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Assessing Progress in Welfare Improvements in Zambia: A Multidimensional ApproachFrom the book: Growth and Poverty in Sub-Saharan Africa
Game theory Poverty Welfare economicsBook Chapter
Spatial and Temporal Multidimensional Poverty in NigeriaFrom the book: Growth and Poverty in Sub-Saharan Africa
Game theory Microeconomics PovertyBook Chapter
Poverty and its Dynamics in Uganda: Explorations using a New Set of Poverty LinesFrom the book: Growth and Poverty in Sub-Saharan Africa
Econometric models Game theory HealthBook Chapter
An Empirical Analysis of the Economics of Marriage in Egypt, Morocco, and TunisiaFrom the book: Oxford Handbook of Africa and Economics, Vol. 2. Marriage is the single most important contractual arrangement youth in North Africa undertake as they navigate their transition to adulthood...
Economic aspects (Families) Game theory Power (Economics)Working Paper
The Role of Issue Linkage in Managing the MekongThe Mekong River is the major water source in Southeast Asia and shared by six countries...
Environment Game theory International relationsWorking Paper
Consumption Bundle Aggregation in Poverty Measurement: Implications for Poverty and its Dynamics in UgandaOfficial poverty figures in Uganda are flawed by the fact that the underlying poverty lines are based on a single national food basket that was constructed in the early 1990s...
Econometric models (Economic development) Game theory HealthWorking Paper
Multi-dimensional Poverty Analysis for Tanzania: First Order Dominance Approach with Discrete IndicatorsAs in much of sub-Saharan Africa, Tanzania has attained rapid economic growth accompanied by only marginal reductions in poverty...
Economic growth Game theory Measurement (Poverty)Working Paper
Multidimensional Poverty in Nigeria: First Order Dominance ApproachThis study appraises non-monetary multidimensional poverty in Nigeria using the novel first order dominance approach developed by Arndt et al. (2012)...
Game theory Microeconomics PovertyWorking Paper
Multidimensional Welfare in Districts of Zambia: A First Order Dominance ApproachIn this paper we make welfare comparisons among districts of Zambia using multidimensional well-being indicators observed at the household level using the first order dominance approach developed by Arndt et al. in 2012...
Game theory Poverty Welfare economicsWorking Paper
The Economics of Marriage in North AfricaMarriage is the single most important economic transaction and social transition in the lives of young people. Yet little is known about the economics of marriage in much of the developing world...
Economic aspects (Families) Game theory Power (Economics)Journal Article
Do Non-Enforceable Contracts Matter?: Evidence from an International Lab ExperimentPart of Journal Special Issue Poverty, Development, and Behavioral Economics
Contracts Game theoryWorking Paper
Intra-Household Efficiency: an Experimental Study from EthiopiaAn experimental design using treatments of a voluntary contribution mechanism is used to test household efficiency. Efficiency is decisively rejected in all treatments contrary to the assumption of most household models...
Econometric models (Economic development) Game theory WomenJournal Article
Foreign Aid, Infrastructure Development and Welfare: An Intertemporal AnalysisPart of Journal Special Issue Development Aid
Capital investments Economic assistance and foreign aid Game theoryJournal Article
Foreign Aid as Prize: Incentives for a Pro-Poor PolicyPart of Journal Special Issue Development Aid
Economic assistance and foreign aid Game theory Public welfareWorking Paper
Foreign Aid, Infrastructure Development, and Welfare: An Intertemporal AnalysisThis paper examines the welfare implications of foreign aid within the framework of a two-period, two-country model of international trade...
Capital investments Economic assistance and foreign aid Game theoryWorking Paper
Foreign Aid as Prize: Incentives for a Pro-Poor PolicyWe develop a theoretical model of foreign aid to analyse a method of disbursement of aid which induces the recipient government to follow a more pro-poor policy than it otherwise would do...
Economic assistance and foreign aid Game theory Public welfare