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Household Structures and Savings: Evidence from Household Surveys
de Laiglesia, Juan R.; Morrisson, Christian - 2008
This paper examines the relationship between household structures, the institutions that shape them and physical and human capital accumulation using household and individual data from China, Indonesia, Côte d'Ivoire and Ghana. Household structures differ greatly across countries and are very...
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Socialism without liberation: Land Reclamation Projects in Guinea-Bissau
Kohnert, Dirk - In: Sociologia Ruralis 28 (1988) 2/3, pp. 161-175
One of the outstanding aims of most liberation movements has been to increase the economic well-being of their people, Guinea-Bissau being no exception in this respect. How far has the new Nation State succeeded in fulfilling this aim? A comparative analysis of the implementation of land...
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An African Growth Miracle? Or: What do Asset Indices Tell Us about Trends in Economic Performance?
Harttgen, Kenneth; Klasen, Stephan; Vollmer, Sebastian - 2012
Using changes in the possession of household assets over the past 20 years, several recent papers have argued that economic performance in Arica was substantially better than suggested by national income data and income poverty statistics, who suffer from well-known weaknesses. We scrutinize...
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Food Standards, Certification, and Poverty among Coffee Farmers in Uganda
Chiputwa, Brian; Qaim, Matin; Spielman, David J. - 2013
Private standards are gaining in importance in global markets for high-value foods. We analyze and compare impacts of three sustainability oriented standards – Fairtrade, Organic, and UTZ – on the livelihoods of smallholder coffee farmers in Uganda. Using survey data and propensity score...
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Detailed Geographic Information, Conflict Exposure, and Health Impacts
Akresh, Richard; Caruso, German Daniel; Thirumurthy, Harsha - 2016
We estimate the impact of exposure to conflict on health outcomes using geographic information on households' distance from conflict sites – a more accurate measure of shock exposure – and compare the impact on children exposed in utero versus after birth. The identification strategy relies...
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A Firm of One's Own: Experimental Evidence on Credit Constraints and Occupational Choice
Brudevold-Newman, Andrew; Honorati, Maddalena; Jakiela, … - 2017
treatment. Our results are consistent with a model in which savings constraints prevent women from smoothing consumption after …
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Exploring regional and gender disparities in Beninese primary school attendance: A multilevel approach
McNabb, Kyle - 2017
. Results of a logistic regression model highlight the important role played by factors such as household wealth and religion … school is also investigated and, in order to account for regional disparities in attendance, a multilevel model is estimated …; results from a random slopes model highlight those communes where reductions in the cost of schooling could see the greatest …
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Networks, Start-Up Capital and Women's Entrepreneurial Performance in Africa: Evidence from Eswatini
Brixiova, Zuzana; Kangoye, Thierry - 2019
This paper analyzes the role of networks in access of women entrepreneurs to start-up capital and firm performance in Eswatini, a country with one of the highest female unemployment rates in Africa. The paper first shows that higher initial capital is associated with better sales performance for...
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Credit for What? Informal Credit as a Coping Strategy of Market Women in Northern Ghana
Schindler, Kati - 2009
This paper explores the use of informal credit as a strategy for managing risks by market women in northern Ghana. A broad concept of the costs of risk management strategies is introduced and encompasses both a time and monetary dimension. Based on qualitative data, the analysis reveals that...
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Of trackers and tractors: Using a smartphone app and compositional data analysis to explore the link between mechanization and intra-household allocation of time in Zambia
Daum, Thomas; Capezzone, Filippo; Birner, Regina - 2019
Digital tools may help to study socioeconomic aspects of agricultural development that are difficult to measure such as the effects of new technologies, policies and practices on the intra-household allocation of time. As new technologies, policies and practices may target different crops and...
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