the variances in Africa's growth process as induced by robust measures of factor endowments. This study used a … and environmental economics literature in Africa. These comprehensive data on oil rent, coal rent, and forest rent could …, coal rent and economic development in Africa. Forest rent, on the other hand, is inversely related to economic growth in …

Resource abundance characterizes economies within the MENA region from North Africa to the Middle East. As such, to …

This study complements existing literature by investigating how investment-driven finance affects inequality in Africa …

severity and intensity of poverty in Sub-Saharan Africa (SSA). Using data from the World Bank's World Development Indicators …, ICT usage, and ICT access, ICT skills is remarkable in reducing both the severity and intensity of poverty. The results … further unveil that, though ICT skills reduce the intensity and severity of poverty in SSA, the effect is more pronounced in …

Policy reform debates in African economies often focus on poverty alleviation programs, liberalisation of trade and …

The purpose of the chapter is to analyze Africa's economic successes in the past half century, to understand not only …. While it may not be possible for Africa to alter, for now, its position in the world system, it may nonetheless create the …

This study assesses the incidence of the Covid-19 pandemic on poverty levels in 50 African countries by employing the … PovcalNet computational tool for poverty monitoring. The empirical evidence is based on: (i) Pre Covid-19 macroeconomic … projections of October 2019 and revised macroeconomic projections of April 2020 and (ii) three poverty thresholds, notably, US$1 …