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Tanzania which is measured on the basis of whether and how often respondents go, in the course of one year, without food, water …, medical care, cooking fuel and cash income. By using the data collected by Afrobarometer in Tanzania, we are able to create …
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The objective of this research is to assess the extent to which export processing zones in Botswana, Kenya, Tanzania … programmes. We found that firms in Kenya and Zimbabwe have a higher number of male than female employees, while zones in Tanzania …
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Examining the value-added link between infrastructure and industrialization is fundamental to achieving Sustainable … industrialization and fostering innovation. The objectives of this paper are to analyse the effect of infrastructures on … industrialisation in Africa. When the indirect effect regressions through the modulating effects of financial development and human …
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The paper verifies the Azzimonti et al. (2014) conclusions on a sample of 53 African countries for the period 1996-2008. Authors of the underlying study have established theoretical underpinnings for a negative nexus between rising public debt and inequality in OECD nations. We assess the...
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This paper integrates a previously missing wealth-effect component in the openness-finance debate. From a panel of 29 low and middle income African countries with data spanning from 1987 to 2008, we provide evidence that openness (trade and financial) triggers less bank efficiency in low income...
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Purpose - Our generation is witnessing the greatest demographic transition and Africa is at the heart of it. There is …
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Our generation is experiencing the greatest demographic transition and Africa is at the center of it. There is mounting …
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of banking system efficiency in Africa. Results which are robust to financial system efficiency and growth …
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This paper assesses how legal origin influences financial development through regulation quality and the rule of law. It employs all the dimensions identified by the Financial Development and Structure Database of the World Bank. The law channels are instrumented with legal origins to account...
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-Saharan Africa is slightly below the average of Francophone Africa. As a policy implication, results support the benefits of the rule …
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