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Zambia - What Would it Take for Zambia???s Copper Mining Industry to Achieve Its Potential?
World Bank - 2012
). This report explores the potential contribution that the copper mining industry could make to jobs and prosperity in Zambia …, and what it will take to achieve this potential. Copper has for many years played an important role in Zambia's economy …. Although 40 percent of the country has not been geologically surveyed, Zambia is recognized by the international mining …
Persistent link: https://www.econbiz.de/10012550569
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Teacher shocks and student learning : evidence from Zambia
Das, Jishnu (contributor) - 2005
"A large literature examines the link between shocks to households and the educational attainment of children. The authors use new data to estimate the impact of shocks to teachers on student learning in mathematics and English. Using absenteeism in the 30 days preceding the survey as a measure...
Persistent link: https://www.econbiz.de/10010522598
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Zambia - Impact Assessment of the Fertilizer Support Program : Analysis of Effectiveness and Efficiency
World Bank - 2012
This research report examines the technical efficiency and impact of the Zambia Fertilizer Support Program (FSP). The … FSP was launched by the Government of the Republic of Zambia (GRZ) in 2002 as a temporary measure to provide subsidized … of agriculture input subsidies in Zambia. The request for this attests to the Zambian Government's commitment to …
Persistent link: https://www.econbiz.de/10012550663
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Simulating the poverty impact of macroeconomic shocks and policies
Essama-Nssah, Boniface - 2005
"Developing countries face a host of macroeconomic challenges in the design and implementation of development strategies and policies. The importance of the underlying poverty and distributional issues creates a need for relevant and reliable ways of tracking the social impact of shocks and...
Persistent link: https://www.econbiz.de/10010522412
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The poverty and distributional impact of macroeconomic shocks and policies : a review of modeling approaches
Essama-Nssah, Boniface - 2005
"The importance of distributional issues in policymaking creates a need for empirical tools to assess the social impact of economic shocks and policies. This paper reviews some of the modeling approaches that are currently in use at the World Bank and other international financial institutions....
Persistent link: https://www.econbiz.de/10010522518
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COVID-19 in South Asia : An Unequal Shock, An Uncertain Recovery - Findings on Labor Market Impacts from Round 1 of the SAR COVID Phone Monitoring Surveys
World Bank - 2022
All countries across South Asia, faced with the rising risks of COVID-19 infection rates, implemented severe economic lockdowns in early 2020 with varying frequencies and time periods. While the exact nature and duration of these lockdowns varied across countries in the South Asia Region (SAR),...
Persistent link: https://www.econbiz.de/10013254916
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Sugar prices, labor income, and poverty in Brazil
Olarreaga, Marcelo - 2006
"This paper assesses the impact that a potential liberalization of sugar regimes in OECD countries could have on household labor income and poverty in Brazil. The authors first estimate the extent of price transmission from world markets to 11 Brazilian states to capture the fact that some local...
Persistent link: https://www.econbiz.de/10010522186
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The human resources for health crisis in Zambia : an outcome of health worker entry, exit, and performance within the national health labor market
Herbst, Christopher H. (contributor) - 2011
Persistent link: https://www.econbiz.de/10011393628
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Household welfare and natural resource management around national parks in Zambia
Bandyopadhyay, Sushenjit - 2009
"Game management areas in Zambia aim to combine nature conservation with economic empowerment of rural households. By …
Persistent link: https://www.econbiz.de/10011394226
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The relevance of a rules-based maize marketing policy : an experimental case study of Zambia
Abbink, Klaus - 2008
"Strategic interaction between public and private actors is increasingly recognized as an important determinant of agricultural market performance in Africa and elsewhere. Trust and consultation tend to positively affect private activity while uncertainty of government behavior impedes it. This...
Persistent link: https://www.econbiz.de/10010521032