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High food prices have undermined Indonesia's effort to reduce poverty and improve health and nutrition indicators. It is estimated that for every 1% increase in price, the national poverty headcount rises by 1%. A significant contributor to high food prices is the prevalence of non-tariff...
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Questions on income in surveys are prone to two sources of errors that can cause bias if not addressed adequately at the analysis stage. On the one hand, income is considered sensitive information and response rates on income questions generally tend to be lower than response rates for other...
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, namely ownership and alignment, to the cases of Mali and Ghana. It argues that Western donors and recipient governments have …, the impact on Mali's and Ghana's relationships with their traditional donors has been minimal and short-lasting. To the … extent that donors and recipients have not significantly changed their practices in either Mali (a poor, fragile, aid …
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the quantile treatment effects for Niger, Togo and Mali, based on very informative data, comparable across these countries … same time, we also observe clear differences between the countries. We find that, overall, effects are positive in Mali … contract teacher programme in the three countries. In Mali and, to some extent, in Togo, the contract teacher system works more …
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district, Mopti Region, Mali, and discusses the implications. …
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further be used as bargaining chips in the current Doha Development Agenda (DDA) negotiations. Mali has been selected as a …
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, Mali, Mozambique, Rwanda and Tanzania. The paper argues that politics matters; that PRSPs have helped bring poverty into …
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In this paper, we investigate the power of migration as a mechanism in the transmission of social norms, taking Mali … and Female Genital Mutilation (FGM) as a case study. Mali has a strong FGM culture and a long-standing history of …
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