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Publication - Policy Brief
Reducing school staffing imbalances and wasteful government spending in Zambia
This project addresses two closely related concerns: Staffing imbalances: Pupil-teacher ratios vary from less than 20 to above 100 across public primary schools in Zambia. Payroll mismatch: Teachers frequently do not work at the schools that they are recorded at in government payroll. Payroll mismatch does not only have implications for the distribution...
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Publication - Project Report
The social dimensions of tax compliance: A conjoint experiment among small enterprises in Zambia
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Publication - Policy Brief
State management of education and educational performance in Zambia
This brief examines the relationship between management quality in the local public administration of schools and students’ educational performance in Zambia. The researchers find that: Management practices vary widely across District Education Offices in Zambia; The quality of management at the district level is positively correlated with student test...
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Blog post
The current state of artisanal and small-scale mining in Zambia
Zambia’s development trajectory has been shaped by mining. For close to a hundred years, the extraction of copper has dominated the economy. Without exception, the firms that have controlled the sector have been large-scale, mostly foreign – albeit with periods of national ownership – had access to huge capital outlays, and have focused on copper mining. Relatively...
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Project
Do financial incentives in a health setting have a dark side: Experimental evidence from Zambia
Agency Theory postulates that the use of financial incentives in multitasking or multidimensional settings such as in health settings can potentially result in two opposing effects. First, an effort enhancing effect where agents react to the financial incentive by enhancing their effort and productivity. Second, the theory postulates that in contexts in which the financial...
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Project
Negotiating a better future: Tracking girls for post-secondary follow-up
This study evaluates the long-term effects of a randomised control trial that taught Zambian adolescent girls negotiation skills in 2013. The study focused on adolescent girls both because growing evidence suggests that adolescence is a critical period for the development of non-cognitive interpersonal skills (Choudhury, Blakemore, and Charman, 2006), and because...
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Project
Electrification of Schools in Zambia
In the 7th National Development Plan, the Government of Zambia strives to establish an integrated approach to national development that coordinates development across sectors. For this purpose, it is crucial to understand complementarities in the provision of public services across sectors. The objective of this project is to map the electrification of schools in Zambia...
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Project
Understanding consumption seasonality in Zambia
Consumption seasonality is prevalent across many poor countries, particularly those with large agricultural sectors. Farmers in these countries typically have abundant food after harvest, but struggle to make it last to the next harvest, resulting in three major implications: Reduction in the number of meals consumed and caloric intake at certain times of the year; ...
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Blog post
The politics of strengthening local government: Lessons from Zambia
Decentralisation of government functions can improve accountability and service provision, but this pursuit presents key political challenges. Due to greater decentralisation, local governments around the world are increasingly expected to play a major role in tackling key development challenges, from mitigating climate change to improving access to healthy diets. The...
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Publication - Working Paper
The cost of power outages to Zambia’s manufacturing firms