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South Sudan : the road from the Paris Declaration to the reality of Juba, 2005 - 11

Larson, Greg - 2013

During Sudan's "interim period" from the end of civil war in January 2005 until South Sudan's independence in July 2011 … and capacity building of the nascent Government of Southern Sudan were core priorities. This six-year period thus provides … on Aid Effectiveness - which was signed in February 2005, shortly after Sudan's peace agreement. Assessment of how the …

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South Sudan's capability trap : building a state with disruptive innovation

Larson, Greg; Ajak, Peter Biar; Pritchett, Lant - 2013

challenges (fighting corruption, upholding the rule of law, establishing democratic institutions). South Sudan, the world … Comprehensive Peace Agreement in 2005 South Sudan had no formal institutions of self-governance. During the Comprehensive Peace … technical assistance to 'build capacity' in the nascent Government of South Sudan. The donors utilized approaches and mechanisms …

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Inequality of opportunity in child health in Sudan : across-region study

Ebaidalla, Ebaidalla Mahjoub - 2019

This study aims to examine the drivers of inequality of opportunity in health outcome among children below 5 years of age, using the Sudanese 2014 Multiple Indicator Cluster Survey. It investigates the variation in inequality across and within regions, decomposing inequality into a portion that...

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Evidence on aid (in)effectiveness in highly fragile states : a synthesis of three systematic reviews of aid to Afghanistan, Mali, and South Sudan, 2008-21

Zürcher, Christoph - 2022

South Sudan between 2008 and 2021. These three countries, like all other highly fragile countries, suffer from bad …

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Can cities or towns drive African development? : economy-wide analysis for Ethiopia and Uganda

Dorosh, Paul; Thurlow, James - 2012

Rapid urbanization is an important characteristic of African development and yet the structural transformation debate focuses on agriculture's relative merits without also considering the benefits from urban agglomeration. As a result, African governments are often provided conflicting...

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Power ahead : meeting Ethiopia's energy needs under a changing climate

Block, Paul; Strzepek, Kenneth - 2011

Ethiopia is powering ahead with an ambitious energy development strategy, highly reliant on abundant hydropower potential. A changing climate, including uncertain water supply, however, may pose a salient challenge to meeting expected targets. Bridging the modeling gaps between climate, energy,...

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A dynamic general equilibrium analysis of adaptation to climate change in Ethiopia

Robinson, Sherman; Strzepek, Kenneth; Willenbockel, Dirk - 2011

This study links a multi-sectoral regionalized dynamic computable general equilibrium model of Ethiopia with a system of country-specific hydrology, crop, road and hydropower engineering models to simulate the economic impacts of climate change towards 2050. In the absence of externally funded...

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The political economy of food price : the case of Ethiopia

Assefa Admassie - 2013

Food prices increased significantly in 2007 - 08 in Ethiopia due to several supply- and demand-side factors. The Ethiopian government released emergency food grain reserves, imported and distributed wheat at subsidized price, banned the export of staple cereals, and removed value added and...

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Enterprise agglomeration, output prices, and physical productivity : firm-level evidence from Ethiopia

Siba, Eyerusalem; Söderbom, Måns; Bigsten, Arne; … - 2012

We use census panel data on Ethiopian manufacturing firms to analyze the connections between enterprise agglomeration, firm-level output prices and physical productivity. We find a negative and statistically significant relationship between the agglomeration of firms that produce a given product...

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Intra-household efficiency : an experimental study from Ethiopia

Kebede, Bereket; Tarazona, Marcela; Munro, Alistair; … - 2013

An experimental design using treatments of a voluntary contribution mechanism is used to test household efficiency. Efficiency is decisively rejected in all treatments contrary to the assumption of most household models. Information on initial endowments of spouses improves efficiency only in...

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