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The effect of democracy and press freedom on corruption: an empirical test by Chowdhury, Shyamal K.

“…This paper tests the effect of democracy and press freedom on corruption. The empirical investigation carried out in this paper suggests that democracy and…”
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Impact of infrastructures on paid work opportunities and unpaid work burdens on rural women in Bangladesh by Chowdhury, Shyamal K.

“…This study deals with two questions: what role infrastructures can play in promoting paid work opportunities for women and what specific type of infrastructure…”
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Investments in ICT-capital and economic performance of small and medium scale enterprises in East Africa by Chowdhury, Shyamal K.

“…In this paper, we focused on whether investments in ICTs could cause any increases in a firm's performance. We constructed a data set for two East African…”
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Access to a Telephone and Factor Market Participation of Rural Households in Bangladesh by Chowdhury, Shyamal K.

“…This paper assesses the impact of access to a telephone on rural households’ factor market opportunities. It answers two questions. First, does the use of a…”
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Resilience of Social Transfer Programs to Large Unexpected Shocks by Chowdhury, Shyamal, Bin Khaled, Muhammad Nahian, Mallick, Debdulal, Raghunathan, Kalyani, Rashid, Shahidur

“…Large, unexpected shocks are becoming more frequent, making the design of robust social transfer programs more vital than ever. We evaluate the performance of…”
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Attaining Universal Access in Rural Areas: Business-NGO Partnership in Bangladesh as a Case Study by Chowdhury, Shyamal K.

“…In recent years, partnership in development assistance has received a great deal of attention. This paper evaluates an alternative form of partnership, a…”
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Search Cost and Rural Producers' Trading Choice between Middlemen and Consumers in Bangladesh by Chowdhury, Shyamal K.

“…This paper assesses the impact of search cost -as proxied by the cost of access to telephones -on small-scale producers' choice between trading with middlemen…”
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Willingness to pay for the rural telephone service in Bangladesh and Peru by Torero, Maximo, Chowdhury, Shyamal K., Galdo, Virgilio

“…This paper measures rural households’ willingness to pay (WTP) for access to public telephone services in Bangladesh and Peru through contingent valuation…”
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Are Consumers in Developing Countries Willing to Pay More for Micronutrient-Dense Biofortified Foods? Evidence from a Field Experiment in Uganda by Chowdhury, Shyamal, Meenakshi, J. V., Tomlins, Keith I., Owori, Constance

“…Vitamin A deficiency is a major health problem in Africa and in many other developing countries. Biofortified staple crops that are high in pro-vitamin A have…”
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Setting weights for aggregate indices: An application to the commitment to development index and human development index by Chowdhury, Shyamal, Squire, Lyn

“…Aggregate indices like UNDP's Human Development Index (HDI) or the Centre for Global Development and Foreign Policy's Commitment to Development Index (CDI) are…”
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Are Schooling and Roads Complementary? Evidence from Income Dynamics in Rural Indonesia by Yamauchi, Futoshi, Muto, Megumi, Chowdhury, Shyamal, Dewina, Reno, Sumaryanto, Sony

“…We examine the impact of spatial connectivity on household income growth and non-agriculture labor supply in Indonesia by combining household panel data and…”
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South Asian Economic Development: Transformation, Opportunities and Challenges by Chowdhury, Shyamal K.

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Economic Development and Cooperation in the Pacific Basin by Chowdhury, Shyamal K.

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Hossain, Moazzem, Iyanatul Islam, and Reza Kibria (eds.), "South Asian Economic Development: Transformation, Opportunities and Challenges" (Book Review) by Chowdhury, Shyamal K

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Lee, Hiro, and David W. Roland-Holst (eds.), "Economic Development and Cooperation in the Pacific Basin" (Book Review) by Chowdhury, Shyamal K

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Worst case performance of weighted buddy systems by CHOWDHURY, S. K, SRIMANI, P. K

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Book reviews by Fratzscher, Marcel, Foders, Federico, Meier, Carsten-Patrick, Chowdhury, Shyamal K.

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Book reviews by Fehlker, Christian, Chowdhury, Shyamal K., Hope, Einar, Schimmelpfennig, Axel

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Book reviews by Fehlker, Christian, Chowdhury, Shyamal K, Hope, Einar, Schimmelpfennig, Axel

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Book Reviews / Comptes rendus by Adjibolosoo, Senyo, Riddell, Barry, McAllister, Ian, Chowdhury, Shyamal K., Riddell, Barry, Paton, Trish

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