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The Quest for Non-Resource-Based FDI : Do Taxes Matter?
Kinda, Tidiane - 2014
Using manufacturing and services firm-level data for 30 sub-Saharan African (SSA) countries, this paper shows that taxation is not a significant driver for the location of foreign firms in SSA, while other investment climate factors, such as infrastructure, human capital, and insitutions, are....
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Can Policies Affect Employment Intensity of Growth? A Cross-Country Analysis
Crivelli, Ernesto - 2012
The aim of this paper is to provide new estimates of employment-output elasticities and assess the effect of structural … and macroeocnomic policies on the employment-intensity of growth. Using an unbalanced panel of 167 countries over the … reducing government size have a significant and positive impact on employment elasticities. In addition, the results also …
Persistent link: https://www.econbiz.de/10013098588
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On the Impact of Structural Reforms on Output and Employment : Evidence from a Cross-Country Firm-Level Analysis
Antoun de Almeida, Luiza - 2018
This paper analyzes the effects of selected structural reforms on output and employment in the short and medium term … and employment in the medium term. Furthermore, the paper also assesses whether the impact of structural reforms varies …
Persistent link: https://www.econbiz.de/10012918569
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The Quality of the Recent High-Growth Episode in Sub-Saharan Africa
Martinez, Marcelo - 2013
The paper explores the quality of the recent high-growth episode in sub-Saharan Africa by examining the following two questions: (i) what has been the nature and pattern of SSA growth over the past 15 years and how does it compare with previous episodes? (ii) has this growth had an impact on...
Persistent link: https://www.econbiz.de/10013085136
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Benchmarking Banking Sector Efficiency Across Regional Blocks in Sub-Saharan Africa : What Room for Policy?
Boutin-Dufresne, Francois - 2013
This paper examines the determinants of net interest margins in four regional blocks in Sub-Saharan Africa and one comparator block in the Eastern Caribbean. Using bank-level data, we find that countries with a high level of operating costs, a high ratio of equity to total assets and high...
Persistent link: https://www.econbiz.de/10013085138
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Income and Democracy : Lipset's Law Revisited
Hoeffler, Anke - 2013
We revisit Lipset's law, which posits a positive and significant relationship between income and democracy. Using dynamic and heterogeneous panel data estimation techniques, we find a significant and negative relationship between income and democracy: higher/lower incomes per capita...
Persistent link: https://www.econbiz.de/10013086006
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Determinants of Bank Interest Margins in Sub-Saharan Africa
Ahokpossi, Calixte - 2013
Financial intermediation is low in sub-Saharan Africa (SSA) compared to other regions of the world. This paper examines …
Persistent link: https://www.econbiz.de/10013086312
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Exchange Rate and Foreign Interest Rate Linkages for Sub-Saharan Africa Floaters
Thomas, Alun H. - 2014
The paper considers the determinants of exchange rate movements among sub-Saharan countries that have flexible exchange rate regimes. The determinants are based on the law of one price and interest parity conditions. Results indicate that the exchange rates have responded significantly to...
Persistent link: https://www.econbiz.de/10013065150
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Drivers of Growth : Evidence from Sub-Saharan African Countries
Ghazanchyan, Manuk - 2013
This study examines the drivers of growth in Sub-Saharan African countries, using aggregate data, from the past decade. We correlate recent growth experience to key determinants of growth, including private and public investment, government consumption, the exchange regime and real exchange...
Persistent link: https://www.econbiz.de/10013071368
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Africa's Got Work to Do : Employment Prospects in the New Century
Fox, Louise - 2013
Estimates of the current and future structure of employment in sub-Saharan Africa (2005–20) are obtained based on … household survey estimates for 28 countries and an elasticity-typemodel that relates employment to economic growth and … employment, means that even if sub-Saharan Africarealizes another decade of strong growth, the share of labor force employed in …
Persistent link: https://www.econbiz.de/10013073780