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Building a conservative welfare state in Botswana

Seekings, Jeremy - 2017

Botswana's welfare state is both a parsimonious laggard in comparison with some other middle-income countries in Africa (such as Mauritius and South Africa) and extensive (in comparison with its low-income neighbours to the north and east). Coverage is broad but cash transfers are modest. This...

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Competitiveness and diversification of service exports in sub-Saharan Africa : the case of the East African Community

Were, Maureen; Odongo, Maureen - 2019

Growth in service exports has improved countries' per capita incomes, reduced over-reliance on goods exports, and promoted economic diversification. However, the growth has not been uniform across regions and countries. Africa lags behind in service exports. This paper examines the...

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Weathering shocks : the effects of weather shocks on farm input use in sub-Saharan Africa

Nsabimana, Aimable - 2022

There has been much discussion on climate change and its adverse effects on agriculture, including excessive loss of … food production. In regions such as sub-Saharan Africa, where agriculture is the major source of household livelihoods …-scale national panel data from three African countries: Niger, Nigeria, and Tanzania. By combining monthly drought index data with a …

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Changes in land tenure and agricultural intensification in sub-Saharan Africa

Ōtsuka, Keijirō; Place, Frank M. - 2014

Due to increasing population pressure on limited cultivable land in many parts of sub-Saharan Africa (SSA), farm size has been shrinking, fallow periods have been shortened, and soil fertility has been declining. In accordance with the Boserupian evolutionary theory and the Hayami-Ruttan induced...

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Class size versus class composition : what matters for learning in East Africa?

Jones, Sam - 2013

Raising schooling quality in low-income countries is a pressing challenge. Substantial research has considered the impact of cutting class sizes on skills acquisition. Considerably less attention has been given to the extent to which peer effects, which refer to class composition, also may...

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The rise of a middle class in East and Southern Africa : implications for food system transformation

Tschirley, David; Reardon, Thomas Anthony; Dolislager, … - 2014

We examine the implications of the rise of a middle class in East and Southern Africa for food consumption patterns and the food system. A unique classification of food items shows that highly processed food has one-third of the purchased food market, with comparable shares in rural and urban...

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Impact of a Single Customs Territory in the East African Community on Tanzania's exports

Kamau, Anne; Odongo, Maureen - 2020

The implementation of a Single Customs Territory by East African Community countries is intended to ease the movement of goods across borders by cutting costs and time through harmonization and simplification of customs documents, removal of burdensome customs procedures, and automation of...

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How trucking services have improved and may contribute to economic development : the case of East Africa

Kunaka, Charles; Raballand, Gaël; Fitzmaurice, Mike - 2016

In East Africa, there have been numerous concerns over logistics efficiency. Among them, the regional integration of the trucking industry is perceived as a major problem. This paper utilizes a combination of unpublished data surveys and published data (mainly port data) to assess the extent of...

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Regional opportunities in East Africa

Karingi, Stephen N.; Pesce, Ottavia; Sommer, Lily - 2016

Significant progress has been made by the East African Community partner states in implementing the East African Community customs union. Trade within the East African Community is now free from import duties, and partner states have adopted a three-band common external tariff. This paper...

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Does sorting matter for learning inequality? : evidence from East Africa

Anand, Paul; Behrman, Jere R.; Dang, Hai-Anh H.; Jones, Sam - 2019

Inequalities in children's learning are widely recognized to arise from variations in both household- and school-related factors. While few studies have considered the role of sorting between schools and households, even fewer have quantified how much sorting contributes to educational...

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