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This paper uses a production function to examine the channels through which remittances affect output per worker in 31 Sub-Saharan Africa (SSA) countries from 1980-2010. We find that remittances directly increase output per worker if complemented with education. The indirect effects vary with...
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and predicting inclusive growth. To address this, I train the machine learning algorithms for the Standard lasso, the … comprising 97 covariates of inclusive growth for 43 SSA countries. First, the regularization results show that only 13 variables … are key for driving inclusive growth in SSA. Further, the results show that out of the 13, the poverty headcount (US$1 …
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Are there contemporary development effects of African resistance to European domination? This question is the primary issue addressed by this inquiry. We establish that African resistance has had adverse effects on post-colonial African development and discuss possible channels of such...
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This paper assesses the determinants of state fragility in sub-Saharan Africa using hitherto unexplored variables in the literature. The previously missing dimension of nation building is integrated and the hypothesis of state fragility being a function of rent seeking and/or lobbying by de...
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contributes to inclusive growth in the region. The study further investigates whether SSA's institutional fabric modulates the … effect of FDI on inclusive growth in SSA. To this end, we draw data on 42 SSA countries for the period 1990 - 2020 for the … analysis. The evidence, which are based on the GMM estimator shows that: (1) though FDI fosters inclusive growth in SSA, the …
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In line with the SDG 10 and Aspiration 1 of Africa's Agenda 2063, this study examines whether: (i) the remarkable inflow of Chinese FDI to Africa matters for bridging the continent's marked income inequality gap, (ii) Africa's institutional fabric is effective in propelling Chinese FDI towards...
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various governance dynamics on inclusive growth in SSA. We do this by testing two hypotheses first, whether unconditionally …, political stability, and voice and accountability) foster inclusive growth in SSA; and second, whether these governance dynamics … engender positive synergy with FDI on inclusive growth in SSA. Using data from the World Bank's World Governance Indicators and …
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green growth (IGG) in Africa. Our contribution is novel from both the conceptual and empirical perspectives. With regard to …
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The purpose of the paper is to show that the nature of the relationship between governance and democracy varies depending on how the two terms (of a political discourse) are defined, that when the definition of one term encompasses distinctive features of the other we find that governance and...
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The term "party system", explained Giovanni Sartori, refers to the pattern of interactions among major parties. That pattern can be represented as a type and treated as a proper unit of analysis. When "party system" is defined in this way, it becomes clear that the scholarship lacks a direct...
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