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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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accelerated growth of both agriculture and non-agricultural sectors. Vast challenges of still widespread poverty and food … poverty reduction in still disadvantaged regions of Asia will need to be different as well. …
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This paper assesses the effects on poverty and inequality of the alternative targeting approaches that Zambia's Social … government introduced support based on giving actual cash through social cash transfers aimed at reducing poverty and … of social cash transfers, nationwide extreme poverty would be 1.6 percentage points higher than otherwise. The results …
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from Zambia. It argues that people living in interconnected, heterogeneous, densely populated areas are more likely to see …
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paper examines the modalities and results of mining community development programmes in Zambia as part of the broader …
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over the coming century. Moreover, the recent five-year Myanmarese Agriculture Development Strategy (ADS) sets out a vision …
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A large share of the population in Zambia is living below the national poverty line. To reduce poverty, in 2019, the … additional benefits to take account of the multidimensionality of poverty. We use the tax-benefit microsimulation model … MicroZAMOD to analyse the coverage and poverty impact of the current social protection system and to assess the extent to which …
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-benefit microsimulation model for Zambia for the policy year 2020. The analysis also considers the behavioural impacts of input subsidies and … social cash transfers. The results indicate that Zambian agricultural policies reduce headcount poverty by 3-5 percentage …, poverty reduction with smaller government net expenditure. The results from these simulations suggest that it is feasible to …
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the effects of four UBI schemes on poverty and inequality measures during normal times and times of crisis in Uganda and … Zambia. We use static microsimulation models and nationally representative household surveys for each country. Our results … show that in Zambia, where the existing social protection benefits have more extensive coverage, the least generous UBI …
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Some entry barriers in agricultural and agro-processing value chains, particularly for smallholder farmers and small/medium-sized processors, can be overcome with innovation and technology adoption. Technologies and innovation in these sectors have been both radical and incremental, ranging...
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