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Industries without smokestacks: Implications for Ethiopia's industrialization
Gebreeyesus, Mulu - 2017
Although the manufacturing sector is known to have a unique role in structural transformation, the industries without smokestacks that include tradable services (e.g., IT, tourism, transport), horticulture, and agro-industry can provide new opportunities for export development in low-income...
Persistent link: https://www.econbiz.de/10011653999
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Every drop counts: Assessing aid for water and sanitation
Anand, P.B. - 2013
Water and sanitation sectors have been the 'natural' subjects of aid for several decades. However, these sectors also were among those most affected by changes in aid approaches and tools. The aim of this paper is to capture some of the complexity in assessing impact and effectiveness of aid in...
Persistent link: https://www.econbiz.de/10010319781
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Historical origins of persistent inequality in Nigeria
Archibong, Belinda - 2016
Horizontal inequality by ethnic group has remained remarkably persistent for wealth, education, and access to certain services in Nigeria. While significant gains in the reduction of inequality and improvement in access have been made for more locally administered services, outcomes are stickier...
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Urban development transitions and their implications for poverty reduction and policy planning in Uganda
Mukwaya, Paul Isolo; Sengendo, Hannington; Lwasa, Shuaib - 2010
Urbanization is one of the critical global trends shaping the future of humanity. At the same time, it has been argued that full development requires an urbanized environment. This paper attempts to examine and characterize the major phases of urbanization in Uganda and what this means for urban...
Persistent link: https://www.econbiz.de/10010280081
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Rethinking the world of aid in the twenty first century
Heller, Peter S. - 2011
Many concerns can be raised about the effectiveness of current aid programmes to developing countries. The appropriateness of aid is particularly questionable when one considers the likely character of the challenges that the global economy will confront in 2025, as suggested by alternative...
Persistent link: https://www.econbiz.de/10010280120
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Evolving city systems
Overman, Henry G.; Venables, Anthony J. - 2010
This paper reviews the literature on the forces driving urbanization in developing countries. It presents a model outlining how globalization can lead to the evolution of an urban structure which may approximate Zipf's law. Policy implications are outlined.
Persistent link: https://www.econbiz.de/10010280189
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Should Africa industrialize?
Page, John - 2011
Africa should industrialize. Without structural change it cannot sustain recent growth. Economies with more diverse and … sophisticated industrial sectors tend to grow faster. But since 1980 Africa has deindustrialized. The paper shows that between 1975 … and 2005 the size, diversity and sophistication of industry in Africa have all declined. An industrialization strategy …
Persistent link: https://www.econbiz.de/10010330121
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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
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Ground-truthing' Chinese development finance in Africa: Field evidence from South Africa and Uganda
Muchapondwa, Edwin; Nielson, Daniel; Parks, Bradley; … - 2014
recipient governments - about Chinese development finance activities in Africa that can be updated and improved through crowd … Africa. Ground-truthing generally revealed close agreement between open-source data and answers to protocol questions from …
Persistent link: https://www.econbiz.de/10010343220
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How do we increase the share of aid to agriculture in Africa?
Quartey, Peter - 2014
African countries. Thus, any policy initiative targeted towards poverty reduction in Africa should consider the agricultural ….5 per cent, and humanitarian 11.9 per cent. Using secondary data and country-case studies from Africa, the study …
Persistent link: https://www.econbiz.de/10010343243