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Nature-based green infrastructure: A review of African experience and potential
Dupar, Mairi; Henriette, Elvina; Hubbard, Eric - 2023
The African continent needs $68-108 billion in new financing each year to bridge its critical infrastructure gaps, according to President Adesina of the African Development Bank. Meanwhile, the International Monetary Fund (IMF) calculates that climate change adaptation alone will cost Africa up...
Persistent link: https://www.econbiz.de/10014435480
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Climate change adaptation relevance of Tanzania's national budget and its level of devolution
Pauline, Noah M. - 2023
In Tanzania, climate change adaptation is financed by international development assistance and by nationally generated …
Persistent link: https://www.econbiz.de/10014541026
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Devolved finance and governance of climate change adaptation
Friis-Hansen, Esbern; Lindegaard, Lily Salloum; … - 2022
Since the Paris Agreement in 2015, adaptation debates have increasingly shifted from focusing narrowly on finance to considerations around governance of programming, implementation and impact of support for climate change mitigation and adaptation. The character of finance for climate change...
Persistent link: https://www.econbiz.de/10014301799
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Trade Effects of the East African Community: Do We Need a Transitional Fund?
Busse, Matthias; Shams, Rasul - 2003
The paper evaluates the economic necessity and political incentives of a transitional fund for the East African Community (EAC). The fund has been proposed to encounter trade imbalances which may arise due to the intended customs union in East Africa. Using a disaggregated approach at the...
Persistent link: https://www.econbiz.de/10010295373
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How trucking services have improved and may contribute to economic development: The case of East Africa
Kunaka, Charles; Raballand, Gaël; Fitzmaurice, Mike - 2016
services along the Northern Corridor (the corridor from Mombasa, Kenya, to Uganda/Rwanda/Burundi/eastern DRC); the integration …
Persistent link: https://www.econbiz.de/10011653964
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Locally-led adaptation: Moving from principles to practice in the water sector
Bedelian, Claire; Mulwa, Judith; Sumari, Beatrice; … - 2024
adaptation case studies in Kenya and Tanzania. It focuses on the governance and finance processes that prioritise the agency of …
Persistent link: https://www.econbiz.de/10014577261
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A comparative study of export processing zones in the wake of sustainable development goals: Cases of Botswana, Kenya, Tanzania and Zimbabwe
Adu-Gyamfi, Richard; Asongu, Simplice; Mmusi, Tinaye S.; … - 2020
The objective of this research is to assess the extent to which export processing zones in Botswana, Kenya, Tanzania … programmes. We found that firms in Kenya and Zimbabwe have a higher number of male than female employees, while zones in Tanzania …
Persistent link: https://www.econbiz.de/10012389180
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A comparative study of export processing zones in the wake of the Sustainable Development Goals: The cases of Botswana, Kenya, Tanzania, and Zimbabwe
Adu-Gyamfi, Richard; Asongu, Simplice; Mmusi, Tinaye Sonto - 2020
The objective of this research is to assess the extent to which export processing zones in Botswana, Kenya, Tanzania … programmes. We found that firms in Kenya and Zimbabwe have a higher number of male than female employees, while zones in Tanzania …
Persistent link: https://www.econbiz.de/10012424051
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Patronage or Meritocracy? Public sector employment in postcolonial Kenya, Tanzania and Uganda
Simson, Rebecca - 2016
) on the probability of holding a public sector job in Kenya, Uganda and Tanzania. It finds that educational level, age and …
Persistent link: https://www.econbiz.de/10012624375
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Tax Evasion in Kenya and Tanzania:Evidence from Missing Imports
Levin, Jörgen; Widell, Lars - 2007
In this paper we estimate the amount of tax evasion in customs authorities in both Kenya and Tanzania by calculating … measurement error is correlated with the tax rates in both Kenya and Tanzania. According to the Transparency International … Corruption Perceptions Index, Kenya is more corrupt than Tanzania, but we find that the coefficient on tax is higher in Tanzania …
Persistent link: https://www.econbiz.de/10012654326