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Malaria Control and Infant Mortality in Africa
Cogneau, Denis; Rossi, Pauline - 2019
Has massive distribution of insecticide-treated-nets contributed to the reduction in infant mortality in Sub-Saharan Africa over the past 15 years? Using large household surveys collected in 16 countries and exploiting the spatial correlation in distribution campaigns, we estimate the...
Persistent link: https://www.econbiz.de/10012114821
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The Myth of 'African Growth Tragedy' : Past, Present and Future
Zhang, Tianze - 2018
In the late 1990s, as economists looked back the development period in Africa since 1970s, they put forward the notion …
Persistent link: https://www.econbiz.de/10012910710
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Malaria control and infant mortality in Africa
Cogneau, Denis; Rossi, Pauline - 2019
Has massive distribution of insecticide-treated-nets contributed to the reduction in in- fant mortality in Sub-Saharan Africa over the past 15 years? Using large household surveys collected in 16 countries and exploiting the spatial correlation in distribution campaigns, we estimate the...
Persistent link: https://www.econbiz.de/10012102425
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Malaria Control and Infant Mortality in Africa
Cogneau, Denis - 2019
Has massive distribution of insecticide-treated-nets contributed to the reduction in infant mortality in Sub-Saharan Africa over the past 15 years? Using large household surveys collected in 16 countries and exploiting the spatial correlation in distribution campaigns, we estimate the...
Persistent link: https://www.econbiz.de/10012862513
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What Role Does Marriage Play in Urban Africa? Evidence from a High HIV Area in Kenya
Luke, Nancy; Munshi, Kaivan D. - 2010
The marriage institution, which plays an important role in regulating sexual activity in most societies, traditionally placed few restrictions on male extra-marital relationships in sub-Saharan Africa. If this traditional pattern continues to remain in place today, then it may help explain the...
Persistent link: https://www.econbiz.de/10014081757
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How Is Fertility Behavior in Africa Different?
Pörtner, Claus C. - 2023
Sub-Saharan Africa’s fertility decline has progressed much slower than elsewhere. However, there is still substantial disagreement about why, partly because four leading potential causes—cultural norms, expected offspring mortality, land access, and school quality—are challenging to...
Persistent link: https://www.econbiz.de/10014345391
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Statistical Digest of the 2010 Round of Population and Housing censuses in Africa
NZINGOULA, Gildas Crépin - Volkswirtschaftliche Fakultät, … - 2012
The objective of this digest is to briefly present the status of population and housing censuses in Africa. Population …, economic and social data during a specified time, to all persons in a country. Population is basic to the production and … distribution of material wealth. In order to plan for, and implement, economic and social development, administrative activity or …
Persistent link: https://www.econbiz.de/10011113705
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Working with teams of "insiders"
Schatz, Enid; Angotti, Nicole; Madhavan, Sangeetha; … - In: Demographic Research 32 (2015) 12, pp. 369-396
Persistent link: https://www.econbiz.de/10011158453
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The African tragedy: the effect of democracy on economic growth
Khodaverdian, Saeed - In: Empirical Economics 62 (2021) 3, pp. 1147-1175
explain the former by changes in the size of the population and the latter by changes in the age structure of the population …
Persistent link: https://www.econbiz.de/10014497589
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The theory and practice of agriculture, growth, and development in Africa
Badiane, Ousmane; Makombe, Tsitsi - 2014
recovery to structural transformation. This paper reviews the evolution of development theory and practice, the role of …-based strategies exemplified under the Comprehensive Africa Agriculture Development Programme (CAADP). …
Persistent link: https://www.econbiz.de/10010343227