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improve agricultural performance. Data from 15,000 smallholders and 800 estates in Malawi allow exploring the long …
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intertemporal plans. This paper implements an artefactual field experiment in Malawi to test the ability of households to manage a …
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Considerations of risk and vulnerability are key to understanding the dynamics of poverty in rural Malawi. This study … results show that many households in rural Malawi are vulnerable to poverty, although, as with many other studies of rural …
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To explain persistent gender gaps in market outcomes, a lab experimental literature explores whether women and men have innate differences in ability (or attitudes or preferences), and a separate field-based literature studies discrimination against women in market settings. This paper posits...
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supplement income of poor households and improve public infrastructure. In this evaluation of the Malawi Social Action Fund, an …
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poorest countries in the world ? Malawi, Tanzania, and Uganda ? all located in Sub-Saharan Africa (SSA). The first finding is …
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Cash transfer programs are widely used in settings where child labor is prevalent. Although many of these programs are explicitly implemented to improve children's welfare, in theory their impact on child labor is undetermined. This paper systematically reviews the empirical evidence on the...
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an experimental design embedded in a panel survey from Malawi, this study assesses the impact of voluntary counseling and …
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technique is provided using a cash transfer program in Malawi …
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sexual behaviors and schooling investments among school-age females in Malawi. The study finds no overall effects on HIV …
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