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Social Protection and Food Security in Sub-Saharan Africa: An Evaluation of Cash Transfer Programmes
d'Agostino, Giorgio; Pieroni, Luca; Scarlato, Margherita - Volkswirtschaftliche Fakultät, … - 2013
This paper evaluates the effects of cash transfer (CT) programmes introduced during the 1990s and 2000s on food security in a sample of sub-Saharan African countries. We apply the synthetic control method to compare changes in the post-intervention food insecurity trajectories of economies...
Persistent link: https://www.econbiz.de/10011110108
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L'investissement direct étranger facteur d'industrialisation – cas de la zone franc –
Kuikeu, Oscar - Volkswirtschaftliche Fakultät, … - 2012
The main aim of this paper is to know if foreign direct investment can be consider like a cause of sub Saharan African export’s dependence against raw materials, and, for this purpose, we have assessed, in panel data, the effect of foreign direct investment in cfa franc zone on her...
Persistent link: https://www.econbiz.de/10011260569
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L'industrialisation par amélioration des infrastructures/technologies et attraction des investissements directs étrangers : cas de la zone franc
Kuikeu, Oscar - Volkswirtschaftliche Fakultät, … - 2012
The main aim of this paper is to know if infrastructures/technology and Foreign Direct Investment (FDI) can be consider like a cause of sub Saharan African export’s dependence against raw materials, and, for this purpose, we have assessed, in panel data, the effect of...
Persistent link: https://www.econbiz.de/10011260968
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The impact of remittances on economic growth in small-open developing economies
Ahortor, Christian R.K.; Adenutsi, Deodat E. - Volkswirtschaftliche Fakultät, … - 2008
The essence of this study is to verify the macroeconomic implications of cross-border remittances for economic growth prospects of small-open developing economies for the period, 1996-2006. A set of dynamic panel model, specified within the framework of Blundell-Bond Generalized Method of Moment...
Persistent link: https://www.econbiz.de/10009652929
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International remittances – the panacea for underdevelopment? A comparative panel data analysis of Sub-Saharan Africa and Latin America
Adenutsi, Deodat E.; Ahortor, Christian R.K. - Volkswirtschaftliche Fakultät, … - 2010
In this paper we analyzed a dynamic cross-country panel dataset on 31 sampled developing countries involving 16 Latin America and the Caribbean, and 15 Sub-Sahara African countries within the framework of Blundell-Bond Generalized Method of Moments (GMM). Our results show that generally the...
Persistent link: https://www.econbiz.de/10008873543
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Déterminants de la structure des exportations des économies africaines au sud du sahara : le rôle du climat des affaires – cas de la zone franc –
Kuikeu, Oscar - Volkswirtschaftliche Fakultät, … - 2012
The main aim of this paper is to know if business climate can be consider like a cause of sub Saharan African export’s dependence against raw materials, and, for this purpose, we have assessed, in panel data, the effect of business climate in cfa farnc zone on the manufactured exports of...
Persistent link: https://www.econbiz.de/10011258308
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Déterminants de la structure des exportations des économies africaines au sud du sahara : le rôle des infrastructures/technologie - cas de la zone franc -
Kuikeu, Oscar - Volkswirtschaftliche Fakultät, … - 2012
The main aim of this paper is to know if infrastructures/technology can be consider like a cause of sub Saharan African export’s dependence against raw materials, and, for this purpose, we have assessed, in panel data, the effect of availables infrastructures/technology in cfa farnc zone on...
Persistent link: https://www.econbiz.de/10011258450
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Government Spending on Education and Closing the Gender Gap : The Case of Developing Economies
Emara, Noha; Hegazy, Azza - 2021
Within the context of the Sustainable Development Goals (SDGs), the gender equality in education is considered one of … narrowing down the gender gap in education for the primary, secondary, and tertiary levels. More specifically, and among many … other factors, the study focuses on the response of gender gap in education to economic growth, information communication …
Persistent link: https://www.econbiz.de/10013233487
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Firm heterogeneity in TFP, sectoral innovation and geography. Evidence from Italy
Aiello, Francesco; Pupo, Valeria; Ricotta, Fernanda - Volkswirtschaftliche Fakultät, … - 2013
Sectoral and territorial specificities affect the firm’s capabilities of being productive. While there is a wide consensus on this, a quantitative measure of the these effects has been lacking. To this end, we combine a dataset of Italian firms with some meso regional and sectoral variables...
Persistent link: https://www.econbiz.de/10011260844
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Reconciling Acemoglu and Sachs: geography, institutions and technology
Veiseh, Nima - Volkswirtschaftliche Fakultät, … - 2010
reaching a certain threshold, however, the primary driver of economic growth appears to shift from geography to institutions. …
Persistent link: https://www.econbiz.de/10009322660