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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 …

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Ghana: Poverty reduction over thirty years

McKay, Andy; Pirttilä, Jukka; Tarp, Finn - 2015

Ghana is relatively rare among Sub-Saharan African countries in having had sustained positive growth every year since the mid-1980s. This paper analyses the nature of the growth and then presents an analysis of the evolution of both consumption poverty and non-monetary poverty outcomes over this...

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Growth and poverty reduction in Tanzania

Arndt, Channing; Demery, Lionel; McKay, Andy; Tarp, Finn - 2015

After many years of relatively slow growth, Tanzania's national accounts data report accelerated aggregate growth since around 2000. Our analysis shows that there has been somewhat slower growth in private consumption and in sectors such as agriculture in which most of the poor work and live....

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Explaining poverty evolution: The case of Mozambique

Arndt, Channing; Hussain, M. Azhar; Jones, E. Samuel; … - 2011

Measuring poverty remains a complex and contentious issue. This is particularly true in sub-Saharan Africa where …

Persistent link: https://www.econbiz.de/10010280145

Poverty reduction and economic structure: Comparative path analysis for Mozambique and Vietnam

Arndt, Channing; Garcia, Andres; Tarp, Finn; Thurlow, James - 2010

While economic growth generally reduces income poverty, there are pronounced differences in the strength of this relationship across countries. Typical explanations for this variation include measurement errors in growth-poverty accounting and countries' different compositions of economic...

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The long-run impact of foreign aid in 36 African countries: Insights from multivariate time series analysis

Juselius, Katarina; Framroze Møller, Niels; Tarp, Finn - 2011

Studies of aid effectiveness abound in the literature, often with opposing conclusions. Since most time-series studies use data from the exact same publicly available data bases, our claim here is that such differences in results must be due to the use of different econometric models and...

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The real exchange rate, foreign aid and macroeconomic transmission mechanisms in Tanzania and Ghana

Juselius, Katarina; Reshid, Adbulaziz; Tarp, Finn - 2013

A recent study of 36 sub-Saharan African countries found a positive impact of aid in the absolute majority of these countries. However, for Tanzania and Ghana, two major aid recipients, aid did not seem to have been equally beneficial. This paper singles out these two countries for a more...

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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 …

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Foreign aid in Africa: Tracing channels of influence on democratic transitions and consolidation

Resnick, Danielle - 2012

How does aid impact democracy in sub-Saharan Africa? Drawing on existing literature, this study elaborates on the …

Persistent link: https://www.econbiz.de/10010319801

Populist strategies in African democracies

Resnick, Danielle - 2010

strategies by political parties during recent presidential elections in Kenya, South Africa, and Zambia. Specifically, the paper … argues that the nature of party competition in Africa, combined with rapid urbanization and informalization of the labour … Africa intersect with voting behaviour and political party development. …

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