. A series of shocks, especially the fuel and food price crisis of 2008, combined with poor productivity growth in …

redistribution and the impacts of redistribution on growth can be misleading. …

This study examines the relationship between growth and employment in Nigeria to gain insights into the country …'s paradox of high economic growth alongside rising poverty and inequality. The methodology adopted is the Shapley decomposition … approach, complemented with econometric estimation of the country's employment intensity of growth. The findings indicate that …

, allowing an understanding of growth and inequality in the region. The region has experienced Ø- and σ-convergence …; however, growth rates of per capita gross domestic product are low at aggregate and sectoral levels. At sectoral level, the … sectors such as education and health can enhance growth rate, whereas the overall revenue expenditure retards growth …

This paper aims to decompose the sources of growth in economies in the Southern African region's Common Monetary Area … and in the provinces of South Africa. Decomposition results for the Common Monetary Area reveal that the growth of … from shifts in technology. Countries experiencing input-driven growth in the secondary sector, such as Namibia and Eswatini …

trends. We evaluate the implications of climate change for overall growth and development prospects to 2050. We focus on … uncertainty in climate forecasts. We find that climate change is unlikely to substantially slow overall economic growth over the … more severe after 2050, especially if effective global mitigation policies fail to materialize. …