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The industrialization which started in 1953 had been completely disrupted by the chronic civil war and closed-door policy of successive communism/socialism regimes. Since 1993 Cambodia has embraced a market economy heavily dependent on foreign capital and foreign markets. As a result, the...
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dynamic economy-wide models for Ethiopia and Uganda that capture both traditional aspects of the debate (growth linkages and …
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We exploit a spatial discontinuity in the coverage of an agricultural extension program in Uganda to causally identify …
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evaluate rural investments in Uganda. Agricultural research and extension services are found to be much more effective at …
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also going into Uganda and South Africa while South Africa is the darling of Western donors. Chinese funded projects are …
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This paper seeks to (i) establish the areas in which aid from the major donors is concentrated; (ii) examine how aid has been allocated to the environmental sectors, and (iii) review the factors behind the success of environmental projects. Using data from the Aiddata.org database, the...
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The paper looks at the evolution of industry in Uganda examining drivers and constraints since the pre-colonial period … policy to industrialization has not been adequate to propel industrial development in Uganda. State withdrawal from direct …
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verify and update existing data with in-person interviews on Chinese development finance and site visits in Uganda and South …
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the developing world. In order to assess the effectiveness of decentralization I examine here the case study of Uganda …, which has seen major decentralization of power over the last quarter-century. Initial excitement about Uganda …
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In 2015 the Government of Uganda agreed to start rolling out a social pension programme, and increasing its own … help align the social protection agenda with Uganda's shifting political settlement dynamics. Government's apparent … commitment to social protection remains meagre; only a tiny proportion of Uganda's poor will benefit. The evidence presented here …
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