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The Price of Empowerment: Experimental Evidence on Land Titling in Tanzania - Working Paper 369
Daniel Ayalew Ali et al.
May 22, 2014
We report on a randomized field experiment using price incentives to address both economic and gender inequality in land tenure formalization.
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Chairman Menendez, the Electrify Africa Ball Is Now in Your Court
Todd Moss
May 19, 2014
The White House and the House of Representatives have weighed in on how the United States can help bring electricity to millions of Africans and also reposition US engagement with the continent. Supportive legislation is now up to the Senate, and specifically the Chairman of the Senate Foreign Relat...
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Dueling Africa Policies: Comparing Chinese and American Rhetoric with Africans’ Priorities

Ben Leo
May 16, 2014
Within the last two weeks, top American and Chinese officials completed major trips to Sub-Saharan Africa. In classic Chinese style, Premier Li signed a laundry list of commercial deals and bilateral agreements across four countries.
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Why OPIC’s Opponents Are Missing the Big Picture
Ben Leo
May 07, 2014
The House of Representatives is scheduled to vote on the Electrify Africa Act later tonight. This legislation would increase the US government’s efforts to promote reliable and affordable electricity for the roughly 600 million Africans that currently live without it. It aims to mobilize all U...