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Person
Nwamaka Ogbonna
Nwamaka Ogbonna is Research Analyst for the Tony Elumelu Foundation, where she focuses on private sector development in Africa.
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Event
Promoting Inclusive Growth in Zambia
On 1st August 2017, International Growth Centre Zambia in collaboration with the Ministry of National Development Planning in Zambia held an a research and policy seminar titled "Promoting Inclusive Growth in Zambia". The overall objective of the seminar was to create a forum to discuss the policy challenges related to promoting inclusive growth in Zambia and promote...
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Publication - Policy Brief
Growth and income inequality in Zambia
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Publication - Policy Brief
Estimating the growth elasticity of poverty in Zambia, 2006-2015
This brief is based on the paper Economic Growth, Inequality and Poverty: Estimating the Growth Elasticity of Poverty in Zambia, 2006-15 (2017) by Chrispin Mphuka Oliver Kaonga and Mike Tembo. The paper measures the responsiveness of poverty reduction to growth in Zambia over the past decade using data from the Living Conditions Monitoring Survey.
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Blog post
Why are there no microgrids in Pakistan?
Solar microgrids, with higher voltage distribution and decentralised generation, present a viable alternative to grid electricity in Pakistan. What’s more, demand exists for services beyond basic electrification. However, there are hurdles for microgrid deployment in the country. Namely, sophisticated demand, technological barriers, and legal constraints. An International...
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Publication - Project Report
Strongmen or technocrats? Experimental evidence testing leadership preferences in Afghanistan
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Publication - Project Report
The macroeconomic benefits of tax enforcement in Pakistan
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Blog post
Property rights and poverty reduction: Effects of land titling on Argentina’s urban poor
Reducing the cost of land titles and simplifying the systems can improve land security and livelihoods of the poor Land rights are a crucial component of economic development. Property rights have the potential to fundamentally improve resource allocation and increase investment in a given society by limiting expropriation and facilitating market transactions. Moreover,...
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Project
Urban informality, tax compliance, and accountability in Zambia
What drives tax compliance among informal sector workers in Africa? And does taxation strengthen accountability between governments and the informal sector? These questions are hugely important in Africa for a number of reasons. First, the informal sector plays a critical role in contributing to structural transformation, particularly by facilitating production and...
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Person
Danielle Resnick
Danielle Resnick is currently a Senior Research Fellow in IFPRI’s Development Strategies and Governance Division (DSGD). She is a political scientist who focuses on the political economy of development. Key research areas include the impacts of public sector reforms on accountability and efficiency, drivers of agricultural policy volatility and reform, urban governance...