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Njenga, Githinji; Machagua, Josphat; Gachanja, Samwel - 2022

Capital markets facilitate capital growth by mobilizing savings and converting them into investments, and they are therefore a stimulant of economic growth. There is evidence that countries with high savings rates tend to grow faster. Although most sub-Saharan Africa countries recognize the...

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Subsidized labour and firms : investment, profitability, and leverage

Marcelin, Isaac; Brink, Daniel; Fadiran, David Oluwatosin; … - 2019

Employing the difference-in-differences technique, this study examines the impact of the Employment Tax Incentive programme on a large sample of South African firms from 2011 to 2016. It finds that programme firms expanded investments by 4.8 per cent, and profits by 5.7 per cent. Consistent with...

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Land issues in Vietnam 2006 - 14 : markets, property rights, and investment

Markussen, Thomas - 2015

household investment. Results show that land titling has a strong and statistically significant effect on household investment …

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The effects of land titling in Tanzania

Aikaeli, Jehovaness; Markussen, Thomas - 2017

agricultural investment, land valuation and access to credit in Tanzania. Results show that while there are no detectable effects … of formal, private land property rights (written documentation of ownership) on agricultural investment, land ownership …

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The tipping point : the impact of rising electricity tariffs on large firms in South Africa

Goliger, Angelika; McMillan, Landon - 2018

study examines the timing and type of own-generation investment decisions that are viable for 21 large companies, and the …

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Tenurial security and agricultural investment : evidence from Vietnam

Bellemare, Marc F.; Chua, Kenn; Santamaria, Julieth; Khoa Vu - 2018

unanticipated shock to study the effect of the Land Law of 2013 on the investment behaviour of growers of annual crops. Using a … difference-in-differences design, we find that the Land Law of 2013 is associated with a higher likelihood of investment in … irrigation technology or soil and water conservation, but not other types of investment. Our results are robust to controlling …

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Risk and investment : evidence from rural Viet Nam

Newman, Carol; Tarp, Finn - 2018

This paper explores the impact of exposure to uninsured risks on the investment decisions of farmers. We distinguish … weather shocks to ascertain the extent to which the investment strategies of risk-exposed households "pay off" by buffering … the downside risk associated with exposure to flooding. This translates into lower income levels. The investment in these …

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Mozambique's industrialization

Cruz, António; Guambe, Dina; Marrengula, Constantino Pedro - 2014

After the Second World War, Mozambique went through a series of transformations, from an incipient industrializing colonial society to an independent country with a central planned economy, plus a regional and internal war, and finally from 1994 onwards, a multi-party democracy with a mix of...

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Does union membership pay off? : evidence from Vietnamese SMEs

Torm, Nina - 2018

In the absence of adequate institutional mechanisms, trade unions can potentially promote higher wages and other worker benefits, yet limited data availability means little is known about the effect unions have on individual earnings in developing economies. Using matched employer-employee data...

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Putting the financial system to work for the poor and SMEs

Osman, Abdul Magid; Osman, Djamila Pontes - 2020

The financial inclusion effort achieved positive results, with the number of Mozambicans having access to banking services increasing considerably, particularly after 2011- 12. However, the economic and social impact was limited, considering that farm productivity has remained low and poverty...

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