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Independent power projects in Sub-Saharan Africa : lessons from five key countries
Eberhard, Anton A.; Gratwick, Katharine; Morella, Elvira; … - 2016
Persistent link: https://www.econbiz.de/10012245238
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Does Mobile Money Use Increase Firms' Investment? Evidence from Enterprise Surveys in Kenya, Uganda, and Tanzania
Islam, Asif - 2016
nationally representative of the private sector in three East African countries-Kenya, Tanzania, and Uganda-a positive …
Persistent link: https://www.econbiz.de/10012245542
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Emerging Social Enterprise Ecosystems is East and South African Countries : A Diagnosis of Supporting Environments and Activity of Social Enterprises in Kenya, Malawi, Rwanda, Sout...
Navarrete Moreno, Cristina - 2017
in Kenya, Malawi, Rwanda, South Africa, Tanzania, Uganda, and Zambia. The second part introduces the SE ecosystem and …
Persistent link: https://www.econbiz.de/10012247943
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Covid-19 and food protectionism : the impact of the pandemic and export restrictions on world food markets
Espitia, Alvaro; Rocha, Nadia; Ruta, Michele - 2020
This paper analyzes the impact of Covid-19 and uncooperative trade policies on world food markets. It quantifies the initial shock due to the pandemic under the assumption that products that are more labor intensive in production are more affected through workers' morbidity and containment...
Persistent link: https://www.econbiz.de/10012241198
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Promoting Green Urban Development in African Cities : Dar Es Salaam, Tanzania Urban Environmental Profile
World Bank Group - 2016
The city of Dar es Salaam, Tanzania has undergone a period of unprecedented urbanization that has contributed to the …
Persistent link: https://www.econbiz.de/10012248068
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Understanding the geographical distribution of stunting in Tanzania : a geospatial analysis of the 2015-16 demographic and health survey
Josepha, George; Gething, Peter W.; Bhatt, Samir; … - 2019
Tanzania is home to the third highest population of stunted children in Sub-Saharan Africa, with about 2.7 million … increasing their likelihood of being poor when they grow up. To reduce stunting, the Government of Tanzania and development … model validation exercises are employed to develop high-resolution maps of stunting in Tanzania at 1x1-kilometer spatial …
Persistent link: https://www.econbiz.de/10012002669
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Bright Lights, Big Cities : Measuring National and Subnational Economic Growth in Africa from Outer Space, with an Application to Kenya and Rwanda
Bundervoet, Tom - 2015
subnational 2013 gross domestic product for 47 counties in Kenya and 30 districts in Rwanda. Estimating subnational gross domestic …. For Kenya, the results of the analysis affirm that Nairobi County is the largest contributor to national gross domestic … official statistics in Kenya and Rwanda, it is important to estimate subnational gross domestic product using standard …
Persistent link: https://www.econbiz.de/10012245623
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The Drought and Food Crisis in the Horn of Africa : Impacts and Proposed Policy Responses for Kenya
World Bank - 2011
managed by the Government of Kenya and a number of international organizations including the World Food Program (WFP), the …
Persistent link: https://www.econbiz.de/10012247635
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Are they really being served? : assessing effective infrastructure access and quality in 15 Kenyan cities
Gulyani, Sumila; Rizvi, Andrea; Talukdar, Debabrata - 2019
This paper proposes a framework that examines three levels of access to infrastructure-nominal, effective, and quality-adjusted access. Most conventional indicators measure nominal access-whether a household has physical access to a service in or near the house. By contrast, effective access...
Persistent link: https://www.econbiz.de/10012007974
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Distortions to Agricultural Incentives in Light of Trade Policy : A Study on Pakistan
Ejaz, Neelam - 2017
Agriculture forms the backbone of Pakistan's economy. Despite the fact that the share of agriculture in the GDP has declined over the years, the sector continues to play an important role in the socio-economic structure of the country. About 60 percent of the population lives in rural areas of...
Persistent link: https://www.econbiz.de/10012645995