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    Trusted and expected trustworthiness: an experimental investigation

    Centre for the Study of African Economies, Oxford, 2001
    An economic experiment involving separate sessions in 24 small, tightly knit communities reveals that trust is higher where greater trustworthiness is expected and lower variance in levels of trustworthiness is perceived. A model in which potential trusters behaviour is likened to a risky investment explains nearly fifty percent of the variation in their behaviour between communities.
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    Household welfare and poverty dynamics in Burkina Faso: empirical evidence from household surveys

    World Bank, 2001
    This paper investigates the dynamics of poverty and income inequality in a cross-section of socioeconomic groups and geographical regions.
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    Perspectives on Africa's development

    UN Economic Commission for Africa, 2000
    This book contains 42 speeches organised in six clusters. The speeches were delivered in the four-year period from February 1996 to February 2000 to disparate audiences in venues around the world. The first cluster deals with the dimensions of development and with the structural underpinnings of economic growth.
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    Asymmetries in union relative wage effects in Ghanaian manufacturing: an analysis applying quantile regressions

    World Bank, 2001
    This paper analyzes the earnings determinants in the Ghanaian manufacturing industries, focussing on the impact of unions in terms of the so-called “union relative wage effect” and the possible asymmetries of this impact across the earnings distribution.The article finds that:there is evidence of a union relative wage effect occurring via two distinct channelsthe first channel is th
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    Estimating monetary policy rules for South Africa

    Centre for the Study of African Economies, Oxford, 2001
    This paper analyses the conduct of monetary policy in South Africa, describing the historical record and institutions of monetary policy, and formally modelling extended Taylor rules for interest rate policy formation.
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    Connectivity and E-commerce (in Tanzania)

    Economic and Social Research Foundation, Tanzania, 2000
    Report of a study undertaken into e-commerce in Tanzania.
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    Cross-border raiding and community conflict in the Lesotho-South Africa border zone

    Southern African Migration Project, 2001
    This paper seeks to understand the social and economic roots and impacts of cross-border stock theft Such an analysis is a vital first-step towards the resolution of the conflict since it shows not only why the violence occurs but who stands to benefit from its perpetuation.
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    Botswana: migration perspectives and prospects

    Southern African Migration Project, 2000
    First publication from a research program that aims to provide basic, up-to-date information on migration trends, volumes, impacts, and attitudes in Botswana. It brings together the research findings from three national surveys of migration attitudes and behaviours undertaken in Botswana in 1997 and 1998.
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    Gender concerns in South African migration policy

    Southern African Migration Project, 2001
    This paper draws attention to the need for a gender analysis of the South African government’s proposed new policy on international migration, by identifying a number of areas of implicit gender discrimination.
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    Condom gap in Africa: evidence from donor agencies and key informants

    British Medical Journal, 2001
    Assesses the provision on condoms in Africa. It obtained data from UNFPA on condoms paid for by donors and further refined it with information from United States Agency for International Development's commodity tracking system.

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