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Using case studies to explore the external validity of 'complex' development interventions
Woolcock, Michael - 2013
Rising standards for accurately inferring the impact of development projects has not been matched by equivalently rigorous procedures for guiding decisions about whether and how similar results might be expected elsewhere. These 'external validity' concerns are especially pressing for 'complex'...
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It's all about meE: Using structured experiential learning ('e') to crawl the design space
Pritchett, Lant; Samji, Salimah; Hammer, Jeffrey - 2012
organizations have to decide what and who to fund. Monitoring and Evaluation (M&E) has always been an element of the accountability … allocations Here we extend the basic idea of rigorous impact evaluation - the use of a valid counter-factual to make judgments … about causality - to emphasize that the techniques of impact evaluation can be directly useful to implementing organizations …
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New patterns of structural change and effects on inclusive development: A case study of South Africa and Brazil
Greenstein, Joshua - 2015
This study explores the question of structural change and inclusive development in South Africa and Brazil. Using Census data from the two countries, the analysis combines a household level multidimensional indicator of well-being with the applications of growth incidence curves and a sectoral...
Persistent link: https://www.econbiz.de/10011418571
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Estimation of substitution and transformation elasticities for South African trade
Saikkonen, Liisa - 2015
The objective of this paper is to estimate transformation and Armington substitution elasticities for South African trade. We use linear methods to estimate elasticities without growth factors. We then employ a non-linear system of equations to estimate Armington import elasticities and related...
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Assessing the impact of social grants on inequality: A South African case study
Schiel, Reinhard; Leibbrandt, Murray; Lam, David - 2014
The democratic government in South Africa has developed a system of social grants to combat the high levels of poverty and inequality inherited from the apartheid regime. With the help of modest economic growth and an associated increase in per capita household income, the introduction and...
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An uncertainty approach to modelling climate change risk in South Africa
Cullis, James; Alton, Theresa; Arndt, Channing; … - 2015
This study represents the first attempt at an integrated approach to assessing the potential impacts of climate change on the national economy of South Africa via a number of (but not necessarily all) impact channels. The study focuses on outcomes by about 2050. The results show the multiple...
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Who's the alien? Xenophobia in post-apartheid South Africa
Duponchel, Marguerite - 2013
In May 2008, South Africa became the theatre of widespread violent attacks against undesirable 'outsiders'. Over 60 were killed, hundreds wounded, and tens of thousands displaced. This analysis aims at identifying the characteristics of the victims in an attempt to portray the 'alien' using...
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Trade unions in an emerging economy: The case of South Africa
Bhorat, Haroon; Naidoo, Karmen; Yu, Derek - 2014
the labour market legislation and institutions formed since 1994. Thereafter, a detailed evaluation of the impact of trade …
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The success of learnerships? Lessons from South Africa's training and education programme
Rankin, Neil; Roberts, Gareth; Schöer, Volker - 2014
Vocational training programmes, like South Africa's learnership programme, which combine classroom learning and on-the-job training seem like the type of intervention which can create skills, get young people into jobs quicker, and reduce youth unemployment. This paper uses a longitudinal...
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Human capital inequality and electoral outcomes in South Africa
Bedasso, Biniam; Obikili, Nonso - 2016
This paper examines the nature and evolution of horizontal and vertical human-capital inequality in South Africa since the end of apartheid. Using census data from 1996, 2001, and 2011, we use different measures of years of schooling to examine the dynamics both across and within racial,...
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