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Facilitating pro-poor tourism with the private sector : lessons learned from 'Pro-Poor Tourism Pilots in Southern Africa'

Ashley, Caroline (contributor) - 2005

ISBN 0 85003 778 6 © Overseas Development Institute 2005 All rights reserved. No part of this publication may be … from the PPT Pilots project, implemented by Mboza Tourism and the Overseas Development Institute, 2002- 2005. Please send … ‘Pro-Poor Tourism Pilots in Southern Africa’ Caroline Ashley October 2005 Overseas Development …

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The Fiscal Effects of Aid in Zambia

Fagernäs, Sonja; Roberts, John - Overseas Development Institute - 2004

Working Paper 11 gives a synthesis of Working Papers 7, 9 and 10 (see the relevant Summaries for further details). It also provides a brief synthesis of earlier literature on the fiscal effects of aid, which is related to the wider literature on the development impact of aid and on budget...

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Policy Expectations and Programme Reality: The Poverty Reduction and Labour Market Impact of Two Public Works Programmes in South Africa

McCord, Anna - Overseas Development Institute - 2004

ESAU Working Paper 8 presents evidence from sample surveys, conducted among beneficiary households in Limpopo and KwaZulu Natal provinces, of the effectiveness of public works programmes in solving the problems of unemployment and poverty in South Africa. The programmes are implemented under the...

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The Fiscal Effects of Aid in Uganda

Fagernäs, Sonja; Roberts, John - Overseas Development Institute - 2004

Working Paper 9 forms part of a set of four ESAU papers on the fiscal effects of aid in African countries. The others are on Malawi (Working Paper 7), on Zambia (Working Paper 10) and a literature Survey and Synthesis (Working Paper 11). The first, historical and analytical background, part of...

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The Fiscal Effects of Aid in Zambia

Fagernäs, Sonja; Roberts, John - Overseas Development Institute - 2004

Working Paper 10 forms part of a set of four ESAU papers on the fiscal effects of aid in African countries. The others are on Malawi (Working Paper 7), on Uganda (Working Paper 9) and a literature Survey and Synthesis (Working Paper 11). The first, historical and analytical background, part of...

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Recovery from Economic Collapse: Insight from Input-Output Models and the Special Case of a Collapsed Oil Producer

Roberts, John - Overseas Development Institute - 2004

ESAU Working Paper 6 finds evidence from eight countries having suffered significant, multi-year, falls in per capita incomes, that the majority made remarkable swift economic recoveries. Their record differs from the conclusions presented in the some of the post-conflict literature according to...

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The Fiscal Effects of Aid in Malawi

Fagernäs, Sonja; Schurich, Cedrik - Overseas Development Institute - 2004

Working Paper 7 is the first of three ESAU monographs on the fiscal effects of aid - the two others covering Uganda (Working Paper 9) and Zambia (Working Paper 10). Their methodology and general conclusions are summarised in a separate Survey and Synthesis paper (Working Paper 11). The purpose...

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Analysing the Distributional Impacts of Stabilisation Policy with a CGE Model: Illustrations and Critique for Zimbabwe

Fagernäs, Sonja - Overseas Development Institute - 2004

ESAU Working Paper 4 applies a standard (IFPRI) macroeconomic CGE model to Zimbabwe to ascertain the likely income distribution impacts of alternative policy instruments for stabilising the economy, specifically for eliminating the current account deficit, viz. devaluation or fiscal adjustment....

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Population Ageing, Elderly Welfare, and Extending Retirement Cover: The Case Study of Sri Lanka

Gaminiratne, Nirosha - Overseas Development Institute - 2004

ESAU Working Paper 3 exploits recently collected survey data for Sri Lanka. Key findings are: Sri Lanka's already fast rising age dependency ratio is expected to double over the next 20years; income poverty in households with elderly people is below the national average - because of family...

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Why is Bangladesh Outperforming Kenya? A Comparative Study of Growth and its Causes since the 1960s

Roberts, John; Fagernäs, Sonja - Overseas Development Institute - 2004

ESAU Working Paper 5 examines the contrasting growth experiences of Kenya and Bangladesh since the 1960s. The paper finds that, before 1980, Kenya grew strongly, and the economy diversified. Factors behind its subsequent deterioration in the 1990s were the government’s erratic, inflation-prone...

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