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Large-Scale Agricultural Investments under Poor Land Governance Systems: Actors and Institutions in the Case of Zambia
Nolte, Kerstin - 2013
This paper reveals how the outcomes of large-scale land acquisitions made by foreign investors in Zambia are determined …
Persistent link: https://www.econbiz.de/10010293899
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Does AIDS-Related Mortality Reduce Per-Capita Household Income? Evidence from Rural Zambia
Omar Mahmoud, Toman; Thiele, Rainer - 2010
Persistent link: https://www.econbiz.de/10010301529
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Towards 'good enough' climate and disaster risk governance: Emerging lessons from Zambia, Nepal, Viet Nam and Uganda
Christoplos, Ian; Aben, Charles; Bashaasha, Bernard; … - 2014
social contracts in Zambia, Uganda, Viet Nam and Nepal. Particular attention is paid to how this relates to different forms …
Persistent link: https://www.econbiz.de/10011340587
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Can Crop Purchase Programs Reduce Poverty and Improve Welfare in Rural Communities? Evidence from the Food Reserve Agency in Zambia
Fung, Winnie; Liverpool-Tasie, Saweda; Mason, Nicole; … - 2015
The last decade has seen a resurgence of parastatal crop marketing institutions in sub-Saharan Africa, many of which cite improving food security and incomes as key goals. However, there is limited empirical evidence on the welfare effects of these programs. This article considers one such...
Persistent link: https://www.econbiz.de/10011401632
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Ethnic heterogeneity and public goods provision in Zambia: Further evidence of a subnational 'diversity dividend'
Gisselquist, Rachel M.; Leiderer, Stefan; … - 2014
The hypothesis that ethnic diversity has a negative impact on public goods provision is widely accepted. Notably, most work on this issue fails to distinguish adequately between national versus subnational governance. We find that subnational empirical evidence in particular is inconclusive, and...
Persistent link: https://www.econbiz.de/10011418558
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Assessing Budget Support with Statistical Impact Evaluation: a Methodological Proposal
Elbers, Chris; Gunning, Jan Willem; de Hoop, Kobus - 2007
illustrate its feasibility with an example from the education sector in Zambia. …
Persistent link: https://www.econbiz.de/10010325583
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Social capital and large-scale agricultural investments: An experimental investigation in Zambia
Khadjavi, Menusch; Sipangule, Kacana; Thiele, Rainer - 2016
Large-scale agricultural investments (LSAIs) typically depend on strong formal institutions and market-oriented intensive farming, whereas informal institutions tend to characterize the traditional villages located around them. We investigate changes to social capital in such villages when LSAIs...
Persistent link: https://www.econbiz.de/10011559354
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The politics of promoting social protection in Zambia
Pruce, Kate; Hickey, Sam - 2016
This paper examines the rise of the social protection agenda in Zambia, and demonstrates that this has two alternative … drivers: shifting dynamics within Zambia's political settlement and the promotional efforts of a transnational policy … which such transfers become integrated within Zambia's distributional regime. …
Persistent link: https://www.econbiz.de/10011653968
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Economy-wide implications of biofuel production in Zambia
Hartley, Faaiqa; van Seventer, Dirk Ernst; Samboko, Paul; … - 2017
introduction of mandatory blending rates in 2014. Land and water constraints, however, limit domestic supply ability. Zambia, due … socio-economic impacts of bioethanol production in Zambia under both commercial and smallholder farming models, including …
Persistent link: https://www.econbiz.de/10011654020
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Review of social issues for large-scale land investment in Zambia
Henley, Giles - 2017
Given unsuccessful experiences to date in establishing large-scale investments for biofuels in Zambia, this paper …
Persistent link: https://www.econbiz.de/10011654030