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Africa’s Burden: Labour Markets, Natural Resources and the FDI ‘Reliance-Rejection’ Paradox

de Mauro, Andrea - Volkswirtschaftliche Fakultät, … - 2013

This paper will attempt to provide a comprehensive answer to the complex issue of development in sub-Saharan Africa by identifying an FDI reliance-rejection paradox emanating from the incompatibility between colonial legacies and Structural Adjustment Programmes. Since the 1980s, international...

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Manufacturing firms in Africa: Some stylized facts about wages and productivity

Clarke, George - Volkswirtschaftliche Fakultät, … - 2012

Why have so few countries in Sub-Saharan Africa been successful in export-oriented manufacturing? This paper uses firm-level data from the World Bank’s Enterprise Surveys to discuss this. The paper shows that although firms in most African countries are relatively unproductive, they are more...

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Firm Registration and Bribes: Results from a Microenterprise Survey in Africa

Clarke, George R.G. - Volkswirtschaftliche Fakultät, … - 2011

of 4,801 microenterprises in Zambia, this paper looks at whether corruption is a more or less serious problem for …

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Financial sector reforms and monetary policy reforms in Zambia

Simatele, Munacinga C H - Volkswirtschaftliche Fakultät, … - 2004

Zambia. Chapter 1 briefly outlines the theoretical foundations for the reforms undertaken in Zambia since the mid 1980s and … monetary transmission mechanism in Zambia. Vector auto -regressions are estimated for the pre-reform and post-reform periods … stabilisation policy in Zambia is underscored by the results obtained in chapters 2 and 3. In this paper, we pursue this idea by …

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Declining economy in Zambia and its impact in food security

Mohajan, Haradhan - Volkswirtschaftliche Fakultät, … - 2013

Zambia is a landlocked country located in southern central Africa and it is one of the poorest countries in the world … Zambia and mortality rates are among the highest in the world. The rural transportation network is largely undeveloped and …

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Inflation and Economic Growth in Zambia: A Threshold Autoregressive (TAR) Econometric Approach

Phiri, Andrew - Volkswirtschaftliche Fakultät, … - 2013

economic growth in Zambia can be stimulated even in a moderately high inflation environment. Particularly, the causality …

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Response to “PEPFAR Program Expenditures” [Form Number: DS-4213, OMB Control Number: 1405-0208] – Third Revision

Douglas, J. - Volkswirtschaftliche Fakultät, … - 2013

This response document will briefly address concerns about the ethical, legal and methodological flaws with past research informing aspects of present PEPFAR program areas; concerns about adverse consequences of PEPFAR program areas; and concerns about the absence of oversight of the activities...

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«Национальные чемпионы» в структуре российского рынка банковских услуг

Vernikov, Andrei - Volkswirtschaftliche Fakultät, … - 2012

We assess the effects from the industrial policy of growing state-controlled national champions on the Russian banking system, its concentration and competitiveness. Some light is shed on comparative financial performance of state-controlled banks versus other market participants. We also show...

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Rynek taśm przenośnikowych w Polsce – analiza i ocena

Jurdziak, Leszek; Szlichciński, Łukasz - Volkswirtschaftliche Fakultät, … - 2006

This paper presents issues related to industrial marketing. Specifications of belt conveyors required for the proper belt selection for particular market segments have been collected. Several ways of promotions applied by different belt manufacturers has been presented and results of their...

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Rising R&D Intensity and Economic Growth

Pollak, Andreas - Volkswirtschaftliche Fakultät, … - 2009

Over the past decades, private R&D spending in the US and other developed countries has been growing faster than GDP. At the same time, the growth rates of per capita and aggregate output have been rather stable, possibly declining slightly. This paper proposes a growth model that can account...

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