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The authors present the latest update of their aggregate governance indicators, together with new analysis of several issues related to the use of these measures. The governance indicators measure the following six dimensions of governance: (1) voice and accountability; (2) political instability...
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In the last two decades more than 120 countries have adopted a version of a Medium-Term Expenditure Framework (MTEF). These are budget institutions whose rationale it is to enable the central government to make credible multi-year fiscal commitments. This paper analyzes a newly-collected dataset...
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,233 children in 101 government primary schools on the south coast of Kenya in 2010-12. The intervention was delivered to children … were analyzed on an intention-to-treat basis. Anemia in this setting in Kenya, intermittent screening and treatment, as …
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randomized controlled trial conducted by DrumNet in Kenya that attempts to help farmers adopt and market export crops. DrumNet …
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the impact of the liberalization of regulatory barriers against foreign and domestic business service providers in Kenya … completed by specialists in Kenya. The authors estimate that Kenya will gain about 11 percent of the value of Kenyan consumption … that the largest gains to Kenya will derive from liberalization of costly regulatory barriers that are non …
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Kenya has long had a reputation of being politically risky, manifested in corruption, uncertainty about policies, and … the importance of political connections in doing business. Kenya began its economic liberalization in 1993. Reform picked …
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This paper measures the economic impact of climate on crops in Kenya. The analysis is based on cross-sectional climate … these, and also constraints on adaptation mechanisms. The results suggest that farmers in Kenya are aware of short …
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-Saharan Africa. Kenya's infant mortality rate has fallen by 7.6 percent per year, the fastest rate of decline among the 20 countries … in the region for which recent Demographic and Health Survey data is available. Kenya's rate of postneonatal deaths per 1 … widespread ownership of insecticide-treated bednets in areas of Kenya where malaria is rare suggests that better targeting of …
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methodology is illustrated using a series of Demographic Health Surveys from Kenya …
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This paper analyzes the determinants of HIV infection and associated sexual behaviors using data from the first five Demographic and Health Surveys to include HIV testing for a representative sample of the adult population. Emerging from a wealth of country relevant results, four important...
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