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Road Improvement and Deforestation in the Congo Basin Countries

Damania, Richard - 2017

Road construction has often been viewed as the precursor to deforestation, especially in tropical forests. Traditional responses to such threats have been reactive, with attempts to mitigate impacts through physical measures, or the establishment of protected areas. These approaches often have...

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Multidimensionality and Renegotiation : Evidence from Transport-Sector Public-Private-Partnership Transactions in Latin America

Estache, Antonio - 2016

Multidimensional auctions are a natural and practical solution when auctioneers pursue more than one objective in their public-private-partnership transactions. However, it is difficult to achieve auction efficiency with multiple award criteria. Using auction data from road and railway...

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Services Reform and Manufacturing Performance : Evidence from India

Arnold, Jens Matthias - 2017

The growth of India's manufacturing sector since 1991 has been attributed mostly to trade liberalization and more permissive industrial licensing. This paper demonstrates thesignificant impact of a neglected factor: India's policy reforms in services. The authors examine the link between those...

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A Financial Social Accounting Matrix for the Integrated Macroeconomic Model for Poverty Analysis : Application to Cameroon with a Fixed-Price Multiplier Analysis

Emini, Christian Arnault; Fofack, Hippolyte - 2013

Cameroon is engaged in the Poverty Reduction Strategy Paper (PRSP) process, which emphasizes increased focus on poverty … social accounting matrix for the Cameroonian economy to serve as input into the construction of an IMMPA model for Cameroon …

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Discordant Couples : HIV Infection Among Couples in Burkina Faso, Cameroon, Ghana, Kenya, and Tanzania

de Walque, Damien - 2016

paper exploits this feature of the data for Burkina Faso, Cameroon, Ghana, Kenya, and Tanzania. The analysis yields two …

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Who Gets Aids and How? The Determinants of HIV Infection and Sexual Behaviors in Burkina Faso, Cameroon, Ghana, Kenya, and Tanzania

de Walque, Damien - 2016

This paper analyzes the determinants of HIV infection and associated sexual behaviors using data from the first five Demographic and Health Surveys to include HIV testing for a representative sample of the adult population. Emerging from a wealth of country relevant results, four important...

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Spatial and Sectoral Heterogeneity of Occupational Choice in Cameroon

Bougna, Theophile - 2018

productivity across cities and industries in Cameroon. Emphasizing the link between micro-foundations and the data, the paper …

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Innovative Agricultural Extension for Women : A Case Study in Cameroon

Walker, S. Tjip - 2017

less from improved farming techniques. However, in Cameroon's North West province, over the last five years, the Mission de …

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Customs, Brokers, and Informal Sectors : A Cameroon Case Study

Cantens, Thomas - 2017

Based on extensive interviews with informal importers and brokers in Cameroon, this paper explains why customs reform …

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Behavioral Economics and Public Sector Reform : An Accidental Experiment and Lessons from Cameroon

Raballand, Gaël - 2017

in Cameroon. In 2008, World Bank staff successfully concluded preparation on a project to support the Government of … Cameroon to improve transparency, efficiency, and accountability of public finance management. The US$15 million project … concurrently, other Bank staff initiated a low-profile, technical assistance project to improve performance in Cameroon's Customs …

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