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Foreign direct investment in Africa : policies also matter
Morisset, Jacques - 2000
A few Sub-Saharan countries, by improving their business environment, have begun to attract more substantial foreign direct investment than other African countries with bigger domestic markets and greater natural resources. Like Ireland and Singapore, perhaps they can become competitive...
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The Cost of Doing Business in Africa : Evidence from the World Bank???s Investment Climate Data
World Bank - 2012
This paper looks at firm-level evidence on the African business environment from surveys undertaken for Investment Climate Assessments by the World Bank in 2000-2004. These surveys confirm a pattern of generally low "factory-floor" productivity, and show that this is partly due to business...
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Enticing Investors : To Make a Serious Dent in Poverty, Africa Must Attract More Foreign Capital
World Bank - 2012
The nearly 750 million people who live in sub-Saharan Africa (SSA) are among the world's poorest. To foster the …
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Attracting investors to African public-private partnerships : a project preparation guide
2009
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Resilience of an African giant : boosting growth and development in the Democratic Republic of Congo
Herderschee, Han - 2011
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Infrastructure and growth in Africa
Calderón, César - 2009
development of the African leader (Mauritius) is 1.1 percent of GDP per year in North Africa and 2.3 percent in Sub-Saharan Africa …, with most of the contribution coming from more, rather than better, infrastructure. Across Africa, infrastructure …
Persistent link: https://www.econbiz.de/10011394208
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Hunting for leopards : long run country income dynamics in Africa
Arbache, Jorge Saba - 2008
"This paper examines the country-level dynamics of long-run growth in Africa between 1975 and 2005. The authors examine …
Persistent link: https://www.econbiz.de/10010521044
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Africa Development Indicators 2007 : Spreading and Sustaining Growth in Africa
2007
Africa Development Indicators 2007/8 (ADI) is the latest annual report from the World Bank on social and economic … occurring in Africa. ADI contains statistical indicators of over 1,200 indicators and time series from 1965 for 53 countries … indicators. It also brings an essay on a key topic for Africa, and this years' theme is the long term growth challenges of the …
Persistent link: https://www.econbiz.de/10010521818
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Poverty traps, aid, and growth
Kraay, Aart - 2005
"The authors examine the empirical evidence in support of the poverty trap view of underdevelopment. They calibrate simple aggregate growth models in which poverty traps can arise due to either low saving or low technology at low levels of development. They then use these models to assess the...
Persistent link: https://www.econbiz.de/10010522569
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Resilience of an African giant : boosting growth and development in the Democratic Republic of Congo
Herderschee, Han - 2011
The size, resources, and location of the Democratic Republic of Congo have an impact on all of Central Africa. The …. The second largest country in Sub-Saharan Africa, the Democratic Republic of Congo borders nine countries and has complex …
Persistent link: https://www.econbiz.de/10012550453