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The goal is to try to give inputs on a global problem: eradicating poverty on a global scale. That is, to find evidence … and discuss complex problems regarding cronic poverty, a major source of instability in our world today, and to put …-Saharan) Africa and its (past and present) problems. Sub-Saharan Africa is the region which has the greatest percentage of its …
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Can Africa's current state of under-development be partially attributed to the large trade in slaves that occurred … Africa between 1400 and 1913. I find the number of slaves exported from a country to be an important determinant of economic …
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the WTO for Africa using a framework that explicitly incorporates issues of concern to the region, such as preference … on economic welfare and specialisation in Africa. In the static version of the GTAP model, the study finds that full … African region. Sub-Saharan Africa and, to a lesser extent, Southern Africa, are vulnerable to partial trade reforms as they …
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The paper provides empirical estimates for import and revenue implications that would follow implementation of the planned customs union between the East African Community member states Kenya, Tanzania, and Uganda. We use 2002 trade and trade policy data for the three countries to simulate the...
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The author argues that the doctrine of state supremacy in Africa suffered a crushing defeat at the hands of the …
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DEVELOPMENT IS THE MOST IMPORTANT CHALLENGE FACING THE HUMAN RACE BUT THE PROCESSES DRIVING ECONOMIC DEVELOPMENT ARE BY NO MEANS FULLY UNDERSTOOD. HOWEVER, THE CORE CHALLENGE FOR DEVELOPMENT IS TO ENSURE PRODUCTIVE WORK AND A BETTER QUALITY OF LIFE FOR ALL THE PEOPLE OF THE WORLD. THIS CHALLENGE...
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Review of 'The End of Poverty' by Jeffrey Sachs …
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Raising school enrollment, like economic development in general, takes a long time. This is partly because, as a mountain of empirical evidence now shows, economic conditions and slowly-changing parental education levels determine children's school enrollment to a greater degree than education...
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This paper demonstrates that the delivery of hardware inputs to Ghana’s basic education system – building classrooms and supplying textbooks – has had a substantial impact on higher enrollments and better learning outcomes. The Bank’s support for school building has been a major factor...
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This paper attempts to shed light on the efficiency/effectiveness issues of informal financial markets and the pattern of portfolio allocation shift in response to change in interest rate, in the process of financial liberalization. The two issues have been both controversial and hotly debated...
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