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This response document will briefly address concerns about the ethical, legal and methodological flaws with past research informing aspects of present PEPFAR program areas; concerns about adverse consequences of PEPFAR program areas; and concerns about the absence of oversight of the activities...
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This paper will attempt to provide a comprehensive answer to the complex issue of development in sub-Saharan Africa by identifying an FDI reliance-rejection paradox emanating from the incompatibility between colonial legacies and Structural Adjustment Programmes. Since the 1980s, international...
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Why have so few countries in Sub-Saharan Africa been successful in export-oriented manufacturing? This paper uses firm-level data from the World Bank’s Enterprise Surveys to discuss this. The paper shows that although firms in most African countries are relatively unproductive, they are more...
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of 4,801 microenterprises in Zambia, this paper looks at whether corruption is a more or less serious problem for …
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Zambia. Chapter 1 briefly outlines the theoretical foundations for the reforms undertaken in Zambia since the mid 1980s and … monetary transmission mechanism in Zambia. Vector auto -regressions are estimated for the pre-reform and post-reform periods … stabilisation policy in Zambia is underscored by the results obtained in chapters 2 and 3. In this paper, we pursue this idea by …
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Zambia is a landlocked country located in southern central Africa and it is one of the poorest countries in the world … year. Literacy rate is low and women are less literate than men. HIV/AIDS, tuberculosis and malaria are fatal diseases in … Zambia and mortality rates are among the highest in the world. The rural transportation network is largely undeveloped and …
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economic growth in Zambia can be stimulated even in a moderately high inflation environment. Particularly, the causality …
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representing Malawi in 2007 linked to household survey to examine how different trade policy reforms by Malawi and the rest of the … world would impact poverty in Malawi. The country’s recent agricultural growth history due to the Fertilizer Input Subsidy … policies could help fight poverty in Malawi, there are no substitute to development policies, and if undertaken simultaneously …
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The objective of the paper is to examine the sustainability of the current account in Malawi. The study employs both … econometric analyses and solvency approaches to complement each other. Results from both approaches confirm that Malawi’s current … reveal that for Malawi’s current account to move towards a sustainable path, particular attention should be paid to the …
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This paper assesses improved maize adoption in Malawi and examines the link between adoption and household welfare …
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