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Public savings in Africa: Do sovereign wealth funds serve development?

Addison, Tony; Lebdioui, Amir - 2022

Do sovereign wealth funds (SWFs) contribute to Africa's development? This paper assesses the objectives of SWFs (fiscal …

Persistent link: https://www.econbiz.de/10014322650

Are electoral coalitions harmful for democratic consolidation in Africa?

Resnick, Danielle - 2011

Electoral coalitions are becoming increasingly popular among opposition parties in Africa because they offer many … in terms of their policy orientation. Based on a dataset spanning all opposition coalitions since 2000 in Africa …

Persistent link: https://www.econbiz.de/10010280093

Fiscal policy, state building and economic development

Addison, Tony; Niño-Zarazúa, Miguel; Pirttilä, Jukka - 2018

This paper presents a synopsis of the contextual conditions, factors and challenges under which the recent evolution of tax systems has taken place over the past three decades. The paper gives especial emphasis to the role of natural endowments, political economy, social structure and history,...

Persistent link: https://www.econbiz.de/10011943812

Aid and infrastructure financing: Emerging challenges with a focus on Africa

Addison, Tony; Anand, P. B. - 2012

, especially in Africa, the role of foreign aid in the future should be distinctly different. While aid will be required to …

Persistent link: https://www.econbiz.de/10010319797

Aid to Africa: The changing context

Addison, Tony; Singhal, Saurabh; Tarp, Finn - 2013

To continue its economic growth and create new and better livelihoods, Africa must transform the productive side of its …, but also new risks as Africa's integration with the global economy evolves. Climate change is impacting productive sectors …

Persistent link: https://www.econbiz.de/10010343247

Mining and economic development: Did China's WTO accession affect African local economic development?

Addison, Tony; Boly, Amadou; Mveyange, Anthony - 2016

China's WTO Accession): it is not enough to assume, given Africa's high spatial inequality, that local economies will …

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The impact of mining on spatial inequality: Recent evidence from Africa

Addison, Tony; Boly, Amadou; Mveyange, Anthony - 2017

This paper investigates the relationship between mining and spatial inequality in Africa during 2001-12. The … bolstering socio-economic development in Africa. …

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Extractive industries: recognizing and managing the risks in resource-dependent economies

Addison, Tony; Roe, Alan - 2024

This paper analyses the risks facing resource-dependent countries. These include: (i) economic mismanagement (the 'resource curse'); (ii) political mismanagement; (iii) environmental damage (climate change and the destruction of natural capital). It distinguishes 'risk' (which can be addressed...

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Extractive industries: transforming companies for better development outcomes

Addison, Tony; Roe, Alan - 2024

Companies in the oil, gas, and mining sectors face ever intensifying scrutiny over their environmental, social, and governance (ESG) practices and impacts: from civil society but also from investment funds and other stakeholders with ESG mandates. Companies with good practices-and the paper...

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Thirty years in Africa's development: From structural adjustment to structural transformation?

Addison, Tony - 2015

Africa has come a long way since the economic turmoil of the 1980s, the decade of "structural adjustment". Growth has … of diversification in Africa's economies-in contrast to Asia's success stories. Structural adjustment did not change the … manufacturing and service clusters, Africa is yet to follow East Asia in integrating with the global economy in ways that add value …

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