The National policy on public-private partnerships (PPP) recently approved by the Government of Ghana (GoG) sets out the government's intention to use PPPs to improve the quality, cost-effectiveness, and timely provision of public infrastructure in Ghana. The PPP policy highlights the role of...

The empirical trade literature examining the effect of tariff reductions on productivity commonly proxies the former with Nominal Tariff Rates (NTR) and estimates the latter as the production function residual. In the context of the South African trade reform experience, we examine the different...

Examining innovative ways to address Africa's infrastructure deficit is at the heart of this analysis. Africa's infrastructure stock and quality is among the least developed in the world, a challenge that significantly hinders economic development. The study is structured around the most...

The effect of nominal tariff cuts on industry wage differentials has been the subject of a number of recent empirical studies. In this paper, we investigate the latter relationship with respect to the South African trade reform experience using micro-level labour data for the period from 1995 to...

This paper tests the association between the Gulf Cooperation Council (GCC) countries' financial and remittance outflows and regional growth in the Middle East. The findings, based on 35-year panel data, indicate that growth rates of real GDP, private consumption and private investment in...

This dissertation examines the trade reform experience in South Africa's (SA) manufacturing sector during the first post apartheid decade, from 1994 until 2004. During this period SA implemented an intensive trade reform policy particularly in the manufacturing sector. Average Nominal Tariff...

This paper tests the association between the Gulf Cooperation Council (GCC) countries' financial and remittance outflows and regional growth in the Middle East. The findings, based on 35-year panel data, indicate that growth rates of real GDP, private consumption and private investment in...

This paper tests the association between the Gulf Cooperation Council (GCC) countries'' financial and remittance outflows and regional growth in the Middle East. The findings, based on 35-year panel data, indicate that growth rates of real GDP, private consumption and private investment in...