Insecurity and industrial organization : evidence from Afghanistan (English)

One-fifth of the world's population lives in countries affected by fragility, violence and conflict, impeding long-term economic growth. However, little is known about how firms respond to local changes in security, partly because of the difficulty of measuring firm activity in these settings. This paper presents a novel methodology for observing private sector activity using mobile phone metadata. Using Afghanistan as the empirical setting, the analysis...

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Toomet,Ott;

Blumenstock,Joshua Evan;

Scherer,Thomas;

Herskowitz,Sylvan Rene;

Ghani,Tarek F.;

Kapstein,Ethan Barnaby;
Document Date
2018/01/17
Document Type
Policy Research Working Paper
Report Number
WPS8301
Volume No
1
Total Volume(s)
1
Country
Afghanistan,
Region
South Asia,
Disclosure Date
2018/01/17
Disclosure Status
Disclosed
Doc Name
Insecurity and industrial organization : evidence from Afghanistan
Keywords
trade and investment

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Toomet,Ott; Blumenstock,Joshua Evan; Scherer,Thomas; Herskowitz,Sylvan Rene; Ghani,Tarek F.; Kapstein,Ethan Barnaby.

Insecurity and industrial organization : evidence from Afghanistan (English). Policy Research working paper|no. WPS 8301 Washington, D.C. : World Bank Group. http://documents.worldbank.org/curated/en/929591516198334068

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