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The city of Livingstone has experienced rapid tourism growth over the past 20 years, as Zambia has attempted to … diversify its economy that has been traditionally driven by copper and natural resource extraction. As tourism has grown in … with changing global priorities for tourism development. Tourism, as a means for community growth and upliftment is now …
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FOOD SECURITY RESEARCH PROJECT, LUSAKA, ZAMBIA …
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The mass of investments into infrastructure for tourism in the so-called “New States” (Neue Länder) of the Federal … effects of local public investment into infrastructure for tourism supported by investment grants on the local employment in …
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partnership undertook initiatives to stimulate the regional economy by creating a tourism infrastructure. This paper presents a …. In 2004, the regional partnership also applied for the pilot measure to implement the EU Initiative Leader+. The tourism …
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even the sectors of the local economy most closely linked to tourism show growth in employment. …
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Ferri J. (2004) Evaluating the regional impact of a new road on tourism, Reg. Studies 38, 409-418. The aim of this work … contributed to expanding hotel tourism in the Valencia region. Some of the most important tourist destinations in Spain, both … that the impact on tourism of the motorway has been varied and depends on three factors: (1) the origin of the tourism; (2 …
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Using comparable data sets for five African countries we estimate, and evaluate possible explanations for, the employer size wage effect across these. Our results indicate, just as has been generally found for other developing and developed nations, that apart from observable worker...
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Using nationwide longitudinal household survey data from rural Kenya (1997–2004) and Zambia (2001–2004), we estimate … and 59. We compare these results with the rural sample of the Demographic Health Surveys (DHS) from Kenya and Zambia. Our …
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The inclusiveness of growth depends on the extent of access to economic and social opportunities. This paper applies the concept of social opportunity function to ascertain the inclusiveness of growth episodes in selected African countries. Premised on the concept of social welfare function,...
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This 2013 Article IV Consultation highlights that The Zambian economy has performed well in recent years, with strong growth and modest inflation, and has high growth potential. The government has resolved to step up development by scaling up investment in infrastructure. The current fiscal...
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