Climate change and variability constitutes a serious global environmental issue (Hare et al., 2011; Vincent and Cull, 2014). Thus, the occurrence of climate shocks and extreme climatic events such as floods, droughts, strong winds, heat waves, earthquakes, hurricanes is widespread.2 The Fifth...

Examining the relationship between inflation and economic growth has been the subject of considerable theoretical and empirical research since understanding the inflation-growth nexus is very important for monetary policy (Seleteng et al., 2013). Traditionally, the relationship between inflation...

1. The impact of private and public investments on economic growth in Uganda: A multiplier model analysis Thomas Bwire, Wilson Asiimwe, Grace A. Tinyinondi, Priscilla Kisakye, and Denise M. Ayume 2. Economic returns and comparative costs of farming tobacco, maize, and groundnuts: The case of the...

Available evidence suggests that Africa is the second most unequal continent in the world next to Latin America (e.g. Ravallion and Chen, 2012). High inequality also seems to have persisted overtime with no visible sign of declining (Bigsten, 2014; Milanovic, 2003). Paucity of data at the household...

Access to credit and other financial services by small-scale farmers has been considered as one promising way to reducing poverty, improving farm productivity, and easing a smooth transition from subsistence farming to large scale and agribusiness farming (Feder, Lau, Lin, & Luo, 1990; Sial...

LTR in Africa – specifically in sub-Saharan Africa (SSA) – has received much attention in recent years because of its presumed role in boosting the agricultural sector and reducing poverty. The shift from communal to individualized, privatized or market-led land tenure systems is an increasingly...

One of the hallmarks of Zambia's economic policies initiated in the early 1990s was the removal of administrative controls on credit allocation and in setting of interest and exchange rates. The reforms also entailed improvement of supervisory and regulatory framework governing the financial sector...

Warm greetings from Abidjan, host city of the 7th edition of the Rural Water Supply Network (RWSN) Forum. RWSSI is proud to be associated with the preparation and organization of this global event. Details of RWSSI activities at the RWSN Forum are contained in our newsletter below. As you may...