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The heavy economic toll of gender-based violence : evidence from Sub-Saharan Africa
Ouedraogo, Rasmane; Stenzel, David - 2021
The COVID-19 pandemic and lockdowns have led to a rise in gender-based violence. In this paper, we explore the economic consequences of violence against women in sub-Saharan Africa using large demographic and health survey data collected pre-pandemic. Relying on a two-stage least square method...
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The economic consequences of conflict in Sub-Saharan Africa
Fang, Xiangming; Kothari, Siddharth; McLoughlin, Cameron; … - 2020
Persistent link: https://www.econbiz.de/10012392097
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Drivers of financial access : the role of macroprudential policies
Deléchat, Corinne; Kiyasseh, Lama; MacDonald, Margaux; … - 2020
This study analyzes the drivers of the use of formal vs. informal financial services in emerging and developing countries using the 2017 Global FINDEX data. In particular, we investigate whether individuals' choice of financial services correlates with macro-financial and macro-structural...
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Coping with falling oil prices : the different fortunes of African banks
Gueye, Cheikh; Mbelu, Asithandile; Sy, Amadou N. R. - 2019
This paper studies the impact of declining oil prices on banks in sub-Saharan African oil-exporting countries. Results indicate that banks respond differently to an oil shock depending on their ownership: (i) domestic banks are the most adversely impacted and experience a deterioration in asset...
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Informality and gender gaps going hand in hand
Malta, Vivian; Kolovich, Lisa; Martínez Leyva, Angelica; … - 2019
In sub-Saharan Africa women work relatively more in the informal sector than men. Many factors could explain this difference, including women's lower education levels, legal barriers, social norms and demographic characteristics. Cross-country comparisons indicate strong associations between...
Persistent link: https://www.econbiz.de/10012022004
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2020 global stocktaking of national accounts statistics : availability for policy and surveillance
Silungwe, Anthony; Baer, Andrew L.; Guerreiro, Vanda - 2022
of national accounts benchmarks, availability annual and quarterly GDP estimates, vintage of the System of National … Accounts (SNA), index formula used for calculating annual constant price (volume) estimates, availability of GDP by different … approaches, timeliness of disseminating and annual and quarterly GDP estimates, availability institutional sector accounts, and …
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Impact of COVID-19 : nowcasting and big data to track economic activity in Sub-Saharan Africa
Buell, Brandon; Chen, Carissa; Chérif, Réda; Seo, … - 2021
that can be used to nowcast GDP and track changes in economic activity for countries in SSA. We make two main contributions … flexibility to incorporate mixed-frequency data variables. We present nowcast results for 2019Q4 and 2020Q1 GDP for Kenya, Nigeria …, South Africa, Uganda, and Ghana, and argue that our factor model methodology can be generalized to nowcast and forecast GDP …
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A monthly indicator of economic growth for low income countries
Stanger, Michael - 2020
Monthly economic indicators support policy analysis of current economic developments and forecasting. This paper presents an overview of the data and statistical requirements to develop those indicators taking into account resource constraints that LIC typically face. We review statistical...
Persistent link: https://www.econbiz.de/10012252734
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State institutions and tax capacity : an empirical investigation of causality
Akanbi, Olusegun A. - 2019
Would better state institutions increase tax collection, or would higher tax collection help improve state institutions? In the absence of conclusive guidance from theory, this paper searches for an empirical answer to this question, using a panel dataset covering 110 non-resource-rich countries...
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Post-conflict recovery : institutions, aid, or luck?
David, Antonio C.; Bastos, Fabiano Rodrigues; Mills, … - 2011
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