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Many existing classifications of developing countries are dominated by income per capita (such as the World Bank’s low, middle, and high income thresholds), thus neglecting the multidimensionality of the concept of ‘development’. Even those deemed to be the main ‘alternatives’ to the...

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Tropics, Germs, and Crops : How Endowments Influence Economic Development

Easterly, William; Levine, Ross - 2009

Does economic development depend on geographic endowments like temperate instead of tropical location, the ecological conditions shaping diseases, or an environment good for grains or certain cash crops? Or do these endowments of tropics, germs, and crops affect economic development only through...

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The Primacy of Regime Survival : State Fragility and Economic Destruction in Zimbabwe

Simpson, Mark; Hawkins, Tony - 2018

1. Introduction -- 2. The Economics of State Fragility -- 3. Zimbabwe’s First Decade: Building the One-Party State and …This book analyses the past and ongoing decline of Zimbabwe under the rule of ZANU-PF, with a primary focus on the … period 1997 to the present. In contrast to much existing literature on post-independence Zimbabwe which has focused on the …

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Migration, Cross-Border Trade and Development in Africa : Exploring the Role of Non-state Actors in the SADC Region

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Mobile Phones and Economic Development in Africa

Aker, Jenny C. - 2014

Jenny Aker and Isaac Mbiti examine the growth of mobile phone technology over the past decade and consider its potential impacts upon quality of life in low-income countries, with a particular focus on sub-Saharan Africa. They first provide an overview of the patterns and determinants of mobile...

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Private Enterprise-Led Economic Development in Sub-Saharan Africa : The Human Side of Growth

Kuada, John - 2015

Private Enterprise-Led Development in Sub-Saharan Africa provides a novel theoretical and conceptual model to guide research into Africa's economic development. It endorses the view that private enterprise-led growth will help reduce poverty since it strengthens individuals' capacity to care for...

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Mobile Phones and Economic Development in Africa

Aker, Jenny C.; Mbiti, Isaac M. - 2010

We examine the growth of mobile phone technology over the past decade and consider its potential impacts upon quality of life in low-income countries, with a particular focus on sub-Saharan Africa. We first provide an overview of the patterns and determinants of mobile phone coverage in...

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Social Policy in Sub-Saharan African Context : In Search of Inclusive Development

2007

This volume reviews Africa's past experiences of social policy, with an eye on the future. Contributions examine a range of social policy issues around healthcare, education, the labour market and social welfare, and highlight important conceptual and policy issues for rebuilding Africa

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