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Are trade preferences a panacea? : the African growth and opportunity act and African exports

Fernandes, Ana Margarida; Maemir, Hibret; Mattoo, Aaditya; … - 2019

countries. The illusion of sustained African apparel exports is created by late-bloomers in East Africa offsetting boom …-bust patterns in Southern Africa and insignificant responses in Central and West Africa. Firm-level customs data reveal that even in … East Africa the recent export growth was driven by new entrants rather than incumbent firms whose competitiveness might …

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Fiscal policy during business cycles in developing countries : the case of Africa

Leibfritz, Willi; Rottmann, Horst - 2013

Fiscal positions of African countries have improved significantly during the past decade. Higher economic growth, better terms of trade, improved donor support notably through debt relief and better control of expenditure contributed to this improvement. But at the same time government revenue...

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Why is China investing in Africa? : evidence from the firm level

Chen, Wenjie; Dollar, David; Tang, Heiwai - 2016

China's increased trade with and investment in Africa have boosted the continent's economic growth but have also … generated considerable controversy. In this paper we investigate China's outward direct investment ODI in Africa using macro and … registered Chinese firms investing in Africa between 1998 and 2012. We use key words in project descriptions to code the …

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Economic analysis and forecasting in the global economy and in emerging and developing regions including Africa : how informative is the Ifo World Economic Survey (WES)?

Garnitz, Johanna; Leibfritz, Willi - 2016

-to-date information about the cyclical stage of the global economy and of major emerging and developing regions including Africa …

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The negative consequences of overambitious curricula in developing countries

Pritchett, Lant; Beatty, Amanda - 2012

. Using data from three recent studies in South Asia and Africa, we show that a majority of students spend years of …

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Did Chinese outward activity attenuate or aggravate the Great Recession in developing countries?

Gawellek, Bastian; Lyu, Jingjing; Süssmuth, Bernd - 2016

Using data on Chinese large-scale overseas investment and project contracts by sector, we analyze whether Chinese outward activity (COA) before the crisis worsened or alleviated the contractionary phases in developing countries. We find that, on average, COA did not increase vulnerability to the...

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World market access of emerging-market firms : the role of foreign ownership and access to external finance

Raff, Horst; Trofimenko, Natalia - 2013

This paper uses micro-data from the World Bank Investment Climate Surveys 2002-2006 to investigate how foreign ownership and access to external finance affect the likelihood of manufacturers in emerging markets to export and/or import. Applying propensity score matching to control for...

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On the main determinants of start-up investment in developing countries

Comincioli, Nicola; Panteghini, Paolo; Vergalli, Sergio - 2024

In this article we study start-up investments in developing countries. Using a representative firm, we wonder how relevant are the effects of taxation and risk on new business activities. It is worth noting that developing countries are usually characterized by three main characteristics....

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The rapidly deepening India-China economic relationship

Whalley, John; Shekhar, Tanmaya - 2010

In this paper we focus on the rapidly deepening bilateral India-China economic relationship. Each is deeply integrating into the global economy through trade and FDI inflows, China is seen as primarily manufacturing-lead growth with India as service-lead growth (see Rodrick & Subramanian...

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The deepening China Brazil economic relationship

Whalley, John; Medianu, Dana - 2010

We document key features of the deepening economic relationship between Brazil and China. This is evident from sharply increased bilateral trade and foreign direct investment flows and also from enhanced cohesion of negotiating positions in international fora. Data presented show bilateral trade...

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