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China's Growing Economic Activity in Africa
Whalley, John; Besada, Hany; Wang, Yang - National Bureau of Economic Research (NBER) - 2008
Trade between the whole of Africa and China (imports and exports summed) grew from $10.6 billion to $73.3 billion … between 2000 and 2007, and between Sub-Saharan Africa and China from $7 billion to $59 billion over the same period. China is … now Africa's third largest trading partner behind the EU and the US. The Chinese FDI stock in Africa has grown from $49 …
Persistent link: https://www.econbiz.de/10005829995
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The Control of Politicians in Divided Societies: The Politics of Fear
Miquel, Gerard Padro i - National Bureau of Economic Research (NBER) - 2006
and kleptocracy in post-colonial Africa. …
Persistent link: https://www.econbiz.de/10005830570
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Climate and Civil War: Is the Relationship Robust?
Miguel, Edward Andrew; Burke, Marshall; Dykema, John; … - National Bureau of Economic Research (NBER) - 2010
-average temperatures and the incidence of civil war in Africa (Burke et al. 2009). These findings have recently been challenged by Buhaug …
Persistent link: https://www.econbiz.de/10008682660
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Understanding Transitory Rainfall Shocks, Economic Growth and Civil Conflict
Miguel, Edward Andrew; Satyanath, Shanker - National Bureau of Economic Research (NBER) - 2010
negatively related to civil conflict in sub-Saharan Africa. In the reduced form regression they find that higher rainfall is … conflict in sub-Saharan Africa. …
Persistent link: https://www.econbiz.de/10008683266
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Why did HIV decline in Uganda?
Cutler, David M.; Alsan, Marcella M. - National Bureau of Economic Research (NBER) - 2010
Uganda is widely viewed as a public health success for curtailing its HIV/AIDS epidemic in the early 1990s. We investigate the factors contributing to this decline. We first build a model of HIV transmission. Calibration of the model indicates that reduced pre-marital sexual activity among young...
Persistent link: https://www.econbiz.de/10008627152
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Mobile Money: The Economics of M-PESA
Jack, William; Suri, Tavneet - National Bureau of Economic Research (NBER) - 2011
Mobile money is a tool that allows individuals to make financial transactions using cell phone technology. In this paper, we report initial results of two rounds of a large survey of households in Kenya, the country that has seen perhaps the most rapid and widespread growth of a mobile money...
Persistent link: https://www.econbiz.de/10008804670
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Health Shocks and Natural Resource Management: Evidence from Western Kenya
Graff Zivin, Joshua; Thirumurthy, Harsha; Damon, Maria - National Bureau of Economic Research (NBER) - 2010
Poverty and altered planning horizons brought on by the HIV/AIDS epidemic can change individual discount rates, altering incentives to conserve natural resources. Using longitudinal data from household surveys in western Kenya, we estimate impacts of health status on labor productivity and...
Persistent link: https://www.econbiz.de/10008765596
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Mauritius: African Success Story
Frankel, Jeffrey Alexander - National Bureau of Economic Research (NBER) - 2010
. Some fundamental determinants that econometrically can explain success worldwide do not work within Africa: size …
Persistent link: https://www.econbiz.de/10008765599
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The Returns to the Brain Drain and Brain Circulation in Sub-Saharan Africa: Some Computations Using Data from Ghana
Nyarko, Yaw - National Bureau of Economic Research (NBER) - 2011
We look at the decision of the government or "central planner" in the allocation of scarce governmental resources for tertiary education, as well as that for the individual. We provide estimates of the net present values, or cost and benefits. These include costs of tertiary education; the...
Persistent link: https://www.econbiz.de/10008839444
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The Cognitive Link Between Geography and Development: Iodine Deficiency and Schooling Attainment in Tanzania
Torero, Maximo; Field, Erica M.; Robles, Omar - National Bureau of Economic Research (NBER) - 2008
An estimated 20 million children born each year are at risk of brain damage from in utero iodine deficiency, the only micronutrient deficiency known to have significant, non-reversible effects on cognitive development. Cognitive damage from iodine deficiency disorders (IDD) has potentially...
Persistent link: https://www.econbiz.de/10005777566