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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 …

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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. …

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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...

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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...

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AERC scoping studies on China-Africa relations: The Gambia

Sillah, Bukhari M. S.; Jammeh, Mohammed E. - 2007

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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...

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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...

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“Time is on me”: Entangled Temporalities Between Italy and the Gambia

Castellano, Viola - In: Journal of International Migration and Integration 25 (2023) 3, pp. 1153-1168

Abstract Gambian’s migration towards Europe, mainly constituted by young men, substantially increased since 2010. Arriving mainly through the Central Mediterranean Route because of the extremely scarce possibility to obtain a visa, most Gambians applied for asylum in Italy, the first arrival...

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Sectoral Transformations in Neo-Patrimonial Rentier States: Tourism Development and State Policy in Egypt

Richter, Thomas; Steiner, Christian - 2007

This article challenges claims that liberalising state regulated markets in developing countries may induce lasting economic development. The analysis of the rise of tourism in Egypt during the last three decades suggests that the effects of liberalisation and structural adjustment are...

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Internationalisierung der Dienstleistungserstellung: Konsequenzen für den schweizerischen Arbeitsmarkt

Henneberger, Fred; Ziegler, Alexandre - 2001

Dieser Beitrag untersucht die potentiellen Beschäftigungseffekte von Direktinvestitionen der Unternehmen des Dienstleistungssektors für die Schweiz. In einer theoretischen Perspektive werden zunächst die Konsequenzen der Besonderheiten von Dienstleistungsgütern gegenüber Industriegütern...

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