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Africa's overall knowledge index fell between 2000 and 2009. South Korea's economic miracle is largely due to a … knowledge economies. Using updated data (1996-2010), this paper presents fresh South Korean lessons to Africa by assessing the … syndromes and compelling catch-up strategies are discussed. Issues standing on the way to KE in Africa are dissected with great …
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homogenous panels based on regions (Sub-Saharan and North Africa), income-levels (low, middle, lower-middle and upper …
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The paper complements the scarce literature on knowledge economy (KE) in Africa by comparing KE dynamics within Africa …
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Africa is facing stiff challenges in the timing of monetary convergence, the imperative of central bankers to apply common …
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policy convergence within the proposed WAM and EAM zones. The introduction of common currencies in West and East Africa is …
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empirical evidence is premised on 11 homogenous panels based on regions (sub-Saharan and North Africa), income-levels (Low …-Saharan Africa reveals conditional convergence in relation to per capita number of listed companies. The speed of convergence for the …
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Africa), income-levels (low, middle, lower-middle and upper-middle), legal-origins (English common-law and French civil …
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the year 2009, Seychelles is overwhelmingly dominant in ICT. (iii) South Africa also indomitably leads in terms of …
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This study examines whether knowledge causes economic growth in Africa's two leading economies: Nigeria and South … Africa. Using the Vector Autoregressive and Vector Error Correction approach, the findings show cointegration among the … variables. The speed of convergence of the variables to their long-term mean values is relatively higher for South Africa than …
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This paper seeks to gain insights into whether developing countries benefit more from the backwardness advantage for economic growth in the Information Age. The paper examines this concern through three complementary approaches. First, it derives theoretical grounds from the existing economic...
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