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Uganda's oil : how much, when, and how will it be governed?
Wolf, Sebastian; Potluri, Vishal Aditya - 2018
We study Uganda's journey to become a petroleum producer and provide estimates regarding the size and timing of the oil …
Persistent link: https://www.econbiz.de/10011962510
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Junior Farmer Field Schools, Agricultural Knowledge and Spillover Effects : Quasi-Experimental Evidence from Northern Uganda
Bonan, Jacopo - 2016
We analyse the impact of a junior farmer field school (JFFS) project in Northern Uganda on students' agricultural …
Persistent link: https://www.econbiz.de/10012989926
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Impacts of Agricultural Mechanization : Evidence From Four African Countries
Daum, Thomas; Adegbola, Ygué P.; Kamau, Geoffrey; … - 2021
Agricultural mechanization is on the rise in Africa. A widespread replacement of manual labor will change the face of African agriculture. Despite this potentially transformative role, only few studies have looked at the potential effects of mechanization empirically, mostly focusing on yields...
Persistent link: https://www.econbiz.de/10013242755
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Decentralized seed services in Africa : an assessment of Tanzania and Uganda
Waithaka, Michael; Mugoya, Mainza; Mabaya, Edward; … - 2021
farmers. The governments of Uganda and Tanzania have endeavoured to enhance access to improved seed for smallholder farmers … players in the seed sector in general. In Uganda, the number of community seed banks (CSBs) has increased from one to five … Uganda. In addition, most of the CSBs and LSBs are less than seven years old. The first few years of their operations were …
Persistent link: https://www.econbiz.de/10012485117
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Junior farmer field schools, agricultural knowledge and spillover effects : quasi-experimental evidence from Northern Uganda
Bonan, Jacopo; Pagani, Laura - 2016
We analyse the impact of a junior farmer field school project in Northern Uganda on students’ agricultural knowledge …
Persistent link: https://www.econbiz.de/10011591627
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Enhancing local content in Uganda's oil and gas industry
Sen, Ritwika - 2018
This paper analyses policy options to promote local content in Uganda as it transitions into an oil-producing country … global industry. The analysis comprises an evaluation of existing local content policies in Uganda, a mapping of the natural …
Persistent link: https://www.econbiz.de/10011913139
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Junior Farmer Field Schools, Agricultural Knowledge and Spillover Effects : Quasi-Experimental Evidence from Northern Uganda
Bonan, Jacopo - 2017
We analyse the impact of a junior farmer field school project in Northern Uganda on students' agricultural knowledge …
Persistent link: https://www.econbiz.de/10012967165
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Structural Transformation, Extractive Industries and Gender Equality
Baum, Sarah - 2020
What is the impact of the highest value export industry in low and middle income countries---the extractive industries (oil, gas and mining)---on gender equality? Resource dependent countries have greater gender inequality, lower education levels and more patriarchal norms after taking GDP per...
Persistent link: https://www.econbiz.de/10012847474
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What are the prospects for Mozambique to diversify its economy on the back of "local content"?
Dietsche, Evelyn; Esteves, Ana Maria - 2018
In recent years, Mozambique has made international headlines for the significant hydrocarbon deposits found offshore. These have increased the country's extractive resource endowments, in addition to its mining and onshore natural gas sector. It is expected that these industries will contribute...
Persistent link: https://www.econbiz.de/10011913182
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Extractive industries: addressing transparency, corruption, and theft
Addison, Tony; Roe, Alan - 2024
This paper analyses the roles that states, civil society, and international actors can play in tackling the weak governance that sometimes leads to resources being used for private rather than public benefit. It discusses the corruption that bedevils licensing and commodities trading; and oil...
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