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The Job Ladder: Transforming informal work and livelihoods in developing countries

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UNU-WIDER's LDC5 Conference Exhibition

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Capacity development in action: UNU-WIDER Winter School

In collaboration with Stellenbosch University, we organised an intensive winter school course on tax policy research, delivering training to 27 African researchers from 13 countries. Read more

Think WIDER Webinar Series – New perspectives on domestic revenue mobilization

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Working Paper

The expansion of regional supermarket chains: Implications for local suppliers in Zambia

The last two decades have seen rapid economic growth in Zambia and the proliferation of foreign supermarket chain stores. However, this growth has translated into neither significant job creation nor significant poverty reduction...

Supermarkets Regional growth Value chains

Blog

A two-way street: Regional integration in southern Africa through supermarkets

by Katrina Jurva
February 2017

Walk into any supermarket and you will find a mix of products to stock the kitchen. It’s easy to assume that many of the goods on offer are sourced locally and from nearby countries...

Regional growth Africa Supermarkets

Research Brief

Supermarkets and regional growth in Southern Africa

Supermarkets are potential partners in regional industrial development and should be considered in future policy making While the growth of supermarkets in the region has improved competitive pricing and accessibility to a broader range of products a...

Southern Africa Economic growth Regional growth

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