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Reforms, remoteness and risk in Africa: Understanding inequality and poverty during the 1990s

Christiaensen, Luc; Demery, Lionel; Paternostro, Stefano - 2003

This study traces the interactions between economic growth, income inequality and consumption poverty in a sample of African countries during the 1990s. It draws on the much-improved household data sets now available in the region. It finds that experiences have varied: some countries have seen...

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EU-African economic relations : continuing dominance, traded for aid?

Kohnert, Dirk - 2008

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EU-African economic relations : continuing dominance, traded for aid?

Kohnert, Dirk - 2008

fördern die Entwicklung und die Verhandlungsmacht der Staaten des subsaharischen Afrika gegenüber der EU. Aber gerade die …. Abgesehen von den Folgen des (Neo-)Kolonialismus, und trotz der unbestrittenen Demokratisierungsdefizite vieler afrikanischer … des subsaharischen Afrika bei. Angesichts der anhaltenden politischen und wirtschaftlichen Dominanz der EU und der …

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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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Can intra-regional trade act as a global shock absorber in Africa?

Brixiova, Zuzana; Meng, Qingwei; Ncube, Mthuli - 2015

The global financial crisis and the subsequent uneven recovery have underscored the need for Africa's resilience to output and other shocks originated in the rest of the world. A comparison of two regional economic communities - the East African Community (EAC) and the Southern Africa Customs...

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African agency and EU- African Economic Partnership Agreements

Kohnert, Dirk - 2014

This article provides a review of literature on African Agency and the drivers of change within EU–African trade politics in negotiations on Economic Partnership Agreements between the European Union and African governments.

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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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Can intra-regional trade act as a global shock absorber in Africa?

Ncube, Mthuli; Brixiova, Zuzana; Meng, Qingwei - 2014

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Growth and institutions in African development

Fosu, Augustin Kwasi - 2015

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