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Place-based economic policies: international lessons for South Africa

Discussion Document 11 Place-based policies are designed to support...

Published: 22 May 2023

Discussion Document

What luminosity data can and cannot reveal about South Africa’s urban economies

Discussion Document 10 As novel types of data are becoming availabl...

Published: 22 May 2023

Discussion Document

Farm diversification and climate change: implications for food security in Northern Nam...

Limited non-farm opportunities in the rural areas of the developing...

Published: 2 October 2019

Policy Brief

Motivating teachers in rural Zambia using a monetary incentive

Like many developing countries, the achievement gap between rural a...

Published: 5 March 2019

Policy Brief

Can local communities afford full control over wildlife conservation? The Case of CAMPF...

Wildlife is widely becoming an important vehicle for rural developm...

Published: 23 October 2018

Policy Brief

Teacher pay and educational outcomes: Evidence from the rural hardship allowance in Zambia

This paper studies the effect of unconditional teacher salary incre...

Published: 8 October 2018

Working Paper

Parental bargaining and rural-urban child health differential in Tanzania

This paper extends the empirical analysis of child health by simult...

Published: 6 October 2017

Policy Brief

The impact of micro hydroelectricity on household welfare indicators

The use of small scale off-grid renewable energy for rural electrif...

Published: 19 January 2017

Working Paper

Small-scale Subsistence Farming, Food Security, Climate Change and Adaptation in South ...

This study examines the role of gender of the head of household on ...

Published: 25 June 2015

Working Paper

The Economic Evaluation of Dryland Ecosystem Services in the South African Kgalagadi by...

This study seeks to value ecosystem services in the Kgalagadi area ...

Published: 24 October 2013

Working Paper

Modeling the Cost-effectiveness of HIV/AIDS Interventions in Different Socio-economic C...

Evidence of how cost-effectiveness (CE) of an HIV/AIDS intervention...

Published: 6 September 2013

Working Paper

Welfare and common property rights forestry: Evidence from Ethiopian villages

In this study, welfare impacts associated with a unique common-prop...

Published: 26 September 2012

Working Paper

Property rights, institutions and source of fuel wood in rural Ethiopia

This study examines the relationship between property rights, defin...

Published: 25 September 2012

Working Paper