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Fiscal Adjustment and Growth in Sub-Saharan Africa : Overview and Lessons from the Current Downturn

Fofack, Hippolyte - 2017

In light of the proliferation of exceptionally large fiscal stimuli to ward off the recession triggered by the 2008 global economic and financial crisis in most advanced economies, this paper revisits the fiscal adjustment and growth nexus in Sub-Saharan Africa. Using transfer functions, it...

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The Contribution of African Women to Economic Growth and Development in Post-Colonial Africa : Historical Perspectives and Policy Implications

Akyeampong, Emmanuel - 2017

importance of the informal economy in female economic activity. The first axis the paper studies is whether reducing educational …. Women's economic activities in the informal economy largely represent the commercialization of domestic skills and … dependence on social networks. The shunting of female production to the informal sector in the male-dominated colonial economy is …

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Accounting for Gender Production from a Growth Accounting Framework in Sub-Saharan Africa

Fofack, Hippolyte - 2017

This paper draws on an expanded growth accounting framework to estimate the relative contribution of women to growth in Sub-Saharan Africa. Empirical results show a consistently positive contribution of women to growth in gross domestic product in the region, both during economic downturns and...

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The Contribution of African Women to Economic Growth and Development : Historical Perspectives and Policy Implications -- Part I: The Pre-Colonial and Colonial Periods

Akyeampong, Emmanuel - 2017

nature and operation of the colonial economy and the instrumentality of customary law. The sequel to this paper focuses on …

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Post-Hipc Growth Dynamics in Sub-Saharan Africa

Bayraktar, Nihal - 2017

Access to debt relief under the Highly Indebted Poor Country Initiative enhanced the growth performance across Sub-Saharan Africa, especially in the subset of debt-ridden low-income countries. Over the past few years, these Completion Point countries have enjoyed significantly higher investments...

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