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Monetary policy after financial liberalisation : a central bank reaction function for Botswana

Bleaney, Michael F.; Lisenda, Lisenda - 2001

A reaction function is estimated for interest rates set by the Bank of Botswana since financial liberalisation …

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Measuring the Real Effective Exchange Rate (REER) in Ghana

Opoku-Afari, Maxwell - 2004

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Monetary policy after financial liberalisation : a central bank reaction function for Botswana

Bleaney, Michael F.; Lisenda, Lisenda - 2001

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HIV/AIDS and Sexual Behaviour in Botswana

Mmopelwa, David; Morrissey, Oliver; Owens, Trudy - 2021

Using three waves of the Botswana AIDS Impact Survey (BAIS) collected by Statistics Botswana, we investigate how sexual …

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Prenatal care utilization and infant health in Botswana

Mmopelwa, David - 2019

Despite the freely and publicly provided health care in Botswana, the proportion of low birth weight infants increased …-income countries and may question the effectiveness of care. Using the 2007/08 Botswana Family Health Survey data collected by … Statistics Botswana, the paper jointly estimates the adequate prenatal care utilization (input demand) and infant birth weight …

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Household size, birth order and child health in Botswana

Mmopelwa, David - 2019

always hold. In Botswana, children aged 6-60 months are eligible for monthly food ration provided through the health care … effect on health. Using the 2009/10 Botswana Core Welfare Indicator Survey (BCWIS) data we estimate the random effects model …

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Receive grants or perish? : the survival prospects of African nongovernmental organizations

Burger, Ronelle; Owens, Trudy - 2011

This study examines survival patterns in a large, representative panel of Ugandan nongovernmental organizations (NGOs) between 2002 and 2008. It finds no evidence that more effective or more altruistic NGOs have a greater likelihood of survival. The main determinant of survival appears to be...

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Why pay NGOs to involve the community?

Burger, Ronelle; Dasgupta, Indraneel; Owens, Trudy - 2014

We examine the case for donors providing financial incentives to NGOs to increase community participation. We show that, when such incentives are provided, there need not exist any meaningful relationship between beneficiary welfare and the extent of community participation implemented by an...

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How do donors allocate funds to NGOs? : evidence from Uganda

Bougheas, Spiros P.; Isopi, Alessia; Owens, Trudy - 2012

We analyse the selectivity criteria used by institutional donors when they allocate funds to NGOs. A simple screening model predicts that donors who care more about efficiency will screen NGOs and concentrate their funding on those that operate accordingly while donors who care less about...

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Promoting transparency in the NGO sector : examining the availability and reliability of self-reported data

Burger, Ronelle (contributor); Owens, Trudy (contributor) - 2008

Amid widespread calls for NGOs to become more accountable and transparent, this work examines the prevalence of discrepancies between what NGOs say and what they do. It does so using a unique dataset of 300 NGOs in Uganda with corresponding beneficiary assessments. Investigating NGO dishonesty...

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