Taxes and Bribes in Uganda [0.03%]
乌干达的税和贿赂
Pamela Jagger,Gerald Shively
Pamela Jagger
Using data from 433 firms operating along Uganda's charcoal and timber supply chains we investigate patterns of bribe payment and tax collection between supply chain actors and government officials responsible for collecting taxes and fees....
Cash transfer programme, productive activities and labour supply: Evidence from randomized experiment in Kenya [0.03%]
基于肯尼亚随机实验的现金转移计划、生产性活动和劳动力供给之间的关系研究
Solomon Asfaw,Benjamin Davis,Josh Dewbre et al.
Solomon Asfaw et al.
This paper reports analysis of the impact of Kenya's Cash Transfer for Orphans and Vulnerable Children Programme on the household decisions on productive activities using data from a randomized experimental design. Results show that the pro...
Pensions and the health of older people in South Africa: is there an effect? [0.03%]
南非养老金与老年人健康的关系：会有什么影响吗？
Peter Lloyd-Sherlock,Sutapa Agrawal
Peter Lloyd-Sherlock
Gunfight at the NOT OK Corral: Reply to "High Noon for Microfinance" by Duvendack and Palmer-Jones (Uncut version) [0.03%]
龙门阵一发：对达文代克和波马尔-琼斯的《微贷午时枪决》的回应（未删节版）
Mark M Pitt
Mark M Pitt
The paper "High Noon for Microfinance Impact Evaluations" by Duvendack and Palmer-Jones replicates the papers of Chemin (2008) and Pitt and Khandker (1998) that estimate the impact of microfinance in Bangladesh. My paper replicates the Duve...
Diane Coffey
Diane Coffey
Few papers in the literature provide quantitative analysis of the difficult circumstances faced by children of short-term labour migrants. This paper uses new survey data from rural northwest India to study both children who migrate and tho...
Enhancing livelihoods and the urban environment: the local political framework for integrated organic waste management in Diadema, Brazil [0.03%]
改善生计和城市环境：巴西迪亚德玛市的综合有机废弃物管理的地方政治框架
Julian S Yates,Jutta Gutberlet
Julian S Yates
Drawing on a participatory study of integrated organic waste management, this article explores the local political barriers and preconditions for its implementation in Diadema, Brazil. Solid waste management in Brazil is embedded in and med...
An asset-based approach to vulnerability: the case of small-scale fishing areas in Cameroon and Nigeria [0.03%]
基于资产的脆弱性研究：以喀麦隆和尼日利亚的小规模渔业为例
Levison S Chiwaula,Rudolf Witt,Hermann Waibel
Levison S Chiwaula
This paper analyses vulnerability to poverty of rural small-scale fishing communities using cross-section data from 295 households in Cameroon and 267 in Nigeria. We propose a vulnerability measure that incorporates the idea of asset povert...
Bt cotton and farmer suicides in India: an evidence-based assessment [0.03%]
基于证据的 Bt 棉花与印度农民自杀问题再评估
Guillaume Gruère,Debdatta Sengupta
Guillaume Gruère
Bt cotton is accused of being responsible for an increase of farmer suicides in India. In this article, we provide a comprehensive review of evidence on Bt cotton and farmer suicides. Available data show no evidence of a 'resurgence' of far...
Smriti Rao
Smriti Rao
This article explores the implications of women's work in agriculture in Telangana, a region in the state of Andhra Pradesh, India. I suggest that higher capital costs for cultivators' post-liberalisation increased the pressure to contain w...
Information flows and social externalities in a Tanzanian banana growing village [0.03%]
坦桑尼亚香蕉种植村庄的信息流动与社会外部性
Katleen Van den Broeck,Stefan Dercon
Katleen Van den Broeck
This article analyses the role of social networks as facilitators of information flows and banana output increase. Based on a village census, full information is available on the socio-economic characteristics and banana production of farme...