remarkable long-running panel data set for rural households in Zimbabwe. We find that risk substantially reduces growth: in the …There has been a revival of interest in the effect of risk on economic growth. We quantify both ex ante and ex post … effects of risk using a stochastic version of the Ramsey model. We develop a simulation-based econometric methodology which …

. 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 …

-sections between wages and profitability. The alternative explanation of risk sharing between workers and employers has not been tested …. Using a unique panel data set for four African countries we find strong evidence of risk sharing. Workers in effect offer … insurance to employers: when firms are hit by temporary shocks the effect on profits is cushioned by risk sharing with workers …