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Differences in Food Insecurity between Girls and Boys: Evidence from Zimbabwe

Gundersen, Craig; Kuku, Yemisi; Kelly, Thomas - World Institute for Development Economic Research … - 2007

Using data from a 2004 household-based survey of children, we examine differences between boys and girls in self reports of food insecurity in Zimbabwe. Previous studies have taken only the views of the household head into consideration in categorizing the food insecurity status of the...

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The rise and fall of decentralization in contemporary Uganda

Green, Elliott - World Institute for Development Economic Research … - 2013

the developing world. In order to assess the effectiveness of decentralization I examine here the case study of Uganda …

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A timeseries analysis of the impact of foreign aid on central government.s fiscal budget in Uganda

Bwire, Thomas; Morrissey, Oliver; Lloyd, Tim - World Institute for Development Economic Research … - 2013

A dynamic relationship between foreign aid and domestic fiscal variables in Uganda is analysed using a cointegrated …

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Overcoming the limits of institutional reform in Uganda

Andrews, Matt; Bategeka, Lawrence - World Institute for Development Economic Research … - 2013

This paper begins by noting that Uganda has been a public sector reform leader in Africa. It has pursued reforms …

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Foreign aid, public sector and private consumption: A cointegrated vector autoregressive approach

Bwire, Thomas; Morrissey, Oliver; Lloyd, Tim - World Institute for Development Economic Research … - 2013

This paper employs a cointegrated vector autoregressive model to assess the growth effect of aid in Uganda over the … period 1972-2008. Results show that aid in Uganda has had both direct and indirect beneficial association with growth; that …

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Consumption bundle aggregation in poverty measurement: Implications for poverty and its dynamics in Uganda

Van Campenhout, Bjorn; Ssekabira, Haruna; Aduayom, Dede H. - World Institute for Development Economic Research … - 2014

Official poverty figures in Uganda are flawed by the fact that the underlying poverty lines are based on a single …

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Regional or National Poverty Lines? The Case of Uganda in the 1990s

Appleton, Simon - World Institute for Development Economic Research … - 2003

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Fiscal Policy, Growth and Poverty Reduction in Uganda

Kayizzi-Mugerwa, Steve - World Institute for Development Economic Research … - 2002

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Which Types of Aid Have the Most Impact?

Mavrotas, George - World Institute for Development Economic Research … - 2003

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Urban Development Transitions and their Implications for Poverty Reduction and Policy Planning in Uganda

Mukwaya, Paul Isolo; Sengendo, Hannington; Lwasa, Shuaib - World Institute for Development Economic Research … - 2010

Urbanization is one of the critical global trends shaping the future of humanity. At the same time, it has been argued that full development requires an urbanized environment. This paper attempts to examine and characterize the major phases of urbanizatio

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