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Does Mobile Money Use Increase Firms'Investment? Evidence from Enterprise Surveys in Kenya, Uganda, and Tanzania
Islam, Asif - 2017
nationally representative of the private sector in three East African countries -- Kenya, Tanzania, and Uganda -- a positive …
Persistent link: https://www.econbiz.de/10012967438
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If it Pays, it Stays : Can Agribusiness Internalize the Benefits of Malaria Control?
Sedlmayr, Richard - 2017
Might a malaria control intervention entail agricultural effects that allow a commercial agribusiness to offset its costs? The randomized allocation of 39,936 insecticide-treated mosquito nets among 81,597 smallholder cotton farming households in 1,507 clusters helps evaluate this in the context...
Persistent link: https://www.econbiz.de/10012968645
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Cotton, Biotechnology, and Economic Development
Baffes, John - 2017
During the past decade, cotton prices remained considerably below other agricultural prices (although they recovered toward the end of 2010). Yet, between 2000-04 and 2005-09 world cotton production increased 13 percent. This paper conjectures that biotechnology-induced productivity improvements...
Persistent link: https://www.econbiz.de/10012975578
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African Cotton Markets at Crossroads : Will the Price Spike Turn into a New Kick-Start?
Delpeuch, Claire - 2017
After years of diplomatic efforts and legal procedures to obtain the elimination of rich countries' cotton subsidies, policy prospects for African cotton producers remain bleak. However, the world price for cotton has doubled in a year and has hit an all-time high. This paper examines these...
Persistent link: https://www.econbiz.de/10012975693
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Cotton Subsidies, the WTO, and The'Cotton Problem'
Baffes, John - 2017
Following an 8-year long dispute over cotton subsidies, Brazil and the United States signed a Memorandum of Understanding on April 21, 2010, effectively paving the way for settling the dispute. This paper argues that cotton subsidies are just the tip of the iceberg while a number of other,...
Persistent link: https://www.econbiz.de/10012976001
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Markets for Cotton By-Products : Global Trends and Implications for African Cotton Producers
Baffes, John - 2017
This paper analyzes and compares the structure of cotton by-products industries in se-lected countries (Uganda …
Persistent link: https://www.econbiz.de/10012976476
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The World Trade Organization's Doha Cotton Initiative : A Tale of Two Issues
Valenzuela, Ernesto - 2016
Four West African nations have demanded that the World Trade Organization's Doha Development Agenda include a Cotton Initiative that involves two issues: cutting cotton subsidies and tariffs, and assisting farm productivity growth in Africa. The authors provide estimates of the potential...
Persistent link: https://www.econbiz.de/10012748129
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The WTO Doha Round, Cotton Sector Dynamics and Poverty Trends in Zambia
Balat, Jorge F.; Porto, Guido G. - 2014
The Zambian cotton sector went through significant reforms during the 1990s. After a long period of parastatal control, a process of liberalization in cotton production and marketing began in 1994. These reforms were expected to benefit agricultural farmers. In Zambia, these are rural, often...
Persistent link: https://www.econbiz.de/10014062398
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Taxation Without Representation? Experimental Evidence from Ghana and Uganda on Citizen Action Toward Taxes, Oil, and Aid
de la Cuesta, Brandon - 2017
and Uganda probe the effects of different revenue types on citizens' actions to monitor government spending. Roughly half …
Persistent link: https://www.econbiz.de/10012951505
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Education and Health Services in Uganda : Quality of Inputs, User Satisfaction, and Community Welfare Levels
Tsimpo, Clarence - 2017
education and health are key policy goals for Uganda. This paper builds on the Service Delivery Indicator study by further … exploring issues related to the quality of service delivery in Uganda. The paper analyzes the quality of service from a poverty … perspective, to contribute to the ongoing policy debate on the quality of service delivery in Uganda, especially in the education …
Persistent link: https://www.econbiz.de/10012951515