roubaud,Francois,Vaillant,Julia
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MDG achievements, determinants and resource needs : what has been learnt ? (anglais)
This paper reviews the effectiveness and efficiency of key policy instruments for the achievement of the Millennium Development Goals (MDG). Based on a simple cross-country regression analysis, the paper...
Type de document: Document de travail de recherche sur les politiques Numéro du rapport: WPS5320 Date du document: 1 mai 2010 Mode de publication: Disclosed Auteur: Lay,Jann
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The complementarity of MDG achievements : the case of child mortality in Sub-Saharan Africa (anglais)
This paper analyzes complementarities between different Millennium Development Goals, focusing on child mortality and how it is influenced by progress in the other goals, in particular two goals related...
Type de document: Document de travail de recherche sur les politiques Numéro du rapport: WPS5062 Date du document: 9 septembre 2009 Mode de publication: Disclosed Auteur: Lay,Jann,Robilliard,Anne Sophie Marina
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The impact of commodity price changes on rural households : the case of coffee in Uganda (anglais)
Policies and external shocks affecting agriculture, the main source of income for rural households, can be expected to have a significant impact on poverty. The authors study the case of Uganda. Throughout...
Type de document: Document de travail de recherche sur les politiques Numéro du rapport: WPS4088 Date du document: 1 décembre 2006 Mode de publication: Disclosed Auteur: Bussolo,Maurizio,Godart, Olivier,Lay,Jann,Thiele, Rainer
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Structural change and poverty reduction in Brazil : the impact of the Doha Round (anglais)
Over the medium time horizon, skill upgrading, differentials in sectoral technological progress, and migration of labor out of farming activities are some of the major structural adjustment factors shaping...
Type de document: Document de travail de recherche sur les politiques Numéro du rapport: WPS3833 Date du document: 1 février 2006 Mode de publication: Disclosed Auteur: Bussolo,Maurizio,Lay,Jann,Van Der Mensbrugghe,Dominique
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Globalization and poverty changes in Colombia (anglais)
Assessing the final impact of globalization on poverty is a difficult task. This paper looks at how globalization affects poverty through numerous channels, including the positive and negative linkages...
Type de document: Document de travail Numéro du rapport: 28734 Date du document: 30 avril 2003 Auteur: Bussolo,Maurizio,Lay,Jann