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complexity in assessing impact and effectiveness of aid in water and sanitation sector. Notwithstanding this complexity, the …
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Many cities in Africa, Asia, and Latin America face serious problems managing their wastes. Two of the major problems are the insufficient collection and inappropriate final disposal of wastes. Despite spending increasing resources, many cities - particularly in Africa and Asia - collect less...
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This paper studies the general equilibrium impact of civil war in Sierra Leone. I first use an instrumental variable …
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The social and ecomomic impact of COVID-19 has been deep, wide-ranging, and multidimensional. While anecdotal evidence …
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In this paper, we examine the economic impact of the COVID-19 pandemic on the livelihoods of the poor. We use an … significant negative effects on the livelihoods of the poor in our study, with financial inflows and outflows, incomes, and …
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The most important determinant of households' livelihoods is how much they earn for their labour. People in informal …
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2018, we study how the livelihoods of Chinese workers change when transitioning to different work statuses within or … the self-employed to the wage-employed increases earnings, which improves the livelihoods of Chinese workers. …
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School-feeding is an important intervention to attract children to school and augment their learning. The benefits of school-feeding cover several domains. Key to the overall assessment of these benefits is understanding how different implementation models compare to each other and to other...
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A linear public good experiment has been employed to investigate strategic behaviour in pollution abatement among African climate decision-makers. The experiment consisted of three groups of which Group 1 did not receive any treatments, and Groups 2 and 3 received one and two treatments,...
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To attract greater levels of foreign direct investment into their gold mining sectors, many mineral-rich countries in sub-Saharan Africa have been willing to overlook serious instances of mining company non-compliance with environmental standards. These lapses in regulatory oversight and...
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