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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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198 pairs of maize markets in Zambia and correlated random effects linear and tobit estimators were used to model the …
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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 …
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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 …
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We estimate the elasticity of substitution using two different production functions. The usual Constant Elasticity of Substitution (CES) production function and a Box-Cox production function for Japan (1890-1991), UK (1870-1991), and US (1890-1992; 1929-2000). The main results are that we find the...
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equilibrium. I estimate the structural parameters of the model using the NLSY 97 data, via a three-step estimation procedure to …
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This study looked at what components are in student solutions to computational estimation problems involving fractions …. Past computational estimation research has focused on strategies used for estimating with whole numbers and decimals while … with fractions (Hanson & Hogan, 2000) that researched adult estimation strategies and not children’s strategies. Given the …
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In ecological population management, years of animal counts are fit to nonlinear, dynamic models (e.g. the Ricker model) because the values of the parameters are of interest. The yearly counts are subject to measurement error, which inevitably leads to biased estimates and adversely affects...
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There is little available information on sector-specific sales and employment impacts of a large-scale solar space and water heating industry. This study identifies those sectors of the economy which would be most affected by increased solar utilization and estimates the magnitude of the...
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simulating a time-varying set of available alternatives. Our estimation method uses store-level data on sales and partial …
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