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 …

Fragile states in sub-Saharan Africa (SSA) face challenges to respond to the effects of climate shocks and rising …

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

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 …

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 …

Rodriguez-Clare (2014), we estimate the welfare effects of the AfCFTA for 45 countries in Africa. Three different model … welfare gains from trade liberalization in Africa. As intra-regional import tariffs in the continent are already low, the bulk …

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 …