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to test whether subjects reduce their income in order to keep it hidden. The analysis finds that women adopt an … expected earnings. This effect is largest among women with relatives attending the experiment. Parameter estimates suggest that … women behave as though they expect to be pressured to share four percent of their observable income with others, and …
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,233 children in 101 government primary schools on the south coast of Kenya in 2010-12. The intervention was delivered to children … were analyzed on an intention-to-treat basis. Anemia in this setting in Kenya, intermittent screening and treatment, as …
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randomized controlled trial conducted by DrumNet in Kenya that attempts to help farmers adopt and market export crops. DrumNet …
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the impact of the liberalization of regulatory barriers against foreign and domestic business service providers in Kenya … completed by specialists in Kenya. The authors estimate that Kenya will gain about 11 percent of the value of Kenyan consumption … that the largest gains to Kenya will derive from liberalization of costly regulatory barriers that are non …
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Kenya has long had a reputation of being politically risky, manifested in corruption, uncertainty about policies, and … the importance of political connections in doing business. Kenya began its economic liberalization in 1993. Reform picked …
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This paper measures the economic impact of climate on crops in Kenya. The analysis is based on cross-sectional climate … these, and also constraints on adaptation mechanisms. The results suggest that farmers in Kenya are aware of short …
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-Saharan Africa. Kenya's infant mortality rate has fallen by 7.6 percent per year, the fastest rate of decline among the 20 countries … in the region for which recent Demographic and Health Survey data is available. Kenya's rate of postneonatal deaths per 1 … widespread ownership of insecticide-treated bednets in areas of Kenya where malaria is rare suggests that better targeting of …
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methodology is illustrated using a series of Demographic Health Surveys from Kenya …
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of country relevant results, four important findings can be generalized. First, married women who engage in extra …-marital sex are less likely to use condoms than single women when doing so. Second, having been in successive marriages is a …
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paper exploits this feature of the data for Burkina Faso, Cameroon, Ghana, Kenya, and Tanzania. The analysis yields two … remains high. These results suggest that extramarital sexual activity among cohabiting women, whatever its causes, is a …
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