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The negotiated politics of social protection in sub-Saharan Africa
Hickey, Sam; Lavers, Tom; Niño-Zarazúa, Miguel; … - 2018
Social assistance programmes proliferated and expanded across much of the global South from the mid-1990s. Within Africa there has been enormous variation in this trend: some governments expanded coverage dramatically while others resisted this. The existing literature on social assistance, or...
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The uneven path to recovery : the sub-Saharan African experience
Danquah, Michael; Ebrahim, Amina; Were, Maureen - 2023
COVID-19 cases were first confirmed in March 2020 in Ghana, Kenya, and South Africa. These countries put in place several stringent measures, including lockdowns, to contain the spread of the virus. Various policies were also rolled out to address the disruption in economic activities, to...
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The social and political consequences of wartime sexual violence : new evidence from list experiments in three conflict-affected populations
Koos, Carlo; Traunmüller, Richard - 2022
Wartime sexual violence is widespread across conflict zones and thought to leave a disastrous legacy for survivors, communities, and nations. Yet, systematic studies on i) the prevalence and ii) the social and political consequences of wartime sexual violence are fraught with severe data...
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Multiple pathways to gender-sensitive budget support in the education sector : analysing the effectiveness of sex-disaggregated indicators in performance assessment frameworks and...
Holvoet, Nathalie; Inberg, Liesbeth - 2013
In order to correct for the initial gender blindness of the Paris Declaration and related aid modalities as general and sector budget support, it has been proposed to integrate a gender dimension into budget support entry points. This paper studies the effectiveness of (joint) gender working...
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Do gifts buy votes? : evidence from sub-Saharan Africa
Guardado, Jenny; Wantchekon, Leonard - 2021
Vote-buying-or the pre-electoral distribution of private goods in exchange for support at the ballot box-is often blamed for the poor economic performance of many sub-Saharan countries. For instance, vote-buying may undermine accountability and the implementation of sound development policies by...
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Does HIV/AIDS matter for economic growth in sub-Saharan Africa?
Mveyange, Anthony; Skovsgaard, Christian; Lesner, Tine - 2015
Estimating the impact of HIV/AIDS epidemic on economic growth is challenging because of endogeneity concerns. In this … paper, we use novel data on male circumcision and distance from the first HIV outbreak as instrumental variables for the HIV/AIDS … epidemic in 241 regions across 25 countries in sub-Saharan Africa during 2003-12. Our main finding shows that the impact of HIV/AIDS …
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Does lack of innovation and absorptive capacity retard economic growth in Africa?
Onyeiwu, Steve - 2011
This paper reviews the innovative capabilities and absorptive capacities of African countries, and investigates whether they have played significant roles in the region's slow and episodic economic growth. Results from cross-country regressions covering 31 Sub-Saharan African countries suggest...
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Evaluating antipoverty transfer programmes in Latin America and sub-Saharan Africa : better policies? ; better politics?
Barrientos, Armando; Villa, Juan M. - 2013
The paper provides a comparative analysis of the incidence of evaluation methods in antipoverty transfer programmes in Latin America and sub-Saharan Africa. The paper identifies two broad explanations for the incidence of evaluation in antipoverty transfer programmes in developing countries, one...
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Are electoral coalitions harmful for democratic consolidation in Africa?
Resnick, Danielle - 2011
Electoral coalitions are becoming increasingly popular among opposition parties in Africa because they offer many advantages with respect to reducing party fragmentation and increasing incumbent turnovers. At the same time, however, they are often comprised of parties that are defined...
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Policy diffusion, domestic politics and social assistance in Lesotho, 1998-2012
Granvik, Maria - 2016
. The reforms were rooted in both socioeconomic changes, with the AIDS pandemic highlighting the inadequacy of extended …
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