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In the global recession of 2009, exports declined precipitously in many countries. We illustrate with firm-level data for Belgium and Peru that the decline was very sudden and almost entirely due to lower export sales by existing exporters. After the recession, exports rebounded almost equally...
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In times of increasing oil prices and a weak dollar, European companies that focus their business on the US market may find themselves in a weak position. While many businesses can hedge this kind of risk by relocating production to the US, or employing financial remedies, these strategies may...
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survey experiment in Tanzania that varied two key dimensions: the level of detail of the questions and the type of respondent …
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randomized survey experiment in Tanzania focusing on two survey aspects: different questionnaire design to classify children work …
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occurs? Using longitudinal data from the Kagera region in Tanzania that span thirteen years from 1991-2004, we find …
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's working hours. Analysis using Living Standards Measurement Survey (LSMS) data on the Kagera region in Tanzania lend support to …
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Tanzania has during the past years made substantial progress in stabilising the economy. One of the major issues has … important component in Tanzania’s economic reform programme the domestic revenue-GDP ratio has remained low. Some of the factors … become richer. In the longer term Tanzania needs to significantly increase domestic revenue to finance its development …
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This paper compares reform ownership in Ghana and Tanzania over the past two decades. It finds that on several …. In the case of Tanzania, while initial reform efforts were made without aid, the acrimonious debate with donors that … ownership. Tanzania’s relatively weak state capacity and weakened policy decision making process have contributed to lower …
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in Tanzania's capital city, focusing on its ethnic foundations and their malleability with regard to nationalism, asking …
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Tanzania. Representative climate projections are used in calibrated crop models to predict crop yield changes for 110 districts … in Tanzania. These results are in turn imposed on a highly-disaggregated, dynamic economy-wide model of Tanzania. We find … impact, food security in Tanzania appears likely to deteriorate as a consequence of climate change. The analysis points to a …
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