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Growth, colonization, and institutional development : in and out of Africa

Bertocchi, Graziella - 2011

This essay investigates the determinants of the growth performance of Africa. I start by illustrating a broader research agenda which accounts not only for basic economic and demographic factors, but also for the role of history and institutional development. After reporting results from...

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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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Growth, Colonization, and Institutional Development : In and Out of Africa

Bertocchi, Graziella - 2011

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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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Growth, history, or institutions? What explains state fragility in sub-Saharan Africa

Bertocchi, Graziella; Guerzoni, Andrea - 2010

We explore the determinants of state fragility in sub-Saharan Africa. Controlling for a wide range of economic, demographic, geographic and istitutional regressors, we find that institutions, and in particular the civil liberties index and the number of revolutions, are the main determinants of...

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Growth, history, or institutions? : what explains state fragility in sub-Saharan Africa

Bertocchi, Graziella; Guerzoni, Andrea - 2010

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Growth, History, or Institutions? What Explains State Fragility in Sub-Saharan Africa

Bertocchi, Graziella - 2010

We explore the determinants of state fragility in sub-Saharan Africa. Controlling for a wide range of economic, demographic, geographic and institutional regressors, we find that institutions, and in particular the civil liberties index and the number of revolutions, are the main determinants of...

Persistent link: https://www.econbiz.de/10013146481

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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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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