-wide integration and the associated growth spillovers are discussed. Actions policymakers in sub-Saharan Africa can take to capture the …This paper documents the steady increase in intraregional trade in sub-Saharan Africa since 1980, links this rise to … important growth spillovers in the region, and identifies the main source countries and those most vulnerable to the economic …

This paper surveys the economic literature on the scaling-up of aid to Africa. It provides a checklist of issues that …

inflows and credit growth. We find that non-FDI capital inflows boost credit growth and increase the likelihood of credit … booms in both household and corporate sectors. For household credit growth, the composition of capital inflows appears to be … more important than financial system characteristics. In contrast, for corporate credit growth, both the composition and …

Africa lags behind other regions in attracting foreign direct investment (FDI). In some circumstances, there are … other regions. Furthermore, since monetary policy can range from very transparent to very opaque, we assess Africa''s track … extent of transparency. Our findings suggest that this is a promising line of inquiry because Africa does stand apart from …

What role does China play in Africa''s development? What drives China''s increasing economic involvement in the … government policies, markets for each other''s exports, Africa''s demand for infrastructure, and differences in China''s approach … to financing have together moved commercial activities-trade and investment-to the center of China-Africa economic …

This paper reviews the experiences of a few countries in Sub-Saharan Africa that have succeeded in attracting fairly … countries in Africa have achieved in attracting a substantial volume of FDI. Strong leadership, which has helped promote … Africa …

The government's ability to deliver inclusive growth crucially depends on the quality of governance. This paper reviews … the linkages between governance and inclusive growth, and key policies to improve governance. The policies include (1 …

. We apply the new alogrithm by nowcasting output growth with a panel of 102 countries and are able to significantly …