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Vasco Molini
Researcher at World Bank
Publications - 45
Citations - 686
Vasco Molini is an academic researcher from World Bank. The author has contributed to research in topics: Poverty & Consumption distribution. The author has an hindex of 14, co-authored 45 publications receiving 577 citations. Previous affiliations of Vasco Molini include Bocconi University & VU University Amsterdam.
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The determinants of East Asian trade flows: a gravity equation approach
TL;DR: In this paper, the authors used the gravity equation model to analyze trade flows between East Asian industrializing countries and some developed countries in order to show the surprising trade performance of East Asian countries in the last 30 years.
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Education is forbidden: The effect of the Boko Haram conflict on education in North-East Nigeria
TL;DR: The authors quantifies the impact of the Boko Haram conflict on various educational outcomes of individuals living in North-East Nigeria during the period 2009-2016 using individual panel fixed-effects regressions and exploiting over-time and cross-village variation in conflict intensity.
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No Condition is Permanent: Middle Class in Nigeria in the Last Decade
TL;DR: In this article, the authors tried to estimate the Nigerian middle class size in a rigorous quantitative manner by exploiting publicly available panel data, the expenditure associated to a 10 percent probability of falling into poverty is estimated, and this is used as the middle class threshold for Nigeria.
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Poverty reduction in Ghana : progress and challenges
Vasco Molini,Pierella Paci +1 more
TL;DR: In this article, the authors presented the trends in household consumption and poverty rates, and in the characteristics of the poor observed between 1991 and 2012, and provided a roadmap for policy action to effectively address these challenges and consolidate Ghana's success as a middle-income economy.
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Can we measure resilience? : a proposed method and evidence from countries in the Sahel
TL;DR: In this paper, the authors proposed a new method for measuring household resilience using readily available cross-section data, and applied it to four countries in the Sahel: Niger, Burkina Faso, and Northern Nigeria.