Since the 1970’s, countries of the sub-Saharan African region have experienced slow economic growth and development in comparison to other regions of the world. This paper studies the role of perceived financial risk in explaining the anemic economic growth among sub-Saharan African countries...

This study illustrates the critical role of human capital, research and development, and trade as sources of economic growth using U.S. data as a case study. The results of this paper suggest that investment in human capital, research and development (R&D), and trade have positive and...