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This paper analyzes the links between financial and trade openness and financial development in Sub-Saharan African … a general direct robust link between trade and capital account openness and financial development in SSA, once we … important for financial development in countries with better institutional quality. The findings might be due to a number of …
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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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This research assesses the relevance of information and communication technology (ICT) in primary education quality in a panel of 49 Sub-Saharan African countries for the period 2000-2012. The empirical evidence is based on Two Stage Least Squares (2SLS) and Instrumental Quantile regressions...
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institutions does not hold. SSA countries appear to face very specific development problems. Given their geographic and economic …
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This paper examines the question of whether inflation targeting monetary policy is an appropriate framework for sub-Saharan African countries. The paper presents an overview of inflation targeting, reviews the justification for the regime, and summarizes some major critiques. Monetary policy...
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Vertical decentralization, either at the deconcentration, delegation or, more rarely, the devolution level, has been instituted in most countries of Sub-Saharan Africa. It usually has the effect of increasing the quantity as well as the quality, in terms of health and education, of public goods....
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Botswana, Ghana, Mauritius and South Africa are sub-Saharan African countries that stand out for their development …
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paper relates education measures to economic development. The following three papers contribute to the understanding of … human capital for regional development in Sub-Saharan Africa. The findings suggest a stronger correlation of development …
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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...
Persistent link: https://www.econbiz.de/10011334818
, business/bank, market-related, knowledge economy, external flows and human development. The empirical evidence is based on … development, especially in the contemporary specifications. Fourth, mobile banking is positively linked with: (i) trade in …) internet penetration and human development, with contemporary threshold evidence. The policy implications are articulated with …
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