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Off-Grid Electricity Access and its Impact on Micro-Enterprises: Evidence from Rural Uganda.

Muhoro, Peter N. - 2010

The history of development shows convincingly that no country has substantially reduced poverty without massively increasing the use of electricity. The development of micro-enterprises in rural areas of Uganda is linked with increased access and useof electricity services. In this study, I...

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Does Employment Generation Really Matter for Poverty Reduction?

Paci, Pierella - 2007

In this paper we analyze whether the employment/productivity profile of growth as wellas its sectoral pattern matter for poverty reduction. We also identify some conditions of the labor market which are associated with employment intensive growth or specific sectoral growth.We find that, in the...

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Economic Reforms and Pro-Poor Growth: Lessons for Africa and other Developing Regions and Economies in Transition

Kimenyi, Mwangi S. - 2006

The paper discusses the meaning and measurement of pro-poor growth and also reviews evidence of pro-poor growth (or the lack of it) in a large cross-section of countries and time periods. The emerging story is that many episodes of growth are not pro-poor and also that although economic reforms...

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11.471 Political Economy of Development Projects: Targeting the Poor, Fall 2007

Tendler, Judith - 2007

This course treats public-sector policies, programs, and projects that attempt to reduce poverty and unemployment in developing countries through directly income-generating activities and employment. Topics covered are (1) employment and local economic development, particularly as related to the...

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MOTIVE FÜR DEN KAUF EINER HEIZUNG - ERGEBNISSE EINER VERBRAUCHERBEFRAGUNG MIT DEM SCHWERPUNKT "HOLZPELLETHEIZUNGEN"

Decker, Thomas - 2007

Paper prepared for presentation at the 7th Industrieforum PelletsStuttgart (Germany), 10th October 2007 …Compared to other heating markets the wood pellets market is quite young and small in Germany. Nevertheless it is a … within the scope of this project. Therefore people in different parts of Germany have been asked about their heating system …

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Gender Equality in Reconciling Work and Childcare in South Korea

Lee, Kook Hee - 2009

procuring full remuneration throughout the leave period. However, the mandatory maternity leave system in Germany is not an …

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Does Economic Uncertainty Affect the Decision to Bear Children? Evidence from East and West Germany

Bhaumik, Sumon Kumar; Nugent, Jeffrey B. - 2005

of uncertainty measures based on GSOEP data from Eastern (and for comparison purposes also Western) Germany for the years … Eastern Germany during its transition than in Western Germany and had a highly nonlinear effect on the probability of a birth … uncertainty in East Germany in the transition could have contributed significantly to the sharp fall and unusually low level of …

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Interest Rate Pass-Through in Central and Eastern Europe: Reborn from Ashes Merely to Pass Away?

Égert, Balázs; Crespo-Cuaresma, Jesus; Reininger, Thomas - 2006

In this study, we seek to better understand the interest rate pass-through in five Central and Eastern European countries -- the Czech Republic, Hungary, Poland, Slovakia and Slovenia, the CEE-5. Our pass-through estimates for several retail rates are generally lower than those reported in the...

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Price Promotions and Brand Loyalty: Empirical Evidence for the German Breakfast Cereals Market

Empen, Janine; Loy, Jens-Peter; Weiss, Christoph R. - 2011

Price promotions are important marketing activities for (food) retailers; brand loyalty is a major requisite to foster brands' assets. Several theoretical papers have analyzed the relationship between price promotions and brand loyalty resulting in mixed or perhaps contradictory outcomes; only a...

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Explaining German imports of olive oil: evidence from a gravity model

Kavallari, Aikaterini; Maas, Sarah; Schmitz, P. Michael - 2008

In this study the case of olive oil imports of Germany is examined since olive oil is a traditional Mediterranean … commodity and Germany is the biggest importer in the EU. A gravity model has been employed so as to analyse those factors that … Mediterranean Partner country of the EU has the highest impact on trade flows to Germany, thus supporting further Euromediterranean …

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