development quest. The sample includes seven developing countries--Botswana, Ghana, Nigeria, Zambia, India, Vietnam and Brazil …

not at all for the least developed country (Tanzania). Moreover, the breakdown in correct remuneration in the two least …

This paper decomposes Botswana's growth from the late 1960s through 2010 into a within-sector and a between …-sector (structural change) component. We find that during the 70s and 80s Botswana's rapid economic growth was characterized by … that this is one of the reasons for persistent poverty and very high income inequality in Botswana today. This leaves us …

Tourism is a tradable service activity that could allow some African countries to generate significant growth. Tanzania …, Tanzania receives very few tourists and revenues from tourism. To explore the determinants of this performance, I conduct an … that hotels in the safari area in Tanzania are more expensive than comparable hotels, and that this difference in price …

We study the effects of domestic trade liberalization on labor markets in Botswana. South Africa is the dominant member … plausibly exogenous tariff reductions for the other customs union members, including Botswana. Using labor force surveys from … Botswana spanning a decade, we find that trade liberalization did not affect the relative size of industries in terms of …

increase vulnerability to infection? We use data from two recent household surveys in Botswana to address this question. We …

school and household inputs, and test its predictions in two very different low-income country settings - Zambia and India …

alleviation, in rural Zambia. The reforms comprised the elimination of the Zambian cotton marketing board that was in place since …