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This paper uses Malawian panel data to show the importance of geography and family relationships when studying remittances. We do not test any hypothesis as such, but instead demonstrate the significance of the source of remittances in testing hypotheses. When remittances are viewed from an...
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from Malawi. This paper has examined the relationship using ordinary least squares regression with heteroskedasticity …
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In this paper we use a behavioural approach to studying household consumption behaviour in Malawi. In particular we are …
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estimating a multivariate and data censoring analyses on 1000 household dataset from Malawi. The paper found that fish and … household poverty levels. Pro poor agro based enterprises reduced household poverty by 8-24% among poor household in Malawi … and market based barriers that affect participation in agro based enterprises in Malawi. The paper also suggests that pro …
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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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This study assesses the impact of income and asset poverty on child work using the rural sub-sample of the 2004 Malawi …
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This paper applies a nonparametric matching method to decompose the rural-urban malnutrition gap in Malawi. The results …
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differences between households or differences within households in Malawi. Using a linear model with random effects, we derive a …, and birth order lines in Malawi. The results for rural and urban areas, as well as ethnic and religious groups show that …
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