Although the theoretical literature often uses lobbying and corruption synonymously, the empirical literature … associates lobbying with the preferred mean for exerting influence in developed countries and corruption with the preferred one … between bribing and lobbying. We test our predictions using survey data for about 6000 firms in 26 countries. Our results …

industrialization itself. We find that basic education significantly accelerated non-textile industrialization in both phases of the …

new technological paradigm, which delayed their industrialization and, hence, their take-off to a state of sustained … development in the agricultural stage but has had a negative impact on income per capita in the course of industrialization; and … economic development in the process of industrialization. …

agriculture and focus on the literature on entrepreneurship in Africa's structural transformation. I present a conceptual model to …

estimators and applying a battery of robustness checks. Industrialization in Africa is driven by historical legacies such as …This paper identifies the determinants of industrialization in 18 African countries, 1965 to 2018, using various …-shape relationship between industrialization and GDP per capita is consistent with (premature) de-industrialization. Technological change …

by sub-regions, the magnitude of the colonial vestige in Africa is a significant determinant of emigration flows. Overall …

but positive in Africa. We suggest that amongst reasons why African women behave differently are that the conventional … non-employment. In Africa, there is a decline in paid employment which overwhelms the rise in self-employment and this is …