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such a sustainable and equitable development strategy for Africa. It is necessary to reverse the trends in aid, and to …
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A positive economic growth is one crucial macroeconomic objective of every nation. Many countries have formed regional as well as international trading blocs in an attempt to enhance economic growth and maximise welfare of each member state, the AFTZ member states are not an exception. This...
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A major purpose of this paper is to examine the effects of poor governance or ‘state fragility’ in African countries on their overall economic and agrarian performance. The results of our econometric analysis show that a higher level of public security is conducive to lower levels of...
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the use of solar photovoltaic (PV) for energy poverty reduction in rural and peri-urban areas of Africa, there is …
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Can part of Africa’s current underdevelopment be explained by its slave trades? To explore this question, I use data … exported from each country during Africa’s slave trades. I find a robust negative relationship between the number of slaves …
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'brain drain' from Africa even more, while mil-lions of unskilled irregular migrants compete with the growing army of …
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This paper investigates the effects of religion on a broad set of development outcomes in sub-Saharan Africa. We …-Saharan Africa. However, our findings do suggest that religion has important effects on the development process through its effects …
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- sity conservation policies implemented in Africa, i.e. protected areas and we discuss its effectiveness in achieving the …
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In this paper, we address the issue of how education affected income inequality in twentieth-century Africa. Three … the long-run education does not affect income growth, indicating that in twentieth-century Africa it was inspiration (i … determining income inequality in Africa. Taking an example from the end of the twentieth century, if educational equality had been …
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In the aftermath of the recent global financial crisis, the implication of financial liberalisation for stability and economic growth has come under increasing scrutiny. One strand of literature posits a positive relationship between financial liberalisation and economic growth and development....
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