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Place-based economic policies: international lessons for South Africa

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

Harris Selod, Claus Rabe

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...

Takwanisa Machemedze

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...

Martine Visser, Chalmers Mulwa

Policy Brief

Motivating teachers in rural Zambia using a monetary incentive

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

Miquel Pellicer, Mashekwa Maboshe, Grieve Chelwa

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...

Herbert Ntuli, Edwin Muchapondwa, Boscow Okumu

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...

Miquel Pellicer, Mashekwa Maboshe, Grieve Chelwa

Working Paper

Parental bargaining and rural-urban child health differential in Tanzania

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

Justine Burns, Alfred K. Mukong

Policy Brief

The impact of micro hydroelectricity on household welfare indicators

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

Mary Karumba, Edwin Muchapondwa

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 ...

Martine Visser, Byela Tibesigwa

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 ...

Johane Dikgang, Edwin Muchapondwa

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...

Josue Mbonigaba

Working Paper

Welfare and common property rights forestry: Evidence from Ethiopian villages

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

Dambala Gelo, Steven F. Koch

Working Paper

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

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

Steven F. Koch, Abebe Beyene

Working Paper