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Who Uses Electricity in Sub-Saharan Africa? Findings from Household Surveys
Kojima, Masami - 2018
Analysis of household expenditure surveys since 2008 in 22 Sub-Saharan African countries shows that one-third of all …, lack of affordability is the greatest barrier to household connection. Lifeline rates enabling the poor to use grid … of detailed information on residential schedules enabled calculation of the percentage of total household expenditures …
Persistent link: https://www.econbiz.de/10012935576
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Women Left Behind? Poverty and Headship in Africa
Milazzo, Annamaria - 2017
This paper is motivated by two stylized facts about poverty in Africa: female-headed households tend to be poorer, and poverty has been falling in the aggregate since the 1990s. These facts raise two questions: How have female-headed households fared? And what role have they played in Africa's...
Persistent link: https://www.econbiz.de/10012971528
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Shelter from the Storm? Household-Level Impacts of, and Responses to, the 2015 Floods in Malawi
Kilic, Talip - 2020
As extreme weather events intensify due to climate change, it becomes ever more critical to understand how vulnerable households are to these events and the mechanisms households can rely on to minimize losses effectively. This paper analyzes the impacts of the floods that occurred during the...
Persistent link: https://www.econbiz.de/10012853785
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Taking Power : Women's Empowerment and Household Well-Being in Sub-Saharan Africa
Annan, Jeannie - 2019
This paper examines women's power relative to that of their husbands in 23 Sub-Saharan African countries to determine how it affects women's health, reproductive outcomes, children's health, and children's education. The analysis uses a novel measure of women's empowerment that is closely linked...
Persistent link: https://www.econbiz.de/10012859509
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Is Poverty in Africa Mostly Chronic or Transient? Evidence from Synthetic Panel Data
Dang, Hai-Anh; Dabalen, Andrew - 2018
Absent actual panel household survey data, this paper constructs, for the first time, synthetic panel data for more …
Persistent link: https://www.econbiz.de/10014121755
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What Do Teachers Know and Do? Does it Matter? Evidence from Primary Schools in Africa
Bold, Tessa - 2017
School enrollment has universally increased over the past 25 years in low-income countries. However, enrolling in school does not guarantee that children learn. A large share of children in low-income countries learn little, and they complete their primary education lacking even basic reading,...
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Trade Integration, Export Patterns, and Growth in Sub-Saharan Africa
Calderón, César - 2020
This paper examines systematically the growth effects of trade integration in Sub-Saharan Africa. It complements and improves upon the empirical literature in two aspects: first, it jointly estimates the impact of different dimensions of trade integration, namely, trade volumes, export/trade...
Persistent link: https://www.econbiz.de/10012842774
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Green Sukuk, Energy Poverty, and Climate Change : A Roadmap for Sub-Saharan Africa
AASSOULI, Dalal - 2018
The climate change challenge and the growth of the Islamic finance industry, together with the increase in socially responsible investing, could position green sukuk as a key instrument for financing clean energy and resilient infrastructure projects as well as shorter-term energy efficiency...
Persistent link: https://www.econbiz.de/10012906400
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The Cost and Benefits of Tax Treaties with Investment Hubs : Findings from Sub-Saharan Africa
Beer, Sebastian - 2018
This paper investigates the costs and benefits of concluding double tax treaties with investment hubs. Based on a sample of 41 African economies from 1985-2015, the results suggest that signing treaties with investment hubs is not associated with additional investments; yet, these treaties tend...
Persistent link: https://www.econbiz.de/10012908943
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Root for the Tubers : Extended-Harvest Crop Production and Productivity Measurement in Surveys
Kilic, Talip - 2018
traditional diary-keeping, the household-level annual cassava production is 295 kilograms higher, on average, (and assumed as …
Persistent link: https://www.econbiz.de/10012909230