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Renewed Growth and Poverty Reduction in Zambia
Bigsten, Arne; Tengstam, Sven - 2010
The Zambian economy has grown relatively fast over the last decade. This article discusses the challenge of using these growing resources effectively to improve the welfare of the population and reduce poverty. The poverty head count index is found to have declined between 1998 and 2004 by about...
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Increasing Returns to Marketing in Zambian Maize Markets
Tembo, Gelson; Jayne, Thomas S. - 2010
198 pairs of maize markets in Zambia and correlated random effects linear and tobit estimators were used to model the …
Persistent link: https://www.econbiz.de/10009467519
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Agricultural Trade Flows among Developing Countries: Do Regional Preferential Trade Agreements make a Difference?
Tembo, Gelson; Jayne, Thomas S. - 2009
to study Zambia’s regional agricultural trade flows and the impact of the SADC Trade Protocol (SADC-TP). Zambia’s volume … of trade is significantly related to most of the standard gravity variables. The results indicate that Zambia has been … largely trading below potential, especially with respect to exports. There have been improvements in Zambia’s trade flows …
Persistent link: https://www.econbiz.de/10009444855
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Zambia's structural adjustment program : a tool for survival or just another economic experiment?
Mwale, Kaemba - 1999
When Zambia embarked on a Structural Adjustment Program (SAP) in 1992, there was tremendous hope for an economic turn … performance of SAP in Zambia. Nationals should play a larger role in the planning and implementation of future economic reforms in … Zambia and a national safety-net fund for the retrenched should be established. Investment in the agricultural and …
Persistent link: https://www.econbiz.de/10009449555
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Poverty Analysis Using an International Cross-Country Demand System
Cranfield, John; Preckel, Paul; Hertel, Thomas - 2006
This paper proposes a new method for ex ante analysis of the poverty impacts arising from policy reforms. Three innovations underlie this approach. The first is the estimation of a global demand system using a combination of micro-data from household surveys, and macro-data from the...
Persistent link: https://www.econbiz.de/10009430449
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Economic Development And Community Colleges: Attributes, Attitudes And Satisfaction Levels Of Western North Carolina Stakeholders
Gossett, John Dorsey - 2002
North Carolina's Rural Prosperity Task Force and the North Carolina Rural Economic Development Center have both suggested two very different states in North Carolina: the thriving urban areas and the stagnant rural areas. Both agencies recommended using the North Carolina Community College...
Persistent link: https://www.econbiz.de/10009431298
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A Case Study of Strategic Decision Processes In An Economic Development Initiative
Lamm, Deborah Lane - 2003
This dissertation is designed to document and to describe the strategic, non-routine decision processes used by leaders as they establish collaborative initiatives in economic development. This case study explores the following question: What are the strategic decision processes as well as...
Persistent link: https://www.econbiz.de/10009431328
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11.471 Targeting the Poor: Small Firms, Workers, and Local Economic Development, Fall 2004
Tendler, Judith - 2004
Covers conditions under which public-sector policies, programs, and projects succeed in enhancing the economic activities of poorer groups and micro-regions in developing countries. Topics include local economic development; small enterprises; various forms of collective action; labor and worker...
Persistent link: https://www.econbiz.de/10009432508
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11.437 Financing Economic Development, Fall 2003
Seidman, Karl F. - 2003
Focuses on financing tools and program models to support local economic development. Includes an overview of private capital markets and financing sources to understand capital market imperfections that constrain economic development; business accounting; financial statement analysis; federal...
Persistent link: https://www.econbiz.de/10009433049
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11.202 Gateway: Planning Economics, Fall 2002
Levy, Frank - 2002
Introduces applications of microeconomic theory to planning problems including urban form and structure, environmental controls, zoning and property rights, and income inequality and poverty. From the course home page: Course Description Planning Economics (11.202) is a course that runs for the...
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