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This study applies statistical analysis to estimate the macroeconomic effects of Fund-supported adjustment programs on African countries during the period 1973-86. The results indicate that inflation fell significantly in countries with adjustment programs that were implemented satisfactorily....
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Using microdata from nationally representative household and labor force surveys, we study the impact and drivers of poverty and inequality in India during the pandemic. We have three main findings. First, India has made significant progress in reducing poverty in recent decades, but the...
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the Future of Work in sub-Saharan Africa (SSA). We estimate the cost of introducing a full-scale 4G network by 2025 in SSA … demographic transformation and rapid urbanization in SSA. We use the WorldPop and GADM databases and the UN's medium …
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,890 districts. We find that mineral discoveries and productions positively affect educational IM for primary education in Africa for …
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This paper presents a novel framework to estimate the elasticity between nighttime lights and quarterly economic activity. The relationship is identified by accounting for varying degrees of measurement errors in nighttime light data across countries. The estimated elasticity is 1.55 for...
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Many low-income countries do not use interest rates as their main monetary policy instrument. In East Africa, for … found for Brazil. More surprisingly, they are smaller than South Africa's, the continent's sole long-term inflation targeter …
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This paper investigates the channels through which remittances affect macroeconomic volatility in African countries using a dynamic stochastic general equilibrium (DSGE) model augmented with financial frictions. Empirical results indicate that remittances - as a share of GDP - have a significant...
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informality in Sub-Saharan Africa (SSA). This paper explores how land market and labor regulations affect factor allocative …
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Africa and its major Regional Economic Communities (RECs). The results of the instrumental variable and panel fixed …-effects estimation show that RTI promotes economic growth in Africa. However, it fosters income divergence, reflecting the distribution …
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Using data on the distribution of migrants from Africa, GDP growth forecasts for host countries, and after estimating … percentage points, with migrants to Europe hardest hit while migrants within Africa relatively unaffected by the crisis. The …
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