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indicators could support both endogenous and neoclassical growth theories in the convergence debate. This paper investigates … convergence in real per capita GDP and inequality adjusted human development in African countries, disaggregated into 11 … the contrary. As a policy implication, looking beyond income convergence can provide a concrete agenda for development …
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Despite the immense progress that has been made throughout the world in improving the quality of life through applications of technology, large proportions of the peoples of Africa still leave on less than $1.00 per day income. The seven most industrialised democracies of the world, without...
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Has macroeconomic management succeeded in making privatization promote growth in Africa? What are the probable strategies that should accompany the privatization reform process to promote growth in Africa? To what extent has the privatization process succeeded in attracting foreign direct...
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This short dissemination note provides a synthesis of key results from a recent study on access to infrastructure services in Africa. Using Demographic and Health Surveys from 22 countries that have conducted at least two such surveys between 1990 and 2005, we provide comparable estimates over...
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This paper deals with the effects of telecommunications on the economic growth in African countries. The telecommunications sector became a vital sector during the era of the economic reform that has been characterising the continent. We investigate empirically the role of telecommunication...
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fiscal policy convergence within the proposed WAM and EAM zones. The introduction of common currencies in West and East … Africa is facing stiff challenges in the timing of monetary convergence, the imperative of central bankers to apply common … panel GMM estimation with data from different non-overlapping intervals is employed. The implied rate of convergence and the …
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The aim of this study is an empirical evaluation and comparison of Poland’s economic transformation in 1989-2008 against the background of the results achieved in the same period by Hungary, the Czech Republic, the Slovak Republic, Lithuania, and the Ukraine. I have focused on the most...
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The paper deals with changes in the competitiveness of 12 countries forming the euro area in 1999-2000. These changes are analyzed using various macroeconomic indicators (real exchange rate, trade ratios, labor market and economic output performance). Due to the different levels of development...
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and East Africa is facing stiff challenges in the timing of monetary convergence, the imperative of bankers to apply … monetary policy convergence within the proposed WAM and EAM zones. In the analysis, monetary policy targets inflation and … growth at macro and micro levels. Findings suggest overwhelming lack of convergence; an indication that candidate countries …
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This paper dissects with great acuteness, the issues of convergence in financial performance dynamics in the African …(Christianity and Islam). Findings provide partial support for the existence of absolute convergence in some dynamics. Only SSA reveals … conditional convergence in relation to per capita number of listed companies. The speed of convergence for the most part is …
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