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Bank Financing of Smes in Five Sub-Saharan African Countries : The Role of Competition, Innovation, and the Government

Berg, Gunhild - 2017

-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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Non-Farm Enterprises in Rural Africa : New Empirical Evidence

Nagler, Paula - 2020

model and panel data estimators, this paper provide answers using data from Ethiopia, Niger, Nigeria, Malawi, Tanzania, and …

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International Remittances and Financial Inclusion in Sub-Saharan Africa

Aga, Gemechu - 2017

This paper uses World Bank survey data, including about 10,000 households in five countries -- Burkina Faso, Kenya …

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Resolving the African Financial Development Gap : Cross-Country Comparisons and a Within-Country Study of Kenya

Allen, Franklin - 2017

metropolitan areas, the analysis focuses on Kenya, which has made significant strides in financial inclusion and development in …

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Connectivity for Caribbean Countries : An Initial Assessment

Briceno-Garmendia, Cecilia - 2017

to promote Caribbean tourism. This has led to suboptimal routing based on distorting subsidy schemes with often …

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Power Tariffs : Caught between Cost Recovery and Affordability

Briceno-Garmendia, Cecilia - 2017

This is the first paper to build a comprehensive empirical picture of power pricing practices across Sub-Saharan Africa, based on a new database of tariff structures in 27 countries for the years 2004-2008. Using a variety of quantitative indicators, the paper evaluates the performance of...

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Calculating the Carbon Footprint from Different Classes of Air Travel

Bofinger, Heinrich - 2017

This paper develops a new methodology for calculating the "carbon footprint" of air travel whereby emissions from travel in premium (business and first) classes depend heavily on the average class-specific occupied floor space. Unlike methods currently used for the purpose, the approach properly...

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Market-Based Instruments for International Aviation and Shipping as a Source of Climate Finance

Keen, Michael - 2017

The international aviation and maritime sectors today enjoy relatively favorable tax treatment, as their fuels are not taxed and the sectors are not subject to any value-added tax or turnover tax. Nor are these fuel uses subject to any global measures to reduce their associated CO2 emissions,...

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The Air Connectivity Index : Measuring Integration in the Global Air Transport Network

Arvis, Jean-Francois - 2017

The authors construct a new measure of connectivity in the global air transport network, covering 211 countries and territories for the year 2007. It is grounded in network analysis methods, and is based on a gravity-like model that is familiar from the international trade and regional science...

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Collecting the Dirt on Soils : Advancements in Plot-Level Soil Testing and Implications for Agricultural Statistics

Carletto, Calogero; Aynekulu, Ermias; Gourlay, Sydney; … - 2020

data. The Living Standards Measurement Study of the World Bank implemented a methodological study in Ethiopia, which … with the World Agroforestry Centre and the Central Statistical Agency of Ethiopia, were twofold: (1) evaluate the … household panel surveys in smallholder agricultural contexts, such as Ethiopia, as a rapid and cost-effective soil analysis …

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