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REMITTANCES AS DEVELOPMENT STRATEGY: STEPPING STONES OR SLIPPERY SLOPE? by Mughal, Mazhar Y.

“…Pakistan is one of the world's top 10 remittance receiving countries. This paper examines the potential for the use of remittances as a development strategy…”
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Out of Africa? Locational determinants of South African cross-border mergers and acquisitions by Anwar, Amar I., Mughal, Mazhar Y.

“…South Africa is the Africa's biggest source of outward foreign direct investment. This study examines the principal locational motives of cross-border mergers…”
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Food riots redux: lessons from the 2007-08 food crisis by Fontan-Sers, Charlotte, Mughal, Yasin Mazhar

“…The 2007-08 global food crisis led to hunger riots around the world. Food prices have again risen spectacularly since the COVID-19 pandemic but have…”
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Migrant remittances and fertility by Anwar, Amar I., Mughal, Mazhar Y.

“…This study examines the role of migrants' remittances in developing countries' fertility transition. Employing an unbalanced panel of South Asian countries and…”
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Remittances and Business Cycles: Comparison of South Asian Countries by Mughal, Mazhar Y., Ahmed, Junaid

“…South Asia is one of the world's principal remittance-receiving regions. This study examines the home and host business cycles of migrant remittance flows to…”
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More remittances, fewer kids—Impact of remittances on fertility in Morocco by Ben Atta, Oussama, Kasmaoui, Kamal, Mughal, Mazhar Yasin, Makhlouf, Farid

“…This study examines the role played by remittances in Morocco's spectacular fertility decline over the 1975–2018 period. Using the autoregressive distributed…”
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Volatility of Remittances to Pakistan: What do the Data Tell? by Makhlouf, Farid, Mughal, Mazhar Yasin

“…This paper examines the volatility of remittance flows to Pakistan using the ARCH model. We find overall remittances to be stable, whereas those from the…”
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Collateral damage? Welfare effects of the Ukraine war on Pakistan by Ayaz, Muhammad, Fontan-Sers, Charlotte, Maisonnave, Helene, Mughal, Mazhar Yasin

“…•Our top-down macro-micro analysis shows the economic impact of the 2022 Ukraine war.•Pakistan's real GDP shrinks by 1% as a result of the global commodity…”
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Land inequality and landlessness in Pakistan: Measuring the diverse nature of land disparities by Ayaz, Muhammad, Mughal, Mazhar

“…Measuring the precise nature and causes of land inequality is critical for addressing and implementing policy initiatives related to agricultural productivity,…”
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Motives to remit: some microeconomic evidence from Pakistan by Anwar, Amar Iqbal, Mughal, Mazhar Yasin

“…Using household economic survey data for the years 2005-06 and 2007-08, we examine the economic, demographic and geographical characteristics of remittance…”
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Perturbed nuptiality, delayed fertility: childbirth effects of Covid19 by Mughal, Mazhar, Javed, Rashid

“…An aspect of the Covid-19 pandemic that merits attention is its effects on marriage and childbirth. Although the direct fertility effects of people getting the…”
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Covid-19 outbreak and the need for rice self-sufficiency in West Africa by Fontan Sers, Charlotte, Mughal, Mazhar

“…In the decade since the 2008 global food crisis, West African countries have made efforts to raise domestic rice production and to make the region…”
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Non‐farm employment and poverty reduction in Mauritania by Ba, Mamoudou, Anwar, Amar, Mughal, Mazhar

“…This study examines the effect of non-farm labour participation on poverty reduction in rural Mauritania. Farm households with more land and livestock…”
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Mother’s age at marriage and gender-differential in child schooling: Evidence from Pakistan by Ashok, Sumeet, Mughal, Mazhar, Javed, Rashid

“…In this study, we provide empirical evidence in support of intergenerational effects of women’s marriage age on girl-specific child education outcomes using a…”
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Have a Son, Gain a Voice: Son Preference and Female Participation in Household Decision Making by Javed, Rashid, Mughal, Mazhar

“…This study analyses the effects of observed preference for boys on Pakistani women's participation in household decision-making. We find a significant…”
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Changing patterns of son preference and fertility in Pakistan by Javed, Rashid, Mughal, Mazhar

“…Using data from two representative Demographic and Health Surveys, we examine the change in son preference over the past three decades and its effects on…”
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Migrant remittances and the adoption of information and communication technology by Ali, Ubaid, Mughal, Mazhar, Ayaz, Muhammad, Ahmed, Junaid

“…•Migrant remittances increase mobile ownership by 27 % and internet facility by 12 %.•International remittances lead to more technology adoption than domestic…”
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Weather Shocks, Coping Strategies and Household Well-being: Evidence from Rural Mauritania by Ba, MAMOUDOU, Mughal, Mazhar

“…In this study, we analyse geo-coded climate data matched with two rounds of household surveys from Mauritania to compare the impact of the 2008 and 2014…”
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Dependence between oil price changes and sectoral stock returns in Pakistan: Evidence from a quantile regression approach by Khan, Mushtaq Hussain, Ahmed, Junaid, Mughal, Mazhar

“…This study explores the dependence between changes in world crude oil prices and the performance of the Pakistan Stock Exchange, at the aggregate as well as…”
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Sending money home: Transaction cost and remittances to developing countries by Ahmed, Junaid, Mughal, Mazhar, Martínez‐Zarzoso, Inmaculada

“…Reducing the cost of remitting is one of the targets within the 2030 Sustainable Development Goals (SDG 10). A key factor that causes migrants to use informal…”
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