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Many African countries rely on sporadic land transfers from customary to statutory domains to attract investment and improve agricultural performance. Data from 15,000 smallholders and 800 estates in Malawi allow exploring the long-term effects of such a strategy. The results suggest that (i)...
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The literature suggests a wide range of impacts of improved transport connectivity on agricultural growth. Still, the infrastructure-growth nexus remains somewhat mysterious, particularly in the African context, because many rural farmers do not have their own transport means. Using data from...
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services survey in Kenya. By using a number of stylized productivity indicators, we aim to identify the ability of Kenyan firms …
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informal firms as part of the World Bank's enterprise survey initiative for Kenya. The purpose of the note is to assess the … Kenya. Nevertheless, the assessment of the surveyed firms could provide important information on identifying policies as … for economic growth and job creation in Kenya …
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least ten of the other SDGs. This assessment of Kenya's ID system was undertaken under the umbrella of the World Bank … also financing the Kenya Transparency and Communications Infrastructure (KTCIP) project to scale up digital inclusion and e … Kenya May 18-28. Its broad objective was to better understand the nature and capabilities of Kenya's ID system, its role in …
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Shifting Kenya's private sector into higher gear: a trade and competitiveness agenda' was born out of the World Bank …'s Trade and Competitiveness (T&C) Global Practice recent stock taking of its work in Kenya. This was part of a Programmatic … Approach that aimed to organize T&C's knowledge, advisory, and convening services to address Kenya's development challenges in …
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In 2014, Kenya's Ministry of Industrialization requested technical assistance from the World Bank to conduct …, furniture, and leather and leather products. In the context of Kenya's long-term vision to become an industrialized middle … challenges and opportunities, what are the most are promising leather products that Kenya should focus on moving forward, and how …
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At the request of the government of Kenya and under its guidance, a team of national and international experts … conducted an appraisal of different agricultural insurance options for Kenya.This appraisal, as set out in this document and the … Kenya, the fiscal cost to the government of Kenya, and the economic benefits for farmers and pastoralists. In order for it …
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At the request of the government of Kenya and under its guidance, a team of national and international experts … conducted an appraisal of different agricultural insurance options for Kenya.This appraisal, as set out in this document and the … Kenya, the fiscal cost to the government of Kenya, and the economic benefits for farmers and pastoralists.In order for it to …
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This is a critical time for Kenya, as the incoming administrations at national and devolved levels face the high …. This sixteenth edition of the Kenya economic update seeks to contribute to the policy discourse on pertinent economic … edition of the Kenya Economic Update, identifying opportunities for the consolidation of the fiscal stance, both from an …
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