Report NEP-AFR-2013-04-27

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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• Stork, Christoph & Gillwald, Alison, 2012. "Mobile wholesale and retail price interplay: The somewhat contrary case of South Africa in Africa," 19th ITS Biennial Conference, Bangkok 2012: Moving Forward with Future Technologies - Opening a Platform for All 72549, International Telecommunications Society (ITS).
• Bresnahan, Lauren & Coxhead, Ian & Foltz, Jeremey & Mogues, Tewodaj, 2013. "Does freer trade really lead to productivity growth?: Evidence from Africa," IFPRI discussion papers 1262, International Food Policy Research Institute (IFPRI).
• Wamboye, Evelyn & Mookerjee, Rajen, 2013. "Financial development and manufactured exports: the african experience," MPRA Paper 46474, University Library of Munich, Germany.
• Moshi, Goodiel & Mitomo, Hitoshi, 2012. "The patterns of mobile telephony development in Sub Sahara Africa: A cluster analysis," 19th ITS Biennial Conference, Bangkok 2012: Moving Forward with Future Technologies - Opening a Platform for All 72511, International Telecommunications Society (ITS).
• Droppelmann, Klaus & Mapila, Mariam A. T. J. & Mazunda, John & Thangata, Paul & Yauney, Jason, 2013. "Who talks to whom in African agricultural research information networks? The Malawi case," IFPRI discussion papers 1264, International Food Policy Research Institute (IFPRI).
• Stork, Christoph & Calandro, Enrico & Gillwald, Alison, 2012. "Internet going mobile: Internet access and usage in eleven African countries," 19th ITS Biennial Conference, Bangkok 2012: Moving Forward with Future Technologies - Opening a Platform for All 72503, International Telecommunications Society (ITS).
• Nakano, Yuko & Kajisa, Kei, 2013. "The Determinants of Technology Adoption:The Case of the Rice Sector in Tanzania," Working Papers 58, JICA Research Institute.
• Kodila-Tedika, Oasis, 2013. "Forget your gods: African evidence on the relation between state capacity and cognitive ability of leading politicians," MPRA Paper 46449, University Library of Munich, Germany.
• Eugene E. Van Dyk & Justin Beukes & Mario du Preez, 2013. "A Cost-Benefit Analysis of Concentrator Photovoltaic Technology Use in South Africa: A Case Study," Working Papers 343, Economic Research Southern Africa.
• Gillian van Heerden & Paul Alagidede, 2013. "Short Run Underpricing of Initial Public Offering (IPOs) in the Johannesburg Stock Exchange (JSE)," Working Papers 344, Economic Research Southern Africa.
• Andersen, Thomas Barnebeck & Jensen, Peter Sandholt, 2013. "Is Africa's recent growth sustainable?," Discussion Papers on Economics 8/2013, University of Southern Denmark, Department of Economics.
• Tsangyao Chang & Beatrice D. Simo-Kengne & Rangan Gupta, 2013. "The Causal Relationship between Imports and Economic Growth in the Nine Provinces of South Africa: Evidence from Panel-Granger Causality Tests," Working Papers 201320, University of Pretoria, Department of Economics.
• Calandro, Enrico & Wang, Rong, 2012. "Predictors of mobile internet usage in 10 African countries," 19th ITS Biennial Conference, Bangkok 2012: Moving Forward with Future Technologies - Opening a Platform for All 72487, International Telecommunications Society (ITS).
• Kajisa, Kei & Payongayong, Ellen, 2013. "Extensification and Intensification Process of Rainfed Lowland Rice Farming in Mozambique," Working Papers 61, JICA Research Institute.
• Goodness C. Aye & Mehmet Balcilar & Rangan Gupta & Charl Jooste & Stephen M. Miller & Zeynel Abidin Ozdemir, 2012. "Fiscal Policy Shocks and the Dynamics of Asset Prices: The South African Experience," Working Papers 1211, University of Nevada, Las Vegas , Department of Economics.
• Liverpool-Tasie, Lenis Saweda & Salau, Sheu, 2013. "Spillover effects of targeted subsidies: An assessment of fertilizer and improved seed use in Nigeria," IFPRI discussion papers 1260, International Food Policy Research Institute (IFPRI).
• Asongu, Simplice A, 2012. "Correcting inflation with financial dynamic fundamentals: which adjustments matter in Africa?," MPRA Paper 46424, University Library of Munich, Germany, revised 14 Apr 2013.
• Domenech, Laia & Ringler, Claudia, 2013. "The impact of irrigation on nutrition, health, and gender: A review paper with insights for Africa south of the Sahara," IFPRI discussion papers 1259, International Food Policy Research Institute (IFPRI).
• Holvoet, Nathalie & Inberg, Liesbeth, 2013. "How gender-sensitive are the National Adaptation Programmes of Action (NAPAs) of Sub-Saharan African countries? A gender-scan of 31 NAPAs," IOB Working Papers 2013.02, Universiteit Antwerpen, Institute of Development Policy (IOB).
• Asmus Zoch, 2013. "Life chances and class: Estimating inequality of opportunity in South Africa for various life stages," Working Papers 08/2013, Stellenbosch University, Department of Economics.
• Bezu, Sosina & Holden, Stein, 2013. "Unbundling Land Administrative Reform: Demand for Second Stage Land Certification in Ethiopia," CLTS Working Papers 3/13, Norwegian University of Life Sciences, Centre for Land Tenure Studies, revised 10 Oct 2019.
• David Fielding, 2013. "How Much Does Women's Empowerment Influence their Wellbeing? Evidence from Africa," Working Papers 1307, University of Otago, Department of Economics, revised Apr 2013.
• Williams, Idongesit & Gyaase, Patrick Ohemeng & Falch, Morten, 2012. "Enhancing rural connectivity through an extended internet cafés business models," 19th ITS Biennial Conference, Bangkok 2012: Moving Forward with Future Technologies - Opening a Platform for All 72476, International Telecommunications Society (ITS).
• Deborah E. Lee & Mario du Preez & Stephen G. Hosking, 2013. "Improving navigability on the Kromme river Estuary: A choice experiment application," Working Papers 339, Economic Research Southern Africa.
• Takahashi, Ryo & Todo, Yasuyuki, 2013. "Impact of a Shade Coffee Certification Program on Forest Conservation:A Case Study from a Wild Coffee Forest in Ethiopia," Working Papers 55, JICA Research Institute.
• Peter Boone & Ila Fazzio & Kameshwari Jandhyala & Chitra Jayanty & Gangadhar Jayanty & Simon Johnson & Vimala Ramachandrin & Filipa Silva & Zhaoguo Zhan, 2013. "The Surprisingly Dire Situation of Children's Education in Rural West Africa: Results from the CREO Study in Guinea-Bissau (Comprehensive Review of Education Outcomes)," NBER Working Papers 18971, National Bureau of Economic Research, Inc.
• Tessa Bold & Mwangi Kimenyi & Germano Mwabu & Alice Ng'ang'a & Justin Sandefur, 2013. "Scaling-up What Works: Experimental Evidence on External Validity in Kenyan Education," CSAE Working Paper Series 2013-04, Centre for the Study of African Economies, University of Oxford.
• Mark E. McGovern & Till Bärnighausen & Joshua A. Salomon & David Canning, 2013. "Using Interviewer Random Effects to Calculate Unbiased HIV Prevalence Estimates in the Presence of Non-Response: a Bayesian Approach," PGDA Working Papers 10113, Program on the Global Demography of Aging.
• Adawo, Monday A. & Effiong, Ekpeno L., 2013. "Monetary exchange rate model as a long-run phenomenon: evidence from Nigeria," MPRA Paper 46407, University Library of Munich, Germany.
• Holvoet, Nathalie & Inberg, Liesbeth & Sekirime, Susan, 2013. "Institutional analysis of monitoring and evaluation systems: comparing M&E systems in Ugandas health and education sector," IOB Working Papers 2013.03, Universiteit Antwerpen, Institute of Development Policy (IOB).
• Winkler, Deborah, 2013. "Potential and actual FDI spillovers in global value chains : the role of foreign investor characteristics, absorptive capacity and transmission channels," Policy Research Working Paper Series 6424, The World Bank.
• Claire Bernard & Sandrine Mesplé-Somps & Gilles Spielvogel, 2012. "Taille des villes, urbanisation et spécialisations économiques; Une analyse sur micro-données exhaustives des 10 000 localités maliennes," Working Papers DT/2012/17, DIAL (Développement, Institutions et Mondialisation).
• Badibanga, Thaddée & Ragasa, Catherine & Ulimwengu, John M., 2013. "Assessing the effectiveness of multistakeholder platforms: Agricultural and rural management councils in the Democratic Republic of the Congo," IFPRI discussion papers 1258, International Food Policy Research Institute (IFPRI).
• Christiaensen, Luc & De Weerdt, Joachim & Todo, Yasuyuki, 2013. "Urbanization and poverty reduction -- the role of rural diversification and secondary towns," Policy Research Working Paper Series 6422, The World Bank.
• Verwimp, Philip & Van Bavel, Jan, 2013. "Schooling, violent conflict, and gender in Burundi," Policy Research Working Paper Series 6418, The World Bank.