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Purpose: The purpose of this paper is to review the reserves and production of natural gas in Africa and evaluate how … in Africa, it has had minimal impact on power production. Limitations: This study provides a descriptive overview and is … limited to only natural gas. It does not consider how other energy sources can contribute to solving Africa's power challenges …
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The study investigates the role of governance (i.e., 'voice & accountability', political stability/no violence, regulatory quality, government effectiveness, corruption-control and the rule of law) in the incidence of short-term debt services on infrastructure development in the perspective of...
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This study investigates the stability of money in the proposed East African Monetary Union (EAMU). The study uses annual data for the period 1981 to 2015 from five countries making up the East African Community (EAC). A standard money demand function is designed and estimated using a bounds...
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qualities. In doing so, we do not simply assess whether, how and to what extent qualities of democracy in East Africa are …
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Africa is currently experiencing both financial and human development challenges. While several continents have … ensures long-term sustainability, Africa is still lagging behind the rest of the world. Similarly, Africa's human development … between financial development, human capital development and climate change in East and Southern Africa. Second, six advanced …
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and communication technology (ICT) matter to promote environmental sustainability in the Eastern and Southern Africa. The …
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) emissions) in Sub-Saharan Africa (SSA), largely overlooked in the literature. In addition to pre-estimation, diagnostic and …
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, extreme poverty has been decreasing in all regions of the world with the exception of Africa where about 50 percent of … countries in Sub-Saharan Africa did not achieve the MDG extreme poverty target despite the sub-region enjoying more than two …
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This study investigates the role of information sharing offices (public credit registries and private credit bureaus) in reducing market power for financial access in the African banking industry. The empirical evidence is based on a panel of 162 banks from 42 countries for the period 2001-2011....
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The paper assesses how remittances directly and indirectly affect industrialisation in a panel of 49 African countries for the period 1980-2014. The indirect impact is assessed through financial development channels. The empirical evidence is based on three interactive and non-interactive...
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