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This paper analyzes the distributional effect of public spending in Zambia using the most recent data from the 2010 … education spending in Zambia is neither pro-poor nor progressive, but while this is true for the system as a whole it is not …
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important effect on transport costs and tariffs for Zambia's economy. Zambia is a peculiar example in Southern Africa as it … competition between Zambian and other regional, mainly South African, operators and because of South African investments in Zambia …'s trucking industry. As a result, the costs of operators registered in Zambia and South Africa are similar. The study also …
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Strategic interaction between public and private actors is increasingly recognized as an important determinant of agricultural market performance in Africa and elsewhere. Trust and consultation tend to positively affect private activity while uncertainty of government behavior impedes it. This...
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The paper analyzes migration from Zambia in order to understand how migration policy can support development in the … least developed countries. Overall emigration from Zambia is not high by regional standards, but the pattern of migration is … skewed toward the skilled and away from the unskilled. A development-friendly approach to migration for Zambia would strive …
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This report assesses the economic impacts of climate change on agriculture in Zambia, using the Ricardian method. A …, soil, and socioeconomic variables as explanatory variables. There is one main cropping season in Zambia, lasting from …
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alleviation, in rural Zambia. The reforms comprised the elimination of the Zambian cotton marketing board that was in place since …
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Despite the deep financial sector reforms undertaken in Zambia in the early 1990s, the expected benefits of … access to credit in 2006. Moreover, less than 8 percent of Zambia's adult population had a bank account in 2005. And despite … the open door policy to foreign financial institutions, which has been in place since Zambia's independence, only a few …
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A large literature examines the link between shocks to households and the educational attainment of children. The authors use new data to estimate the impact of shocks to teachers on student learning in mathematics and English. Using absenteeism in the 30 days preceding the survey as a measure...
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agricultural farmers. In Zambia, these are rural, often vulnerable, smallholders. The authors investigate the connection between …
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household level. Using a unique data set from Zambia, the author shows that whether these conditions are met depends on the …
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