Report NEP-AFR-2010-09-25

This is the archive for NEP-AFR, a report on new working papers in the area of Africa. Quentin Wodon issued this report. It is usually issued weekly.

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• Birol, Ekin & Asare-Marfo, Dorene & Ayele, Gezahegn & Mensa-Bonsu, Akwasi & Ndirangu, Lydia & Okpukpara, Benjamin & Roy, Devesh & Yakhshilikov, Yorbol, 2010. "Investigating the role of poultry in livelihoods and the impact of avian flu on livelihoods outcomes in Africa: Evidence from Ethiopia, Ghana, Kenya, and Nigeria," IFPRI discussion papers 1011, International Food Policy Research Institute (IFPRI).
• Oona Nanka-Bruce, 2010. "The socio economic drivers of rural electrification in Sub-Saharan Africa," Surrey Energy Economics Centre (SEEC), School of Economics Discussion Papers (SEEDS) 128, Surrey Energy Economics Centre (SEEC), School of Economics, University of Surrey.
• Sukati, Mphumuzi A, 2010. "The Economic Partnership Agreements (EPAs) and the Southern African Customs Union (SACU) Region- The Case for South Africa," MPRA Paper 25103, University Library of Munich, Germany.
• Danquah, Michael & Ouattara, Osman & Speight, Alan, 2010. "Productivity growth, human capital and distance to frontier in Sub-Saharan Africa," Proceedings of the German Development Economics Conference, Hannover 2010 54, Verein für Socialpolitik, Research Committee Development Economics.
• Grimm, Michael & Krüger, Jens & Lay, Jann, 2010. "Capital market imperfections, uncertainty or both: Evidence on economic constraints to informal enterprises in Sub-Saharan Africa," Proceedings of the German Development Economics Conference, Hannover 2010 17, Verein für Socialpolitik, Research Committee Development Economics.
• Hélène EHRHART & Christian EBEKE, 2010. "Tax Revenue Instability in Sub-Saharan Africa: Consequences and Remedies," Working Papers 201025, CERDI.
• Badiane, Ousmane & Odjo, Sunday P. & Ulimwengu, John M., 2010. "Building capacities for evidence and outcome-based food policy planning and implementation," IFPRI discussion papers 1019, International Food Policy Research Institute (IFPRI).
• Nzuma, Jonathan Makau & Waithaka, Michael & Mulwa, Richard Mbithi & Kyotalimye, Miriam & Nelson, Gerald, 2010. "Strategies for adapting to climate change in rural Sub-Saharan Africa: A review of data sources, Poverty Reduction Strategy Programs (PRSPs) and National Adaptation Plans for Agriculture (NAPAs) in AS," IFPRI discussion papers 1013, International Food Policy Research Institute (IFPRI).
• Burger, Rulof & von Fintel, Dieter & Grün, Carola, 2010. "The nexus between social grants and participation rates: Dynamics across generations in the South African labour market," Proceedings of the German Development Economics Conference, Hannover 2010 26, Verein für Socialpolitik, Research Committee Development Economics.
• Kolavalli, Shashidhara & Birner, Regina & Benin, Samuel & Horowitz, Leah & Babu, Suresh & Asenso-Okyere, Kwadwo & Thompson, Nii Moi & Poku, John, 2010. "Institutional and public expenditure review of Ghana’s Ministry of Food and Agriculture," IFPRI discussion papers 1020, International Food Policy Research Institute (IFPRI).
• Shiferaw, Admasu & Bedi, Arjun S., 2010. "The Dynamics of Job Creation and Job Destruction: Is Sub-Saharan Africa Different?," Proceedings of the German Development Economics Conference, Hannover 2010 59, Verein für Socialpolitik, Research Committee Development Economics.
• Pohl, Birte, 2010. "Foreign Banks in Sub-Saharan Africa - Do North-South and South-South Banks Induce Different Effects on Domestic Banks?," Proceedings of the German Development Economics Conference, Hannover 2010 10, Verein für Socialpolitik, Research Committee Development Economics.
• Levin, Jörgen, 2010. "Poverty Impact of Rising Maize Prices in Kenya," Working Papers 2010:9, Örebro University, School of Business.
• Klonner, Stefan & Nolen, Patrick J., 2010. "Cell Phones and Rural Labor Markets: Evidence from South Africa," Proceedings of the German Development Economics Conference, Hannover 2010 56, Verein für Socialpolitik, Research Committee Development Economics.
• Schürenberg-Frosch, Hannah, 2010. "Improving on Africa's roads - Modeling infrastructure investment and its effect on subsistence agriculture," Proceedings of the German Development Economics Conference, Hannover 2010 45, Verein für Socialpolitik, Research Committee Development Economics.
• Nava Ashraf & G¸nther Fink & David N. Weil, 2010. "Evaluating the Effects of Large Scale Health Interventions in Developing Countries: The Zambian Malaria Initiative," Working Papers 2010-9, Brown University, Department of Economics.
• Banful, Afua B. & Nkonya, Ephraim & Oboh, Victor, 2010. "Constraints to fertilizer use in Nigeria: Insights from agricultural extension service," IFPRI discussion papers 1010, International Food Policy Research Institute (IFPRI).
• Benson, Todd & Mugarura, Samuel, 2010. "Livestock development planning in Uganda: Identification of areas of opportunity and challenge," IFPRI discussion papers 1008, International Food Policy Research Institute (IFPRI).
• Omar Mahmoud, Toman & Thiele, Rainer, 2010. "Does AIDS-Related Mortality Reduce Per-Capita Household Income? Evidence from Rural Zambia," Proceedings of the German Development Economics Conference, Hannover 2010 18, Verein für Socialpolitik, Research Committee Development Economics.
• Hall, Andy & Clark, Norman & Frost, Andy, 2010. "Bottom-up, Bottom-line: Development-Relevant Enterprises in East Africa and their Significance for Agricultural Innovation," MERIT Working Papers 2010-042, United Nations University - Maastricht Economic and Social Research Institute on Innovation and Technology (MERIT).
• Krausova, Marika & Banful, Afua Branoah, 2010. "Overview of the agricultural input sector in Ghana," IFPRI discussion papers 1024, International Food Policy Research Institute (IFPRI).
• Muamba, Francis M. & Ulimwengu, John M., 2010. "Optimal rainfall insurance contracts for maize producers in Ghana’s Northern Region," IFPRI discussion papers 1016, International Food Policy Research Institute (IFPRI).
• Arslan, Aslıhan & Reicher, Christopher Phillip, 2010. "The Effects of the Coffee Trademarking Initiative and Starbucks Publicity on Export Prices of Ethiopian Coffee," Proceedings of the German Development Economics Conference, Hannover 2010 22, Verein für Socialpolitik, Research Committee Development Economics.
• Karlan, Dean & Kutsoati, Ed & McMillan, Margaret & Udry, Chris, 2010. "Crop price indemnified loans for farmers," IFPRI discussion papers 1021, International Food Policy Research Institute (IFPRI).
• Carlos Bozzoli & Tilman Brück & Tony Muhumuza, 2010. "Conflict Experiences and Household Expectations on Recovery: Survey Evidence from Northern Uganda," Discussion Papers of DIW Berlin 1059, DIW Berlin, German Institute for Economic Research.
• Dimowa, Ralitza & Michaelowa, Katharina & Weber, Anke, 2010. "Ganyu Labour in Malawi: Understanding Rural Households’ Labour Supply Strategies," Proceedings of the German Development Economics Conference, Hannover 2010 29, Verein für Socialpolitik, Research Committee Development Economics.
• Badiane, Ousmane & Ulimwengu, John M. & Wouterse, Fleur, 2010. "Spatial price transmission and market integration in Senegal’s groundnut market," IFPRI discussion papers 1014, International Food Policy Research Institute (IFPRI).
• Hagen, Jens & Omar Mahmoud, Toman & Trofimenko, Natalia, 2010. "Orphanhood and Critical Periods in Children's Human Capital Formation: Long-Run Evidence from North-Western Tanzania," Proceedings of the German Development Economics Conference, Hannover 2010 33, Verein für Socialpolitik, Research Committee Development Economics.
• Geoffrey Dunbar & Arthur Lewbel & Krishna Pendakur, 2010. "Children's Resources in Collective Households: Identification, Estimation and an Application to Child Poverty in Malawi," Boston College Working Papers in Economics 758, Boston College Department of Economics, revised 31 Jan 2012.