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Publikováno v:
Migration Letters. 19:29-40
This study examines the influence of social networks on the settlement and integration of young internal migrants in Malawi. By employing probit models on a unique dataset collected from 1500 urban migrant youths aged between 15 to 35. The results re
Publikováno v:
Migration and Development. 11:655-673
The study examines the impact of skill acquisition on choice of destination and occupation for migrant youth in Malawi. This study uses primary data collected under the Youth, Employment and Migrat...
Autor:
Patricia E. Stevens, Winford H. Masanjala, Loren W. Galvao, Lance S. Weinhardt, Cecily Bryant, Thokozani Ng’ombe
Publikováno v:
AIDS and Behavior. 13:470-473
Researchers increasingly argue that poverty and gender inequality exacerbate the spread of HIV/AIDS and that economic empowerment can therefore assist in the prevention and mitigation of the disease, particularly for women. This paper critically eval
Publikováno v:
Journal of Applied Econometrics. 23:671-682
This paper takes a fresh look at Africa's growth experience by using the Bayesian model averaging (BMA) methodology. BMA enables us to consider a large number of potential explanatory variables and sort out which of these variable can effectively exp
Autor:
Winford H. Masanjala
Publikováno v:
Social Science & Medicine. 64:1032-1041
This paper reviews the nexus between poverty and HIV/AIDS in Africa using a sustainable livelihood framework. Much of the literature on HIV and AIDS has generated an almost universal consensus that the AIDS epidemic is having an immense impact on the
Autor:
Winford H. Masanjala
Publikováno v:
Agricultural Economics. 35:231-240
This article uses the case of burley tobacco liberalization in Malawi to investigate the efficacy of cash crop liberalization as an instrument for poverty alleviation in sub-Saharan Africa. The principal justification for cash crop liberalization is
Autor:
Saleem M. Khan, Winford H. Masanjala
Publikováno v:
Journal of Asian Economics. 16:761-766
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Journal of Applied Econometrics. 19:171-201
This paper examines whether nonlinearities in the aggregate production function can explain parameter heterogeneity in the Solow growth regressions. Nonlinearities in the production technology are introduced by replacing the commonly used Cobb–Doug
Autor:
Winford H. Masanjala
Publikováno v:
Canadian Journal of Development Studies/Revue canadienne d'études du développement. 23:87-103
Although success stories of microcredit schemes from Asia have generated a lot of enthusiasm among development practitioners about the prospects of rural poverty alleviation, informed opinion is still sharply divided on the efficacy of this instrumen
Autor:
Winford H. Masanjala, Alice F. Yan, Lance S. Weinhardt, Lucy Mkandawire-Valhmu, Jennifer Kibicho, Katarina M. Grande, Loren W. Galvao, Patricia E. Stevens, Lindsay Emer, Thokozani Ng’ombe Mwenyekonde, Emmanuel M. Ngui, Susan Cotts Watkins
Publikováno v:
SpringerPlus
Background Poverty and lack of a predictable, stable source of food are two fundamental determinants of ill health, including HIV/AIDS. Conversely, episodes of poor health and death from HIV can disrupt the ability to maintain economic stability in a