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Parental migration is often found to be negatively correlated with child health in Africa, yet the causal mechanisms … context of increasing urban poverty in Nairobi, Kenya. The findings indicate that households who migrated together with their …
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This paper examines the performance of minimum wage legislation in Kenya, both in terms of its coverage and enforcement … specifically, our results suggest that (i) compliance rates were higher in occupations other than agriculture, (ii) minimum wages … relationship is found for workers in agriculture, and (iii) higher minimum wages were associated with a lower share of workers in …
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Firms in Kenya rely on technologies such as computers, cell-phones, and generators to overcome constraints associated … missionary schools from Kenya's colonial past, as well as geographical indicators such as rainfall, changes in forest cover, and …
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), have been studied relatively less, especially in Africa which remains the most vulnerable continent to CC. We focus on Lake …. For Cameroon, Chad, Nigeria, and Niger – 25% of sub-Saharan Africa's population –, we construct a novel data set tracking …
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agriculture and focus on the literature on entrepreneurship in Africa's structural transformation. I present a conceptual model to …African agriculture's importance for sustainable development is well appreciated. Indeed, recent years have seen a … physical resources across occupations and space, and without which agriculture and industrial development, and hence structural …
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Rural areas in Sub-Saharan Africa are typically underserved by financial services. Mobile money brings a substantial … work suggests that mobile money can accelerate urbanization and structural change in Sub-Saharan Africa. …
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The productivity of non-farm enterprises in rural Africa may be associated with the productivity of other spatially … the best of our knowledge, that the productivity of rural non-farm enterprises in Africa has been studied in this way. …
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The productivity of non-farm enterprises in rural Africa may be associated with the productivity of other spatially … the best of our knowledge, that the productivity of rural non-farm enterprises in Africa has been studied in this way. …
Persistent link: https://www.econbiz.de/10010791524
Though many in the general public are concerned about climate change, most are unaware that agriculture and food …
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Despite a vast literature documenting the negative effects of climate change on various socio-economic outcomes, little, if any, evidence exists on the global impacts of hotter temperature on poverty. Analyzing a new global dataset of subnational poverty in 166 countries, we find higher...
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