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Geo-Spatial Modeling of Access to Water and Sanitation in Nigeria
Andres, Luis Alberto - 2018
The paper presents the development and implementation of a geo-spatial model for mapping populations' access to specified types of water and sanitation services in Nigeria. The analysis uses geo-located, population-representative data from the National Water and Sanitation Survey 2015, along...
Persistent link: https://www.econbiz.de/10012926200
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Issues in Adjustment Lending
Thomas, Vinod - 2017
Reaping the full benefit of adjustment packages depends on a government's commitment to reform as well as a variety of complementary factors, many of which have not been duly considered because of the lack of time, resources, and skills. It is becoming increasingly clear that if these packages...
Persistent link: https://www.econbiz.de/10012967944
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The Impact of Mining on Spatial Inequality Recent Evidence from Africa
Addison, Tony - 2017
This paper investigates the relationship between mining and spatial inequality in Africa during 2001-12. The … socioeconomic development in Africa …
Persistent link: https://www.econbiz.de/10012963654
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The Changing Structure of Africa's Economies
Diao, Xinshen - 2017
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 …
Persistent link: https://www.econbiz.de/10012964338
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What Do Teachers Know and Do? Does it Matter? Evidence from Primary Schools in Africa
Bold, Tessa - 2017
service delivery in Sub-Saharan Africa. They also provide a lens through which the growing experimental and quasi …
Persistent link: https://www.econbiz.de/10012964571
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Customary Land Conversion and the Formation of the African City
Picard, Pierre M. - 2020
, especially in Sub-Saharan Africa, this process is accompanied by a change in land tenure, whereby plots held under traditional …
Persistent link: https://www.econbiz.de/10012838895
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The Role of Historical Christian Missions in the Location of World Bank Aid in Africa
Alpino, Matteo - 2020
allocation of present-day World Bank aid at the grid-cell level in Africa. The correlation is robust to an extensive set of …
Persistent link: https://www.econbiz.de/10012841687
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Is Africa's Economy at a Turning Point?
Go, Delfin S. - 2008
In this paper, Arbache, Go, and Page examine the recent acceleration of growth in Africa. Unlike the past, the …
Persistent link: https://www.econbiz.de/10012772699
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Poverty-Specific Purchasing Power Parities in Africa
Dikhanov, Yuri - 2017
The paper revisits the issue of poverty-specific purchasing power parities (PPPs), using the most recent (2011) International Comparison Program (ICP) results. The World Bank's global poverty count uses a common international poverty line -- currently $1.90 at 2011 international prices-based on...
Persistent link: https://www.econbiz.de/10012951494
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Cyclicality of Fiscal Policy in Sub-Saharan Africa : Magnitude and Evolution
Calderón, César - 2019
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 …
Persistent link: https://www.econbiz.de/10012901508