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Cape Verde and Mozambique as Development Successes in West and Southern Africa
Braga de Macedo, Jorge - 2010
This paper applies an interpretation of how globalization and governance (G&G) interact with convergence given Cape Verde and Mozambique's particular geographical and historical contexts. We hold that development success under globalization entails, necessarily but not exclusively, positive...
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Structural Change, Fundamentals and Growth : A Framework and Case Studies
McMillan, Margaret - 2017
development quest. The sample includes seven developing countries—Botswana, Ghana, Nigeria, Zambia, India, Vietnam and Brazil —all …
Persistent link: https://www.econbiz.de/10012956929
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When Economic Reform Goes Wrong : Cashews in Mozambique
McMillan, Margaret - 2009
Mozambique liberalized its cashew sector in the early 1990s in response to pressure from the World Bank. Opponents of the reform have argued that the policy did little to benefit poor cashew farmers while bankrupting factories in urban areas. Using a welfare-theoretic framework, we analyze the...
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Landmines and Spatial Development
Chiovelli, Giorgio - 2020
No abstract avaLandmine contamination affects the lives of millions in many conflict-ridden countries long after the cessation of hostilities. Yet, little research exists on its impact on post-conflict recovery. In this study, we explore the economic consequences of landmine clearance in...
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Directed Giving : Evidence from an Inter-Household Transfer Experiment
Batista, Catia - 2014
We investigate the determinants of giving in a lab-in-the-field experiment with large stakes. Study participants in urban Mozambique play dictator games where their counterpart is the closest person to them outside their household. When given the option, dictators do a large fraction of giving...
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Subsidies and the Persistence of Technology Adoption : Field Experimental Evidence from Mozambique
Carter, Michael - 2015
We report the results of a randomized experiment testing impacts of subsidies for modern agricultural inputs in rural Mozambique. One-time provision of a voucher for fertilizer and improved seeds leads to substantial increases in fertilizer use, which persist through two subsequent agricultural...
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Subsidies and the African Green Revolution : Direct Effects and Social Network Spillovers of Randomized Input Subsidies in Mozambique
Carter, Michael - 2019
The Green Revolution bolstered agricultural yields and rural well-being in Asia and Latin America, but bypassed sub-Saharan Africa. We study the first randomized controlled trial of a government-implemented input subsidy program (ISP) in Africa. A temporary subsidy for Mozambican maize farmers...
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Distinguishing Constraints on Financial Inclusion and Their Impact on GDP, TFP, and the Distribution of Income
Dabla-Norris, Era - 2015
A general equilibrium model featuring multiple realistic sources of financial frictions is developed to study how different constraints interact in equilibrium. We highlight, distinguish, and evaluate their differential impacts and rich interactions. The economic impact of financial inclusion...
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Aftershocks : The Impact of Clinic Violence on Abortion Services
Jacobson, Mireille - 2010
Between 1973 and 2003, abortion providers in the United States were the targets of over 300 acts of extreme violence …. Using unique data on attacks and on abortions, abortion providers, and births, we examine how anti-abortion violence has … find that clinic violence reduces abortion services in targeted areas. Once travel is taken into account, however, the …
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Predation, Taxation, Investment, and Violence : Evidence from the Philippines
Berman, Eli - 2012
The literature relating economic activity to political violence posits greedy rebels (Collier, 2000) but not greedy … motivates rebel violence? Panel data on political violence in the Philippines distinguish government from rebel attacks, which ….e., extortionary violence by rebels in response to investment) to the interplay of government, rebels and civilians, generating …
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