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analyze a broad range of subnational stability measures in Africa. Aid by both the WB and China does not increase outright …
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Chinese aid comes with few strings attached, allowing recipient country leaders to use it for domestic political purposes. The vulnerability of Chinese aid to political capture has prompted speculation that it may be economically ineffective, or even harmful. We test these claims by estimating...
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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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Africa's interior-to-coast roads are well suited to export natural resources, but not to support regional trade. Are … investigate the political determinants of road paving in West Africa across the 1965-2012 period. Controlling for geography and … networks expanded in a less interior-to-coast way in periods of democracy. This result suggests that Africa's interior …
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inclusive green growth (IGG) relationship in Africa. Based on macro data for 22 African countries and the Driscoll …-Kraay standard errors with fixed effects instrumental variable regression, the following findings are established. First, Africa … threshold analysis suggests that by improving Africa's mostly unfree economic architecture to 60% (moderately free) or 80% (free …
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entrepreneurial elite, resulting in economic policy and institutions which are more conducive to entrepreneurship and productivity …
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I argue that whether or not a state is predatory hinges on the relationship between development and the distribution of political power in society. Development is typically inconsistent with the preservation of the political status quo and this gives those who initially hold political power an...
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development finance projects across 3,097 physical locations committed to Africa over the 2000-2012 period. Our econometric …
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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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The governments of many developing countries seek to attract inbound foreign direct investment (FDI) through the use of tax incentives for multinational corporations (MNCs). The effectiveness of these tax incentives depends crucially on MNCs' residence country tax regime, especially where the...
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