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Vertical and horizontal decentralization and ethnic diversity in sub-Saharan Africa
Ranis, Gustav - 2012
Vertical decentralization, either at the deconcentration, delegation or, more rarely, the devolution level, has been … decentralization, shifting the decision-making power from the central ministry of finance to the ministries of education and health, as … decentralization with its important ethnic dimension and vertical decentralization. Local governments are accountable to the center …
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Vertical and Horizontal Decentralization and Ethnic Diversity in Sub-Saharan Africa
Ranis, Gustav - 2012
Vertical decentralization, either at the deconcentration, delegation or, more rarely, the devolution level, has been … decentralization, shifting the decision-making power from the central ministry of finance to the ministries of education and health, as … decentralization with its important ethnic dimension and vertical decentralization. Local governments are accountable to the center …
Persistent link: https://www.econbiz.de/10013100873
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Building Capacity for Decentralization and Local Governance in Sub-Saharan Africa : The Municipal Development Program
Sevilla, M. - 2012
The Municipal Development Program (MDP) ws launched in 1991 with the World Bank as the executing agency and with the support of several donors to assist the governments in building local government capacity. The Program reflects the belief that since locally-elected officials are usually more in...
Persistent link: https://www.econbiz.de/10012555117
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A critical review of the Follow-the-Innovation approach : stakeholder collaboration and agricultural innovation development
Amankwah, Kwadwo; Shtaltovna, Anastasiya; Girma Kelboro; … - 2015
Technological innovations have driven economic development and improvement in living conditions throughout history. However, the majority of smallholder farmers in sub-Saharan Africa have seldom adopted or used science-based technological innovations. Consequently, several scholars have been...
Persistent link: https://www.econbiz.de/10011305658
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Does HIV/AIDS matter for economic growth in sub-Saharan Africa?
Mveyange, Anthony; Skovsgaard, Christian; Lesner, Tine - 2015
Estimating the impact of HIV/AIDS epidemic on economic growth is challenging because of endogeneity concerns. In this paper, we use novel data on male circumcision and distance from the first HIV outbreak as instrumental variables for the HIV/AIDS epidemic in 241 regions across 25 countries in...
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Development as diffusion : manufacturing productivity and sub-Saharan Africa's missing middle
Gelb, Alan; Meyer, Christian J.; Ramachandran, Vijaya - 2014
We consider economic development of sub-Saharan Africa from the perspective of slow convergence of productivity, both across sectors and firms within sectors. Why have 'productivity enclaves', islands of high productivity in a sea of smaller low-productivity firms, not diffused more rapidly? We...
Persistent link: https://www.econbiz.de/10010242043
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The structural anatomy and institutional architecture of inclusive growth in sub-Saharan Africa
Thorbecke, Erik - 2014
The distinct features of inclusive growth within the context of sub-Saharan Africa are identified. The anatomy of growth is analysed by exploring the interrelationship among growth, inequality, and poverty. The present growth spell appears to have been relatively inclusive. The recent structural...
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Indigenous origins of institutions in sub-Saharan Africa
Torrance, Samantha - 2013
By analysing the institutional structures of indigenous sub-Saharan African groups, this paper aims to highlight the effect that these institutions may have had, and continue to have, on contemporary institutional performance. Using ethnographic and anthropological data sources a set of...
Persistent link: https://www.econbiz.de/10010200352
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The care connection : the World Bank and women's unpaid care work in select sub- Saharan African countries
Bibler, Sarah; Zuckerman, Elaine - 2013
With the aim of reducing women's greater unpaid care work than men&'s and increasing women's paid employment, this paper examines the extent to which World Bank investments address unpaid care work. The paper conducts an in-depth gender analysis of 36 World Bank employment-related projects in...
Persistent link: https://www.econbiz.de/10010204209
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Gendered perspectives on economic growth and development in sub-Saharan Africa
Seguino, Stephanie; Were, Maureen - 2014
Researchers have linked sub-Saharan Africa's (SSA) poor growth performance in recent decades to several factors, including geography, institutions, and low returns to investment. This literature has not yet integrated the research that identifies linkages between gender, economic development,...
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