. Interestingly, this analysis of Jatropha hedges and oil milling schemes in rural Zimbabwe shows that energy crops such as Jatropha …

This paper uses five life histories from three locations in Zimbabwe - one peri-urban, one urban and one rural to … Zimbabwe's recent economic and political turmoil. Together the cases suggest that, similar to Hoddinott's work on the … persistence of the 1993-94 rainfall shock in rural Zimbabwe, above and beyond increased mortality rates and morbidity levels …

In recent decades, Zimbabwe's development record has been disappointing. In the last few years, a severe drought and …

Zimbabwe and other developing countries struggle to achieve millennium development goals originally set for 2015. To … maternal healthcare services use in Zimbabwe. A logistic model for four different maternal healthcare services using data from … the 2005/6 Zimbabwe Demographic Health Survey was estimated. Secondary education increases the odds of use of maternal …

direct impact on knowledge and use of contraception. We investigate this issue using information on women in Mexico. In order … females' schooling beyond 6th grade increases their knowledge of contraception during their reproductive years and increases … their propensity to use contraception at sexual debut. This indicates that the impact of schooling on women's wellbeing …

, leading to a de-stigmatization of sex. As contraception has become more effective there is less need for parents, churches and …

There is longstanding debate in population policy about the relationship between modern contraception and abortion … contraception and abortion. This finding has important implications for public policy and foreign aid, suggesting that an effective …

country using detailed data on women's subjective probabilistic beliefs about contraception and contraceptive attributes … preferences with women's, and correcting women's expectations about pregnancy risk absent contraception have the potential to … contraception substantially. …