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This paper studies the cyclical aspects of fiscal policy in Sub-Saharan Africa countries during 1970?2014. It compares … since 2002 in Sub-Saharan Africa, with incipient signs of a shift toward acyclical or more countercyclical policies. The …-Saharan Africa. Official development assistance is found to exacerbate the procyclical stance of fiscal policy in the region, but the …
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As evidence from rigorous impact evaluations grows in development, there have been more calls to complement impact evaluation analysis with cost analysis, so that policy makers can make investment decisions based on costs as well as impacts. This paper discusses important considerations for...
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economies in Africa need an alternative strategic approach to long-term growth. The purpose of this paper is to identify a … growth strategy with the greatest potential for small, landlocked economies in East Africa. The paper uses Malawi, Rwanda …. Undoubtedly, there are obstacles to transferring the advanced technologies wholesale to East Africa, but their eventual …
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Devolving property rights to local institutions has emerged as a compelling management strategy for natural resource management in developing countries. The use of property rights among fishing cooperatives operating in Mexico's Gulf of California provides a compelling setting for theoretical...
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Fisheries constitute an important source of livelihoods for tens of thousands of poorpeople in the southwest coastal … protein for millions. Among the various threats fisheries in the southwest coastal region and Sundarbans mangrove forest will …
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Using three waves of survey data from fishing villages in Aceh, Indonesia for 2005?09, the paper examines the determinants of local volunteer labor after the tsunami. Volunteer labor is the village public sector labor force for maintenance, clean-up and renovation of public capital. While also...
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This paper investigates the relationship between mining and spatial inequality in Africa during 2001-12. The … socioeconomic development in Africa …
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Data from the Groningen Growth and Development Center's Africa Sector Database and the Demographic and Health Surveys … reveals that much of Africa's recent growth and poverty reduction has been associated with a substantive decline in the share … shifts in employment shares for future growth and development in Africa south of the Sahara …
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service delivery in Sub-Saharan Africa. They also provide a lens through which the growing experimental and quasi …
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, especially in Sub-Saharan Africa, this process is accompanied by a change in land tenure, whereby plots held under traditional …
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