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Cyclicality of Fiscal Policy in Sub-Saharan Africa : Magnitude and Evolution
Calderón, César - 2019
This paper studies the cyclical aspects of fiscal policy in Sub-Saharan Africa countries during 1970?2014. It compares … since 2002 in Sub-Saharan Africa, with incipient signs of a shift toward acyclical or more countercyclical policies. The …-Saharan Africa. Official development assistance is found to exacerbate the procyclical stance of fiscal policy in the region, but the …
Persistent link: https://www.econbiz.de/10012901508
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Cost-Effectiveness Measurement in Development : Accounting for Local Costs and Noisy Impacts
Evans, David - 2017
As evidence from rigorous impact evaluations grows in development, there have been more calls to complement impact evaluation analysis with cost analysis, so that policy makers can make investment decisions based on costs as well as impacts. This paper discusses important considerations for...
Persistent link: https://www.econbiz.de/10012972759
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Playing to Strength : Growth Strategy for Small Agrarian Economies in Africa
Yusuf, Shahid - 2018
economies in Africa need an alternative strategic approach to long-term growth. The purpose of this paper is to identify a … growth strategy with the greatest potential for small, landlocked economies in East Africa. The paper uses Malawi, Rwanda …. Undoubtedly, there are obstacles to transferring the advanced technologies wholesale to East Africa, but their eventual …
Persistent link: https://www.econbiz.de/10012912289
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Wealth Gradients in Early Childhood Cognitive Development in Five Latin American Countries
Schady, Norbert - 2017
Research from the United States shows that gaps in early cognitive and noncognitive abilities appear early in the life cycle. Little is known about this important question for developing countries. This paper provides new evidence of sharp differences in cognitive development by socioeconomic...
Persistent link: https://www.econbiz.de/10012973502
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Status Goods : Experimental Evidence from Platinum Credit Cards
Bursztyn, Leonardo - 2018
This paper provides novel evidence on status goods, using a series of field experiments with an Indonesian bank that markets platinum credit cards to high-income customers. In a first experiment, the paper shows that demand for the platinum card greatly exceeds demand for a nondescript control...
Persistent link: https://www.econbiz.de/10012933989
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Nutrition, Religion, and Widowhood in Nigeria
Milazzo, Annamaria - 2018
It is known that Muslim women in Nigeria have significantly worse nutritional status than their Christian counterparts. The paper first shows that this difference is explained by covariates including geographic location, ethnicity, household wealth, and women?s education. However, on accounting...
Persistent link: https://www.econbiz.de/10012912283
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The Impact of Mining on Spatial Inequality Recent Evidence from Africa
Addison, Tony - 2017
This paper investigates the relationship between mining and spatial inequality in Africa during 2001-12. The … socioeconomic development in Africa …
Persistent link: https://www.econbiz.de/10012963654
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The Changing Structure of Africa's Economies
Diao, Xinshen - 2017
Data from the Groningen Growth and Development Center's Africa Sector Database and the Demographic and Health Surveys … reveals that much of Africa's recent growth and poverty reduction has been associated with a substantive decline in the share … shifts in employment shares for future growth and development in Africa south of the Sahara …
Persistent link: https://www.econbiz.de/10012964338
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What Do Teachers Know and Do? Does it Matter? Evidence from Primary Schools in Africa
Bold, Tessa - 2017
service delivery in Sub-Saharan Africa. They also provide a lens through which the growing experimental and quasi …
Persistent link: https://www.econbiz.de/10012964571
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Customary Land Conversion and the Formation of the African City
Picard, Pierre M. - 2020
, especially in Sub-Saharan Africa, this process is accompanied by a change in land tenure, whereby plots held under traditional …
Persistent link: https://www.econbiz.de/10012838895