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Towards an employment-centred development strategy for poverty reduction in the Gambia: Macroeconomic and labour market aspects
Heintz, James; Oya, Carlos; Zepeda, Eduardo - 2008
This paper reviews the growth, employment, and poverty record of The Gambia focusing on the macroeconomic environment … The Gambia does not appear to be pro-poor, as improvements in the rate of growth appear to have at best halted the spread … policy package, The Gambia could reformulate macroeconomic policies to target growth instead of inflation, select a more …
Persistent link: https://www.econbiz.de/10010293249
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Financial Constraints and Girls' Secondary Education: Evidence from School Fee Elimination in The Gambia
Blimpo, Moussa P.; Gajigo, Ousman; Pugatch, Todd - 2015
We assess the impact of large-scale fee elimination for secondary school girls in The Gambia on the quantity … need not come at the expense of learning in low-income countries like The Gambia. …
Persistent link: https://www.econbiz.de/10011307329
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Informal Fee Elimination and Student Performance: Evidence from The Gambia
Giordono, Leanne; Pugatch, Todd - 2015
Informal school fees – for uniforms, books, and other supplies – are substantial in developing countries, often several times formal tuition. We evaluate a scholarship program that alleviated informal fees for girls in a subset of Gambian secondary schools. The program is unique because it...
Persistent link: https://www.econbiz.de/10011420740
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Incentives for Teacher Relocation: Evidence from the Gambian Hardship Allowance
Pugatch, Todd; Schroeder, Elizabeth - 2013
We evaluate the impact of the Gambian hardship allowance, which provides a salary premium of 30-40% to primary school teachers in remote locations, on the distribution and characteristics of teachers across schools. A geographic discontinuity in the policy's implementation and the presence of...
Persistent link: https://www.econbiz.de/10010328963
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AERC scoping studies on China-Africa relations: The Gambia
Sillah, Bukhari M. S.; Jammeh, Mohammed E. - 2007
Persistent link: https://www.econbiz.de/10010333124
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The experience and impact of urban floods and pollution in Ebo Town, Greater Banjul Area, in The Gambia
Kavegue, Afi; Eguavoen, Irit - 2016
The unplanned settlement Ebo Town is flooded almost every year with polluted water from uphill Kanifing Municipality because of a lack of infrastructure for sanitation and drainage. When droughts occurred in the 1970s, destitute people started to move to the peripheral swamp of Tambi Wetland...
Persistent link: https://www.econbiz.de/10011623800
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Teacher Pay and Student Performance: Evidence from the Gambian Hardship Allowance
Pugatch, Todd; Schroeder, Elizabeth - 2014
We evaluate the impact of the Gambian hardship allowance, which provides a salary premium of 30-40% to primary school teachers in remote locations, on student performance. A geographic discontinuity in the policy's implementation provides identifying variation. We find no effects of the hardship...
Persistent link: https://www.econbiz.de/10010468153
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Comparative Economic Performance: Poland and the European Union
Matkowski, Zbigniew; Rapacki, Ryszard; Prochniak, Mariusz - In: Poland. Competitiveness Report 2016. The Role of …, (pp. 11-35). 2016
The aim of this chapter is to assess changes in the competitiveness of the Polish economy from 2010 to 2015. The analysis covers the basic indicators of economic development, such as GDP growth, inflation, unemployment, balance of public finances, and current account balance. Poland’s economic...
Persistent link: https://www.econbiz.de/10011554139
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Oil price and the development of financial intermediation in developing oil-exporting countries: Evidence from Nigeria
Nwani, Chinazaekpere; Iheanacho, Eugene; Okogbue, Chijioke - In: Cogent Economics & Finance 4 (2016) 1, pp. 1-15
This study examines the relationship between crude oil price and financial sector intermediary development in Nigeria over the period 1975-2011, using the autoregressive distributed lag approach to cointegration analysis. Four measures of financial intermediary development are used including an...
Persistent link: https://www.econbiz.de/10011559221
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Macroeconomic and financial stability challenges for acceding and candidate countries
Winkler, Adalbert; Beck, Roland - 2006
This paper – based on a report by a Task Force established by the International Relations Committee (IRC) of the European System of Central Banks (ESCB) – reviews macroeconomic and financial stability challenges for acceding (Bulgaria and Romania) and candidate countries (Croatia and...
Persistent link: https://www.econbiz.de/10011606200