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households in Zambia. The extension of funding of conservation farming (CF) training sessions in 2007 in specific districts in … Zambia provides variation in CF takeup. We use this variation to implement a difference-in-differences strategy on a number …
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The general policy prescription for resource-rich countries is that, for sustainable consumption, a greater percentage of the windfall from resource rents should be channelled into accumulating foreign assets such as a sovereign public fund as done in Norway and other developed but resource-rich...
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This paper re-examines the validity of using expected values to evaluate the social profitability of public investments under uncertainty. Departing from the usual assumption of an aggregate good, the setting is a small open economy that faces stochastic world prices for tradable goods and...
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In a bid to realize its development aspirations, Tanzania has made concerted efforts to increase public investment, particularly in the last decade. A significant proportion of these investments are financed by contracting debt, manifested by the rapid accumulation of public debt, especially...
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The study examines Zambia's evolving aid relationship in relation to the country's democratic trajectory. The impact of …. The study suggests that there are many good reasons for so-called traditional donors to phase out aid to Zambia. Zambia …. -- Zambia ; aid ; democracy ; political parties ; civil society …
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variability and future anthropogenic climate change in Zambia. Accounting for uncertainty, simulation results indicate that, on … remain the more binding constraint on economic development in Zambia, at least over the next few decades. -- climate change … ; weather variability ; economic growth ; poverty ; Zambia …
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issues, the effect of climate change on the road infrastructure of Malawi, Mozambique, and Zambia, all located within the … ; Zambia …
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language in Zambia. We develop a theoretical framework, which is tested using data on elicited beliefs about the effects of … changes in Zambia's language policy on schooling outcomes, income, and social cohesion. In general, support for the use of …
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In this paper we make welfare comparisons among districts of Zambia using multidimensional well-being indicators … Zambia and has ranked them from the relatively well-off to the worseoff. This information has been presented on a map showing … poverty targeting efforts in Zambia. The rationale is that with the availability of such analysis, it will be possible to make …
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poor in Zambia. Like in the past, the implementation of the strategies to deal with the rising food prices, especially for …, protracted discussions, inaction amongst key agriculture stakeholders and rent-seeking behaviour by some. Using the political … dealing with future food crises. -- food crises ; political economy ; maize grain ; Zambia ; Africa …
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