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Is Informality Welfare-Enhancing Structural Transformation? Evidence from Uganda

Fox, Louise - 2017

of Uganda which followed this path and experienced two decades of sustained growth and poverty reduction …

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Go, Delfin S. - 2008

In this paper, Arbache, Go, and Page examine the recent acceleration of growth in Africa. Unlike the past, the performance is now registered broadly across several types of countries-particularly the oil-exporting and resource-intensive countries and, in more recent years, the large- and...

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Agriculture, Aid and Economic Growth in Africa

McArthur, John - 2018

is presented for Uganda as an illustrative case. Three stylized scenarios demonstrate the potential economy-wide impacts …

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Specification of Investment Functions in Sub-Saharan Africa

Bayraktar, Nihal - 2016

It is a well-known fact that one of the most important determinants of growth is private investment. But in the developing country context of widespread poverty, the effects of initial conditions on the process of capital accumulation have seldom been investigated. This paper highlights...

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Domestic Constraints, Firm Characteristics, and Geographical Diversification of Firm-Level Manufacturing Exports in Africa

Yoshino, Yutaka - 2008

Using firm-level data on manufacturing sectors in Africa, this paper addresses how domestic supply constraints and other firm characteristics explain the geographical orientation of firms' exports and the overall market diversification of African manufacturing exports. The degree of market...

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Does Gender Equality in Labor Participation Bring Real Equality? Evidence From Developed and Developing Countries

Alfani, Federica; Clementi, Fabio; Fabiani, Michele; … - 2021

Over the past two decades developing countries have seen a rapid increase in the number of women taking an active role in the labor market. While acknowledging that this is an important development outcome, this paper cautions against the possible undesired distributional effects that it can...

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Cultivate or Rent Out? Land Security in Rural Thailand

Giné, Xavier - 2005

In the 1980's the Thai government tried to legalize squatters by issuing special titles that restricted the sale and rental of the land. Using data from 2,874 farming households collected in 1997, the author finds that in places where these government titles where issued, leased plots are more...

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Resource Discoveries, Learning, and National Income Accounting

Hamilton, Kirk - 2017

Questions about the ultimate size of mineral and energy resource endowments and the degree of fiscal prudence which should be exercised by countries engaged in resource extraction have become central for many developing countries during the recent resource boom. To explore these questions, this...

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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 …

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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 …

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