ethnic fragmentation as a main driver of political and social friction in Africa, the paper further details the construction …

Land market incompleteness is argued to have pervasive effects in Sub-Saharan Africa, including on agricultural …-existent. We randomly allocate subsidies for agricultural rentals in Kenya and study who selects into land markets, what renters do …

not at all for the least developed country (Tanzania). Moreover, the breakdown in correct remuneration in the two least …

, Sierra Leone, and Tanzania). Despite reputations for weak health sectors and low average levels of education, health … provision of health information, likely reduced the severity of the pandemic in Africa but was not a panacea …

At roughly 4% per annum, labor productivity in Tanzania has grown more rapidly over the past 12 years than at any other …-agricultural employment growth has occurred in the informal sector. Using Tanzania's first nationally representative survey of micro, small … economy-wide labor productivity growth in Tanzania between 2002 and 2012. However, virtually all of the labor productivity …

We assess the extent and cost of misallocation in agriculture in less-developed countries comparing the analysis at the …

Standard measures of productivity display enormous dispersion across farms in Africa. Crop yields and input intensities … rich panel data from farms in Tanzania and Uganda, we estimate our model using a flexible specification in which we allow …

fuels and can over or under-incentivize innovation. These results highlight the potential negative efficiency effects of the …

about 1,600 households of 10 villages in the Kisumu region of Western Kenya. We find evidence that MMT, likely through …

problem. Empirically, we evaluate this innovation in East Africa using a randomized control trial. We find that privatized …This paper examines a cost-reducing innovation to the delivery of "Self-Help Group" microfinance services. These groups … innovation is to have the agents earn their payment by charging membership fees rather than following the status quo in which the …