This paper measures the extent to which South African economic growth is an engine of growth in sub-Saharan Africa … substantial positive impact on growth in the rest of Africa, even after controlling for other growth determinants. The estimates …

This paper uses census and household survey data on Cameroon, Ghana, and South Africa to examine immigration's impact … in the context of a segmented labor market in Sub-Saharan Africa. We find that immigration affects (i) employment (ii …

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 …

This paper provides estimates of potential output growth in post-apartheid South Africa using both time trend …

The purpose of this paper is to examine factors that have constrained South Africa''s growth since the end of apartheid … by comparing its GDP components and its saving and investment performance with those of 10 faster-growing countries. The … study finds that sluggish investment has undermined growth since 1996 and that the underinvestment is in part explained by …

small gap implies that medium-term prospects for the advancement of the disadvantaged groups in South Africa depend heavily …

Do growth spells in Africa end because of bad realizations of the same factors that influence growth spells in the rest … spells in Africa and the rest of the world using Bayesian Mode Averaging techniques for proportional hazards models. We …

This paper documents the steady increase in intraregional trade in sub-Saharan Africa since 1980, links this rise to …-wide integration and the associated growth spillovers are discussed. Actions policymakers in sub-Saharan Africa can take to capture the …