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Promoting Manufactuiring to Accelerate Economic Growth and Reduce Growth Volatility in Africa

Adam B. Elhiraika, Ousman Aboubakar, Kamaludeen Muhammad
pp. 1-20
DOI: https://doi.org/10.1353/jda.2014.0032
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Incidence of Poverty and Level of Socio-Economic Deprivation in India

Dr. Jabir Hasan Khan, Tarique Hassan, Shamshad
pp. 21-38
DOI: https://doi.org/10.1353/jda.2014.0031
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The Determinants of Bid-Ask Spread in the Guyanese FX Market

Tarron Khemraj, Sukrishnalall Pasha
pp. 39-62
DOI: https://doi.org/10.1353/jda.2014.0028
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The Dynamics of Involuntary Commercial Banks’ Reserves in Trinidad and Tobago

Keyra Primus, Anthony Birchwood, Lester Henry
pp. 63-84
DOI: https://doi.org/10.1353/jda.2014.0025
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The Preston-Curve and the Contribution of Health to Economic Well-Being: Evidence From the DHS of India and Four African Countries

Muhammad Jami Husain
pp. 85-121
DOI: https://doi.org/10.1353/jda.2014.0022
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Determinants of Fertility at the Macro Level: New Evidence for Latin America and the Caribbean

Verónica Amarante
pp. 123-135
DOI: https://doi.org/10.1353/jda.2014.0039
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The Identity Economics of Female Genital Mutilation

Christopher J. Coyne, Rachel L. Coyne
pp. 137-152
DOI: https://doi.org/10.1353/jda.2014.0036
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The Informal Economy of Veracruz State During the Fox Administration

Gregory Brock, Jie Tian, Robert Yarbrough
pp. 153-168
DOI: https://doi.org/10.1353/jda.2014.0033
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Is Monetary Policy Non-Linear in Latin America?: A Quantile Regression Approach to Brazil, Chile, Mexico and Peru

William Miles, Samuel Schreyer
pp. 169-183
DOI: https://doi.org/10.1353/jda.2014.0029
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Decomposition of Gender Wage Differentials in Iran: An Empirical Study Based on Household Survey Data

Seyed Moaven Razavi, Nader Habibi
pp. 185-204
DOI: https://doi.org/10.1353/jda.2014.0026
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Bank Efficiency in Africa

Roseline Oluitan
pp. 205-221
DOI: https://doi.org/10.1353/jda.2014.0023
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Threshold Effects of Technological Regimes for the Stochastic Frontier Model

Ku-Hsieh Chen, Soumendra N. Ghosh
pp. 223-253
DOI: https://doi.org/10.1353/jda.2014.0040
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Media Development and Political Stability: An Analysis of Sub-Saharan Africa

Sanjukta Roy
pp. 255-273
DOI: https://doi.org/10.1353/jda.2014.0037
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Terms of Trade Instability and Output Growth in Bolivia

Hugo Toledo
pp. 275-286
DOI: https://doi.org/10.1353/jda.2014.0034
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Empirical Investigation on the Impact of Microcredit on Women Empowerment in Urban Peninsular Malaysia

Abdullah Al-Mamun, Sazali Abdul Wahab, Mohammad Nurul Huda Mazumder, Zhan Su
pp. 287-306
DOI: https://doi.org/10.1353/jda.2014.0030
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Infant Mortality in Uruguay: The Effect of Socioeconomic Status on Survival

R. Todd Jewell, Jose Martinez, Patricia Triunfo
pp. 307-328
DOI: https://doi.org/10.1353/jda.2014.0027
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Oil Spill(over)s: Linkages in Petroleum Product Pricing Policies in West African Countries

Antonio C. David, Mohamed El Harrak, Marshall Mills, Lorraine Ocampos
pp. 329-361
DOI: https://doi.org/10.1353/jda.2014.0024
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Evidence on the Economic Burden of Repeat Malaria Episodes among Households in Rural Uganda

Barnabas A. Kiiza, Glenn D. Pederson
pp. 363-382
DOI: https://doi.org/10.1353/jda.2014.0021
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Inequality in Carbon Emissions at Sub-National Level in India

Rashmi Umesh Arora
pp. 383-397
DOI: https://doi.org/10.1353/jda.2014.0038
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Malaysia’s Proactive Economic Zone Regime as a Model to Emulate for Success of Bangladesh Economic Zone Scheme

Md. Mahmudul Alam, Rafiqul Islam Molla, Md. Wahid Murad
pp. 399-407
DOI: https://doi.org/10.1353/jda.2014.0035
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