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the hosting population. Using panel data (pre- and post-refugee inflow) from Kagera, a rural region of Tanzania, we find …
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likely to get formal wage employment, suggesting the existence of gender bias in the labour market in urban areas of Tanzania …This paper uses the latest Tanzania labour force survey-the Integrated Labour Force Survey-and a censored bivariate … probit model to analyse gender differences in labour force participation and gender bias in formal wage employment in urban …
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Although Tanzania has made notable progress in enhancing access to financial services, the gender gap in financial … inclusion persists. This paper examines gender disparities in financial inclusion in Tanzania using descriptive and regression … lag behind in access to and utilization of formal financial services. Based on FinScope Tanzania survey data for 2017, the …
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social policy trajectories in Mainland Tanzania with a gender lens, to better understand the contributions of these …In July 2020, the United Republic of Tanzania gained the status of a lower-middleincome country. This came after two … advancements in the legal frameworks and increasingly gender-responsive government policy plans, Tanzanian social policy delivery …
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Tanzania has experienced relatively strong and stable economic growth accompanied by social stability over the past two … design and outcomes. This constitutes a key challenge in Tanzania, where women and femaleheaded households are constrained by … impacted disproportionately by the economic implications of the COVID-19 pandemic. This paper interrogates Tanzania …
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from the 2015 Tanzania Firm-Level Skills Survey to investigate the gender innovation gap between female-owned enterprises …Innovation generally takes place in male-dominated industries. A gender gap might therefore exist. This study used data … innovation when compared to male-owned enterprises. The endowments effect had a positive association with the gender innovation …
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. Increasing diversification is associated with higher welfare, but there are differences by gender and activity type. Non …-agricultural wage employment is clearly beneficial, irrespective of gender, and has had relatively high growth. Non-agricultural self …
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grapple with important gender inequalities. This paper examines, first, the evolution and effects of Tanzania's social …Tanzania has expanded its social protection framework significantly over the past decade, but the country continues to … families as an instrument for gender-responsive social protection expansion. The simulation findings indicate that introducing …
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Over the past sixty years, most Asian countries have undergone relatively rapid agricultural transformations that helped jumpstart broader economic development. However, the changes have differed markedly in nature and speed across countries of the region. In much of East and Southeast Asia, the...
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Africa's improved growth performance over the last 15 years provides an opportunity for the continent to transit from recovery to structural transformation. This paper reviews the evolution of development theory and practice, the role of agriculture therein, and the pace of structural...
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