Quy-Toan Do
Quy-Toan Do is a Senior Economist in the Poverty Team of the Development Research Group. Since joining the Bank as a Young Economist in 2002, his research has focused on institutions and their relationships to economic development. In recent papers, he investigated the impact of land titling on agricultural investments and credit access; he also looked at the political economy of institutional development by investigating several mechanisms that could potentially link the distribution of wealth to the quality of institutions. He holds an MA from Ecole Polytechnique and the University of Toulouse, and a PhD in Economics from the Massachusetts Institute of Technology.
Content by Quy-Toan Do
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Publication - Working Paper
Can environmental policy reduce infant mortality? Evidence from the Ganga pollution cases
26 Sep 2016 | Quy-Toan Do, Shareen Joshi, Samuel Stolper
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Publication - Working Paper
Environmental policy, river pollution, and infant health: Evidence from Mehta vs. Union of India
26 Feb 2016 | Quy-Toan Do, Shareen Joshi, Samuel Stolper
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Project
Pollution externalities and health: A study of Indian rivers
India's rivers are heavily polluted. One of the most polluted sites is the city of Kanpur on the banks of the river Ganga, one of India’s longest and holiest rivers. At this site, the Ganga river receives large amounts of toxic waste from the city's domestic and industrial sectors, particularly the tannery industry. We study the impact of a landmark piece of judicially...
2 Feb 2016 | Shareen Joshi, Quy-Toan Do, Samuel Stolper