The implications of urbanization on child nutritional outcomes are investigated using satellite-based nighttime light intensity data as a marker of urbanization with data from two rounds of the Nigeria...
In recent years, academic studies have been converging towards the view that foreign aid promotes aggregate economic growth. The authors employ a simulation approach to: (i) validate the coherence of empirical...
The consequences of climate change for agriculture and food security in developing countries are of serious concern. Due to their reliance on rain-fed agriculture, both as a source of income and consumption...
Some of the headings included in this issue of the gender equality as smart economics are: educate a women, build a nation by Jal, Emmanuel; a small but bright light in a terrible year of Haiti by Nadelman...
Although Mozambique has considerable agricultural potential, rural poverty remains extremely high. This paper examines the extent to which global and domestic price distortions affect agricultural production...
In recent decades, Mozambique has undergone enormous political and economic transformations. A colony of Portugal, the country moved to a phase of socialism after gaining independence in 1975 but, after...
In recent decades, Mozambique has undergone enormous political and economic transformations. A colony of Portugal, the country moved to a phase of socialism after gaining independence in 1975 but, after...
This paper considers the potential implications of the Doha Development Agenda, as well as other trade liberalization scenarios, for Mozambique. An applied general equilibrium model, which accounts for...
As in other countries in the southern Africa region, a human development catastrophe is unfolding in Mozambique. Recently released data estimate HIV prevalence rates amongst the adult population in the...
South Africa now stands at the brink of a full-blown AIDS crisis. The key question now is to how to deal with the impending crisis. The epidemic has moved beyond its earlier status as a health issue to...