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This paper applies insights from theoretical and empirical research in economic growth to analyze the impacts of policies affecting fertility, migration and human capital accumulation on growth and poverty alleviation. It underlines the tradeoff between having more children and investing more...
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This paper draws attention to the internal consistency of the demographic statistics frequently used in applied work, population stocks and flows of births, deaths and net migration. We illustrate some inconsistencies found in these statistics provided by the Spanish central statistical office,...
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This paper will attempt to provide a comprehensive answer to the complex issue of development in sub-Saharan Africa by identifying an FDI reliance-rejection paradox emanating from the incompatibility between colonial legacies and Structural Adjustment Programmes. Since the 1980s, international...
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This study tested some key hypotheses on the determinants of the currency ratio in Tanzania. The econometric results … Tanzania. The estimated income elasticity coefficient, found to be far less than unity, suggests there is poor substitution … between currency and demand deposits in Tanzania. The results also showed that expected inflation was negatively related to …
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study was conducted in Turiani Division, Mvomero District, Morogoro Region, Tanzania. Specifically, the study determined and …
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Tanzania’s Pilot Rural Investment Climate Assessment (RICA) measures the economic environment of non-farm entrepreneurs …. The pilot assessment has three key objectives: it aims to better understand the rural non-farm economy in Tanzania, shed …
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production in Kagera, Tanzania, reducing total factor productivity. We also quantify how much this negative effect contributes to …
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This paper addresses capacity strengthening needs in the area of ICM to support food security initiatives. It fully acknowledges that FS is a state of assuring physical availability and economic accessibility to enough food in terms of quantity (amount, distribution, calories), quality (safe,...
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examined. Factors that hinder FDI flow to agriculture in Tanzania are assessed. Specifically, the role of FDI in improving an … agricultural firm’s efficiency in Tanzania and reforms required for more effective investment promotion in agriculture are examined …. An important implication of the results is that FDI to Tanzania and specifically to agriculture, has a much more far …
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income by gender in Tanzania and the analysis is used to characterize what we call the concentration, strength, and speed of …
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