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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...

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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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Premature deindustrialization and income inequality in middle-income countries

Ravindran, Rekha; Babu, Suresh M - 2021

This paper examines the income inequality implications of a 'premature deindustrialization' trend in middle-income countries. To identify the premature deindustrialization phase, we arrive at five conditions based on the trends in employment and value-added share of manufacture. Among these five...

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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...

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Ethiopia: An agrarian economy in transition

Seid, Yared; Taffesse, Alemayehu Seyoum - 2015

Ethiopia has experienced rapid economic growth since 2005. Real gross domestic product (GDP) grew at an average rate of 10.5 per cent per annum for the period between 2004-05 and 2013-14. Public investment in key infrastructure and interventions in the agriculture sector have made important...

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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 …

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Changing income inequality and structural transformation: The case of Botswana 1921 - 2010

Hillbom, Ellen; Bolt, Jutta - 2015

In Sub-Saharan Africa we find some of the highest levels of income inequality in the world. Nevertheless, we generally …

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China-Africa co-operation in structural transformation: Ideas, opportunities, and finances

Lin, Justin Yifu; Wang, Yan - 2014

This paper examines China and Africa co-operation from the angle of structural transformation as a major driver of …, opportunities as well as development finances in Africa's transformation. We review critical parts of China's transformation to see … if these ideas are relevant for Africa. We use empirical evidence from China-Africa co-operation and find that China …

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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 …

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The theory and practice of agriculture, growth, and development in Africa

Badiane, Ousmane; Makombe, Tsitsi - 2014

Africa's improved growth performance over the last 15 years provides an opportunity for the continent to transit from … agriculture therein, and the pace of structural transformation in Africa over the last 50 years. The evolution has involved …-based strategies exemplified under the Comprehensive Africa Agriculture Development Programme (CAADP). …

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