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level of the gender gap and identifies its sources in view of the different demographic characteristics of the worker …
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"Using 2005 firm level data for 26 countries in Eastern and Central Europe, this paper estimates performance gaps …
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"Innovation is key to technology adoption and creation, and to explaining the vast differences in productivity across and within countries. Despite the central role of the entrepreneur in the innovation process, data limitations have restricted standard analysis of the determinants of innovation...
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paper exploits this feature of the data for Burkina Faso, Cameroon, Ghana, Kenya, and Tanzania. The analysis yields two …
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"This paper analyzes the determinants of HIV infection and associated sexual behaviors using data from the first five Demographic and Health Surveys to include HIV testing for a representative sample of the adult population. Emerging from a wealth of country relevant results, four important...
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"The authors aim to assess the possible impacts of the Doha Round of negotiations on poverty in Cameroon. During the … recent period of economic recovery, Cameroon enjoyed a sharp decline in poverty, with the headcount index falling from 53 …-reducing for Cameroon. For the whole country, the estimate of the net number of people who are lifted out of poverty is 22 …
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Cameroon's growth achievement is disappointing and the country is not likely to meet most of the Millennium Development … between urban and rural areas, among provinces, and between farmers and all other socioeconomic groups. Cameroon has ended up …
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