Session Chairs:

Vange M. Ocasio, Whitworth University

Papers:

"Microfinance and Its Effect on Income Inequality: Evidence from Rural Bangladesh"
Vange M. Ocasio, Whitworth University (Contact Author)

"The Effect of Natural Disasters on Foreign Aid and Growth"
T.M. Tonmoy Islam, University of Wisconsin - Green Bay (Contact Author)

"Foreign Aid, Institutional Quality, and Growth"
Andrew T. Young, West Virginia University (Contact Author)
Kathleen Sheehan, West Virginia University

"Types of Foreign Aid"
Christian Bjornskov, Aarhus University (Contact Author)

"Sorting Equilibrium with Respect to Water Access: An Analysis of Household Location Choice in Southwestern Sri Lanka"
Rotua Lumbantobing, Westminster College (Contact Author)

Discussants:

T.M. Tonmoy Islam, University of Wisconsin - Green Bay
Rotua Lumbantobing, Westminster College
Christian Bjornskov, Aarhus University
Andrew T. Young, West Virginia University
Divya Balasubramaniam, Saint Joseph's University

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Session Chairs:

Jorge Ibarra-Salazar, Tecnologico de Monterrey

Papers:

"Obesity a Public Health Problem in the Developing World: A Study on School Going Children in Rural and Urban India"
Divya Balasubramaniam, Saint Joseph's University (Contact Author)
Echu Liu, Southern Illinois University Carbondale

"Out of Pocket Health Expenditure and Inequalities: The Case of Senegal"
Sophie Faye, Suffolk University (Contact Author)

"Without Crowding Out the Family – The Effects of National Health Insurance on Elderly Living Arrangements"
Hsinling Hsieh, Northern Michigan University (Contact Author)
Echu Liu, Southern Illinois University Carbondale
Hsien-Ming Lien, National Cheng-Chi University
Shin-Yi Chou, Lehigh University

"A New Formula to Assign Conditional Transfers to Mexican Municipalities"
Jorge Ibarra-Salazar, Tecnologico de Monterrey (Contact Author)

Discussants:

Niels-Hugo Blunch, Washington and Lee University
Moon Haque, The University of Memphis
Paula Cordero Salas, University of Alabama
Daniel G. Arce, The University of Texas at Dallas

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