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No. 74: Informal Entrepreneurship and Cross-Border Trade between Zimbabwe and South Africa [PDF]

, 2017
Informal cross-border trading in Zimbabwe has become more than a survivalist strategy and should be seen as an important pillar of the country\u27s economy. This report, part of SAMP’s Growing Informal Cities series, seeks to provide a current picture of
Chikanda, Abel, Tawodzera, Godfrey
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Sustainable Productivity Growth in Agriculture: The Role of Shifts in R&D Investments and Technology

Applied Economic Perspectives and Policy, EarlyView.
ABSTRACT The objective of the paper is to evaluate the long‐term prospects of sustainable productivity growth linked to plausible assumptions on public agricultural R&D investments as the key productivity driver. Second, it investigates the role of changing R&D focus from yield maximization to input saving technologies (fertilizers and pesticides). The
Zuzana Smeets Křístková, Michiel van Dijk, Robert M'Barek, Hans van Meijl, Tomas Ratinger   +4 more
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Age heaping in Zimbabwe: Evidence from the 1992, 2002, 2012 and 2022 Censuses

The Dyke
Age misreporting is a prevalent issue in population-related surveys, attributable to various factors. This study assesses the quality of age-sex data by measuring the extent of digit preference and avoidance in census age distribution.
Kudzaishe Mangombe, Charles Lwanga , Sibusiso B Moyo, Farai Lesley Nhire , Naomi N Wekwete   +4 more
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Factors associated with severe occupational injuries at mining company in Zimbabwe, 2010: a cross-sectional study

The Pan African Medical Journal, 2013
INTRODUCTION: Injury rate among mining workers in Zimbabwe was 789/1000 workers in 2008. The proportion of severe occupational injuries increased from 18% in 2008 to 37% in 2009.
Chipo Chimamise, Notion Tafara Gombe, Mufuta Tshimanga, Addmore Chadambuka, Gerald Shambira, Anderson Chimusoro   +5 more
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Zimbabwe: From Hyperinflation to Growth [PDF]

, 2008
The hallmark of Zimbabwe's economic collapse is hyperinflation. The most recent official inflation figure is for February 2008: a whopping 165,000 percent year-over-year. At present (early June 2008), inflation is unofficially about 2.5 million percent a
Steve H. Hanke
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The Power of Unity: Collective Action and Smallholder Agricultural Performance in West Africa

Agribusiness, EarlyView.
ABSTRACT We analyze the impact of collective action through farmer‐based organizations (FBOs) on smallholders' farm performance and income inequality in Ghana, Benin, The Gambia, and Mali. We find that FBO membership increases cereal yield in Ghana and The Gambia, legume yield in Mali, ruminant numbers in Benin and The Gambia, and total farm income in ...
Emmanuel Donkor, Bright Owusu Asante, David Boansi, Victor Owusu   +3 more
wiley   +1 more source

A History of Health and Psychiatry Services in Zimbabwe 1890-1980

The Dyke
Colonialism and its associated practices of segregation and subjugation left a lasting impact on the lives of the Africans it aimed to ‘civilise’, despite its role in refining certain aspects of African innovation, particularly in healthcare and ...
Walter Obbie Mangezi , Tinashe Chikafa, Chido Rwafa, Chido Mawoyo, Bazondlile Dube-Marimbe, Lazarus Kajawu, Portia Manangazira   +6 more
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Redistributive land reforms, agricultural productivity, and structural change: New cross‐national evidence

American Journal of Agricultural Economics, EarlyView.
Abstract Large‐scale land reforms constitute a substantial redistribution of wealth and reallocation of agricultural land, which is a major form of asset and production input in developing countries. While land redistribution (from the rich to the poor) remains a highly controversial issue, extensive evidence on its effect is limited.
Devashish Mitra, Abdulaziz B. Shifa, Lan Anh Tong, Mehmet A. Ulubasoglu   +3 more
wiley   +1 more source

Evaluating the African arid corridor hypothesis: A meta‐analysis including the phylogenetic and biogeographical history of Sesamothamnus

American Journal of Botany, EarlyView.
Abstract Premise We examined the African arid corridor (AAC) disjunction pattern of vascular plants between northeastern and southwestern Africa in the context of geological and climatic events since the late Miocene. We developed a phylogenetic and biogeographical framework for the arid‐adapted genus Sesamothamnus (Pedaliaceae), a classic example of ...
John G. Zaborsky, Jeffrey P. Rose, Ricardo Kriebel, Bryan T. Drew, Emily Moriarty Lemmon, Alan R. Lemmon, Kenneth J. Sytsma   +6 more
wiley   +1 more source

Malaria morbidity and mortality trends in Manicaland province, Zimbabwe, 2005-2014

The Pan African Medical Journal, 2017
INTRODUCTION: Zimbabwe targets reducing malaria incidence from 22/1000 in 2012 to 10/1000 by 2017, and malaria deaths to near zero by 2017. As the country moves forward with the malaria elimination efforts, it is crucial to monitor trends in malaria ...
Faith Mutsigiri, Patron Trish Mafaune, More Mungati, Gerald Shambira, Donewell Bangure, Tsitsi Juru, Notion Tafara Gombe, Mufuta Tshimanga   +7 more
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