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, Pakistan, and Nepal) and two from Sub-Saharan Africa (Tanzania and Uganda) -- this paper conducts a systematic assessment of …
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future supply of skilled labor and economic growth. Evidence on these issues from countries such as Bangladesh, India, Kenya …, the Philippines, and Tanzania is summarized. The supply of nutritious foods is appraised from the viewpoint of improving …
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nationally representative of the private sector in three East African countries -- Kenya, Tanzania, and Uganda -- a positive …
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-depth studies in Kenya, Nigeria, Rwanda, South Africa, and Tanzania between 2010 and 2012. The paper shows that the share of SME …
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paper exploits this feature of the data for Burkina Faso, Cameroon, Ghana, Kenya, and Tanzania. The analysis yields two …
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This paper analyzes the determinants of HIV infection and associated sexual behaviors using data from the first five Demographic and Health Surveys to include HIV testing for a representative sample of the adult population. Emerging from a wealth of country relevant results, four important...
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In times of highly volatile commodity markets, governments often try to protect their populations from rapidly-rising food prices, which can be particularly harsh for the poor. A potential solution for food-deficit countries is to hold strategic reserves, which can be called on when...
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are then used. Using a survey experiment in Tanzania, this study finds great fragility in hunger counts stemming from …
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Tanzania. Representative climate projections are used in calibrated crop models to predict crop yield changes for 110 districts … Tanzania. The authors find that, relative to a no-climate-change baseline and considering domestic agricultural production as … the principal channel of impact, food security in Tanzania appears likely to deteriorate as a consequence of climate …
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Like many countries in Sub-Saharan Africa, Senegal has struggled to develop its industrial sector in the face of import competition. For basic food products, there is an implicit trade-off between the objectives of maintaining employment and lowering the cost of living, both of which figure...
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