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Trade liberalization and poverty: the evidence so far

LA Winters, N McCulloch, A McKay - Journal of economic literature, 2004 - aeaweb.org
This paper assesses the current state of evidence on the impact of trade policy reform on
poverty in developing countries. There is little empirical evidence addressing this question …

Treatment for epilepsy in pregnancy: neurodevelopmental outcomes in the child

…, J Greenhalgh, A Sanniti, AJ McKay… - Cochrane Database …, 2014 - cochranelibrary.com
Background Accumulating evidence suggests an association between prenatal exposure to
antiepileptic drugs (AEDs) and increased risk of both physical anomalies and …

Inequality, democracy, and institutions: A critical review of recent research

A Savoia, J Easaw, A McKay - World Development, 2010 - Elsevier
This paper surveys the theoretical and empirical literature on the effect of economic and
political inequality on institutions. The current understanding suggests that unequal societies …

Modeling determinants of poverty in Mauritania

H Coulombe, A McKay - World development, 1996 - Elsevier
This paper presents a brief descriptive summary of poverty in Mauritania as revealed by
household survey data for 1990, and then uses regression analysis to study the determinants of …

[HTML][HTML] Adalimumab plus methotrexate for uveitis in juvenile idiopathic arthritis

…, AD Dick, AP Jones, A McKay… - … England Journal of …, 2017 - Mass Medical Soc
Background Adalimumab, a fully human anti–tumor necrosis factor α monoclonal antibody,
is effective in the treatment of juvenile idiopathic arthritis (JIA). We tested the efficacy of …

Monotherapy treatment of epilepsy in pregnancy: congenital malformation outcomes in the child

…, J Greenhalgh, J Hounsome, AJ McKay… - Cochrane database …, 2016 - cochranelibrary.com
Background There is evidence that certain antiepileptic drugs (AEDs) are teratogenic and
are associated with an increased risk of congenital malformation. The majority of women with …

Lysosome activation clears aggregates and enhances quiescent neural stem cell activation during aging

DS Leeman, K Hebestreit, T Ruetz, AE Webb, A McKay… - Science, 2018 - science.org
In the adult brain, the neural stem cell (NSC) pool comprises quiescent and activated populations
with distinct roles. Transcriptomic analysis revealed that quiescent and activated NSCs …

Digital prosperity: understanding the economic benefits of the information technology revolution

RD Atkinson, AS McKay - Available at SSRN 1004516, 2007 - papers.ssrn.com
There have been surprisingly few attempts to catalogue what is known about the economic
impact of information and communications technology (IT). In a new report, ITIF does just that, …

Monitoring the diversity of the poverty outreach and impact of microfinance: A comparison of methods using data from Peru

…, P Dawson, JP Fanning, A McKay… - Development Policy …, 2005 - Wiley Online Library
Many microfinance institutions claim to be oriented to a double bottom line, but while methods
of financial performance assessment are widely agreed the same cannot be said about …

Assessing the extent and nature of chronic poverty in low income countries: issues and evidence

A McKay, D Lawson - World development, 2003 - Elsevier
Discussions of chronic poverty have mostly considered its monetary dimensions, with current
evidence suggesting that such poverty is much more transient than chronic. But chronic …