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de facto pursuing a strategy more akin to a Taylor Rule. Estimations of small-scale models for Kenya, Uganda and Tanzania … place in Kenya and Tanzania. In Uganda, these errors are much smaller, in fact similar in size to Taylor Rule deviations …
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policy that took place in 2011 in four members of the East African Community: Kenya, Uganda, Tanzania and Rwanda. We find …
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Recent micro level data from East Africa is used to benchmark aggregate data and assess the role of agricultural inputs in explaining variation in crop yields on smallholding plots. Fertilizer, improved seeds, protection against erosion and pesticides improve crop yields in Rwanda and Ethiopia,...
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Based on the experience of selected countries, this paper offers a critical presentation of the development of the microfinance sector in Africa. The paper supports the view that microfinance institutions, especially those engaged in full financial intermediation, complement effectively the...
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In a case study of Burundi, Kenya, Rwanda, Tanzania, and Uganda, this paper finds that bilateral real exchange rates …
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Several features of Tanzania''s budget system find their roots in the arrangements inherited from the United Kingdom …. These similarities are blended with contrasts, including in Tanzania: a presidential system of government, one dominant …
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Since 1995, Tanzania has made major progress in economic reform and macroeconomic stabilization, resulting in strong … growth and low inflation. This paper reviews Tanzania''s growth performance and prospects and assesses the impact of growth … recent policies should allow Tanzania to grow above 5 percent a year over the medium term. Furthermore, it finds that growth …
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The observed increase in the level and volatility of Tanzania''s Treasury yields in recent years against an otherwise …
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This paper develops a model merging the monetary approach to the balance of payments and a neoclassical growth model into a unified framework in which inflation, growth, and the balance of payments are simultaneously determined. The empirical part of the paper presents estimates of the key...
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