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The white man's burden : on the effect of African resistance to European domination

Kodila-Tedika, Oasis; Asongu, Simplice A.; Cinyabuguma, … - 2016

Are there contemporary development effects of African resistance to European domination? This question is the primary issue addressed by this inquiry. We establish that African resistance has had adverse effects on post-colonial African development and discuss possible channels of such...

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BTI - Togo Country Report: Political and Socio-Economic Development (2019-2021)

Kohnert, Dirk - In: BTI 2021 - Togo Country Report, forthcoming. 2021

services. The outbreak of the Corona epidemic in Togo in April and the subsequent economic recession may have contributed to …, democracy remains far from complete. However, the international community, notably Togo’s African peers, the AU and ECOWAS …, followed a ‘laissez-faire’ approach in the interests of regional stability and their national interests in dealing with Togo …

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Hunting for leopards: Long-run country income dynamics in Africa

Arbache, Jorge Saba; Page, John - 2008

This paper examines the country-level dynamics of long-run growth in Africa between 1975 and 2005. We are primarily interested in examining how growth has affected mobility and the distribution of income among countries. We analyse changes in the cross-country income structure and convergence....

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Hunting for leopards : long run country income dynamics in Africa

Arbache, Jorge Saba (contributor); Page, John M. (contributor) - 2008

"This paper examines the country-level dynamics of long-run growth in Africa between 1975 and 2005. The authors examine how growth has affected mobility and the distribution of income among countries. They analyze changes in cross-country income structure and convergence, and look for evidence...

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Hunting for leopards : long-run country income dynamics in Africa

Arbache, Jorge Saba (contributor); Page, John (contributor) - 2008

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Is Africa's economy at a turning point?

Arbache, Jorge Saba (contributor); Go, Delfin S. (contributor) - 2008

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Inequality, finance and pro-poor investment in Africa

Asongu, Simplice A.; Tchamyou, Vanessa S. - 2015

This study complements existing literature by investigating how investment-driven finance affects inequality in Africa. The empirical evidence is based on restricted and unrestricted Two-Stage Least Squares and a pre-crisis periodicity (1980-2002). Inequality is measured with estimated household...

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New nationalism and development in Africa : review article

Kohnert, Dirk - 2009

About fifty years after the independence of most former colonies on the African continent, books on African nationalism again rank high on the agenda of the international academic discussion. A selection of three recent publications demonstrates the advances made in scholarly analysis in the...

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Can dreams come true? : eliminating extreme poverty In Africa by 2030

Ncube, Mthuli; Brixiova, Zuzana; Bicaba, Zorobabel - 2014

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Can dreams come true? : eliminating extreme poverty in Africa by 2030

Ncube, Mthuli; Brixiova, Zuzana; Bicaba, Zorobabel - 2014

With the year 2015 - the MDG finishing line - approaching, post-2015 goals as they impact Africa need to be firmed. The goal of ending extreme poverty remains paramount. Globally, the World Bank set goals to end extreme poverty by 2030 and to promote shared prosperity in every society. We...

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