Have the World Bank's policy-based loans exacerbated or reduced poverty in Uganda? This study presents four phases of structural adjustment programs (SAPs), including the theoretical underpinning of each new evolving phase of adjustment lending. The hypothesis is that SAPs worsened the rate of ...
A third (33%) say inflation is one of the three biggest issues affecting their country, no change from last month. This score is 5pp lower than it was this time last year. The proportion of Americans listing rising prices as one of their top concerns has increased 4pp to one in two ...
Jess didn’t know why exactly she wanted to go to Uganda, but she was definitely excited. She was excited for the unknown, but didn’t know what to expect. Her father had traveled to Africa when he was younger, so perhaps a little of her desire was to follow in his footsteps. In h...
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2. Issues of PES additionality, permanence, and equity 3. PES in Ecuador amid financial turbulence 4. Methods 5. Results Discussion and conclusion CRediT authorship contribution statement Declaration of Competing Interest Acknowledgements Appendix I. Propensity score overlap Appendix II. Robustness checks ...
In this smart novel, the conflict of adolescence unfolds in the conflicted Uganda of the 1970s, then under the rule of dictator Idi Amin. Raised by her paternal grandparents in the village of Nattetta, 13-year-old Kirabo has a question she can ignore no longer: Who is my mother? For ...
make money and get out of that poverty. And then, started a luxury make-up brand. This is a crazy story, that's sourced from those same countries, and is sold in Sephora stores worldwide, QVC, we'll get into that. She's just about to launch a New York Times...
Since the two issues of renewable energy consumption and access to clean energy are not technically the same and may have different implications, this study analyzed the determinants of clean energy accessibility in sub-Saharan Africa region. Specially, it examined the effect of income, inflation, ...
In some cases negative reactions from fathers and husbands deter girls and women from participating or cause them to drop out. Eg.: “I make more money and my husband takes it and he drinks more, and then he beats me more.” The many precise cultural and social issues around gender and...
The double orphans living in sibling-headed households are not only poor, but appear to be living with a considerably higher level of stress than other orphans, and certainly more than other children living in intact families, whether in poverty or not. Consequently, they seem to be particu-...