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The Impact of the Slave Trade on Literacy in Africa: Evidence from the Colonial Era
Obikili, Nonso - Economic Research Southern Africa (ERSA) - 2013
development. In this paper I show that differences in investment in education may be one of the channels through which that … history has affected current development. I combine data on literacy rates of administrative districts from the colonial … still present and significant. Thus, I show that the slave trades affected development through channels other than inter …
Persistent link: https://www.econbiz.de/10010698907
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Debt Relief under the HIPC Initiative: Why Some Countries Complete the Programme Faster Than Others
Akoto, William - Economic Research Southern Africa (ERSA) - 2013
The Highly Indebted Poor Countries (HIPC) initiative has been one of the primary avenues for delivering debt relief to developing countries in the past decade. However, the performance of countries in the HIPC programme has been vastly heterogeneous with some countries reaching completion point...
Persistent link: https://www.econbiz.de/10010640956
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Yet Another Look at the Modernisation Hypothesis: Evidence from South America
Bittencourt, Manoel - Economic Research Southern Africa (ERSA) - 2013
whether democracy needs development for its own consolidation. We use a sample of all nine countries that re-democratised in … that income, or development in general, plays a positive role in "sustaining" democracy. Moreover, the exogenous version of … are not able to provide any concrete evidence in favour of it. Essentially, we suggest that a certain level of development …
Persistent link: https://www.econbiz.de/10010640958
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Institutional Quality and Debt Relief: A Political Economy Approach
Akoto, William - Economic Research Southern Africa (ERSA) - 2013
Recent shifts in the global debt relief architecture has meant that countries with superior institutions are often rewarded with increasinf aid and debt relied, an incentive for debtor countries to strategically improve their institutions prior to seeking debt relief. This paper contributes to...
Persistent link: https://www.econbiz.de/10010640960
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The impact of mega-events on tourist arrivals
Fourie, Johan; Santana-Gallego, Maria - Economic Research Southern Africa (ERSA) - 2010
countries, the host country’s level of development, and whether the event is held during the peak- or off-season. …
Persistent link: https://www.econbiz.de/10008516085
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Does Famine Matter For Aggregate Adolescent Human Capital Acquisition In Sub-Saharan Africa?
Agbor, Julius A.; Price, Gregory N. - Economic Research Southern Africa (ERSA) - 2012
To the extent that in utero and childhood malnutrition negatively affects later stage mental and physical health, it can possibly constrain later stage human capital acquisition, which is an important driver of economic growth. This paper considers the impact of famine on aggregate adolescent...
Persistent link: https://www.econbiz.de/10010598098
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Remittances and the Dutch disease in Sub-Saharan Africa. A Dynamic Panel Approach
Kemegue, Francis M.; Eyden, Reneé van; Owusu-Sekyere, … - Economic Research Southern Africa (ERSA) - 2011
This paper investigates the effect of remittance inflows on the real exchange rate in Sub-Saharan Africa (SSA) using annual data from 1980 to 2008 for 34 SSA countries, generalised method of moments by Arellano and Bover (1995) andfeasible generalised least squares by Parks (1967) and Kmenta...
Persistent link: https://www.econbiz.de/10009371419
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Do rent-seeking and interregional transfers contribute to urban primacy in sub-Saharan Africa?
Behrens, Kristian; Bala, Alain Pholo - Economic Research Southern Africa (ERSA) - 2011
broadly in line with observed patterns of urban primacy and economic development in sub-Saharan African countries. …
Persistent link: https://www.econbiz.de/10009294747
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Climate change and economic growth in sub-Sahara Africa: A nonparametric evidence
Alagidede, Paul; Adu, George - Economic Research Southern Africa (ERSA) - 2014
Climate change has been classed as the greatest and urgent global issue facing humanity today, yet the empirics of the debate remain largely muted, more so with reference to sub-Saharan Africa (SSA), where the impact of warming global temperatures are forecasted to have the worst impact. This...
Persistent link: https://www.econbiz.de/10010929134
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Is Democracy Eluding Sub-Saharan Africa?
Chisadza, Carolyn; Bittencourt, Manoel - Economic Research Southern Africa (ERSA) - 2014
This paper analyses the modernisation hypothesis in the sub-Saharan African region. Using a sample of 48 countries from 1960 to 2010 and dynamic panel data analysis, we find a significant and negative relationship between income and democracy, an indication that the hypothesis may not hold in...
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