estimates the effect of copper price shocks on mining, manufacturing, and construction-each embodying a sector type. The … empirical findings are for positive spillovers from mining to the other two sectors. However, the estimated size of the … spillovers seems modest, which raises the question of the potential for mining to be better integrated with the rest of the …

Major mining commodity prices are inherently volatile and cyclical. High levels of investment in China have been a key …

.5 percent. By reducing the royalty rate from 6 percent to 3 percent, Mali’s mining code broadly ensures that the risk is shared … between the state and mining companies, provides sufficient incentives to attract new exploration, and is comparable to the …

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 …

social mobility in Africa …

corporate bond markets in Africa. It then applies an econometric model to analyze the key determinants of African government …

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 …

informality in Sub-Saharan Africa (SSA). This paper explores how land market and labor regulations affect factor allocative …