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Does It Matter Where You Came From? Ancestry Composition and Economic Performance of U.S. Counties, 1850-2010
Fulford, Scott L.; Petkov, Ivan; Schiantarelli, Fabio - 2015
The United States provides a unique laboratory for understanding how the cultural, institutional, and human capital endowments of immigrant groups shape economic outcomes. In this paper, we use census micro-sample information to reconstruct the country-of-ancestry distribution for US counties...
Persistent link: https://www.econbiz.de/10011288193
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Civil wars beyond their borders: the human capital and health consequences of hosting refugees
Baez, Javier E. - 2008
Between 1993 and 1994, extremist militia groups carried out the extermination of ethnic Tutsis and moderate Hutus in the genocides of Burundi and Rwanda. Nearly one million people were killed and thousands were forcibly uprooted from their homes. Over the course of a few months, Kagera - a...
Persistent link: https://www.econbiz.de/10010268705
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How large is the private sector in Africa? Evidence from national accounts and labor markets
Stampini, Marco; Leung, Ron; Diarra, Setou M.; Pla, … - 2011
In recent years, the private sector has been recognized as a key engine of Africa's economic development. Yet, the most … sector countries are concentrated in Western Africa (Cote d'Ivoire, Guinea, Niger, Senegal and Togo), Central Africa … (Cameroun, Republic of Congo) and Eastern Africa (Kenya, Sudan, Uganda and Tanzania), with the addition of Mauritius. Countries …
Persistent link: https://www.econbiz.de/10010282595
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Overcoming the limits of institutional reform in Uganda
Andrews, Matt; Bategeka, Lawrence - 2013
This paper begins by noting that Uganda has been a public sector reform leader in Africa. It has pursued reforms …' in Africa (and beyond). The problem is that many of the reforms have been limited to these kinds of gains - producing new …
Persistent link: https://www.econbiz.de/10010333676
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Africa's Prospects for Enjoying a Demographic Dividend
Bloom, David E.; Kuhn, Michael; Prettner, Klaus - 2016
We assess Africa's prospects for enjoying a demographic dividend. While fertility rates and dependency ratios in Africa … Northern America. This projection suggests Africa has considerable potential to enjoy a demographic dividend. Whether and when … these areas, coordinated policies will likely be most effective in generating the momentum needed to pull Africa's economies …
Persistent link: https://www.econbiz.de/10011559589
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My journey through the history of development economics
Thorbecke, Erik - 2018
This paper is essentially autobiographical and describes Erik Thorbecke's journey through the history of development economics between the 1950s and the present. The paper consists of four parts. First, an introduction reviews briefly his professional career as a development economist and his...
Persistent link: https://www.econbiz.de/10011943943
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The Employment Effects of Ethnic Politics
Amodio, Francesco; Chiovelli, Giorgio; Hohmann, Sebastian - 2019
This paper studies the labor market consequences of ethnic politics in African democracies. We combine geo-referenced data from 15 countries, 32 parliamentary elections, 62 political parties, 243 ethnic groups, 2,200 electoral constituencies, and 400,000 individuals. We implement a regression...
Persistent link: https://www.econbiz.de/10012180011
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Public savings in Africa: Do sovereign wealth funds serve development?
Addison, Tony; Lebdioui, Amir - 2022
Do sovereign wealth funds (SWFs) contribute to Africa's development? This paper assesses the objectives of SWFs (fiscal …
Persistent link: https://www.econbiz.de/10014322650
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India's development cooperation in Africa: The case of "Solar Mamas" who bring light
Vaidyanathan, Veda - 2023
This paper examines multiple facets of New Delhi's development cooperation with countries in Africa and argues that … in Africa and how these usher in a new dimension of 'South-South cooperation'. Second, the paper will explore the role of …
Persistent link: https://www.econbiz.de/10014477632
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The practice of industrial policy. Lessons for Africa: Co-ordination through an Asian lens
Lin, Justin Yifu; Vu, Khuong Minh - 2014
African countries are facing great opportunities but also formidable challenges in accelerating economic growth and sustaining a high level of economic performance. The experiences of East Asian countries may offer valuable insights for African leaders and governments in making concerted efforts...
Persistent link: https://www.econbiz.de/10010494231