supermarket value chains and how those firms' participation might stimulate growth through regional trade. Our results show that …The last two decades have seen rapid economic growth in Zambia and the proliferation of foreign supermarket chain … stores. However, this growth has translated into neither significant job creation nor significant poverty reduction …

, allowing an understanding of growth and inequality in the region. The region has experienced Ø- and σ-convergence …We investigate the relevance of beta (Ø, absolute and conditional) and sigma (σ) convergence in the economies of …; however, growth rates of per capita gross domestic product are low at aggregate and sectoral levels. At sectoral level, the …

Projections of regional changes in seasonal surface-air temperature and precipitation for the eastern and western …

environmentally related impacts on health may bias the speed of convergence downward. We conclude that high rates of income growth …We examine inequality convergence over the past three decades and ask if environmentally related impacts on health, and … environmentally related impacts on health are just as important as growth. As such, policies targeted at reducing inequality must also …

What are the major determinants of green growth? What role can the government play to promote green growth? To address … the process of green growth. The empirical section of the article augments this canonical green growth model to include … approach affords us to explore the role of such factors as growth performance of the neighbouring countries, domestic learning …

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 …-monetary outcomes, remains an important concern. This increase in inequality is one reason why growth has not led to faster poverty …

This paper examines the relationship between trade (exports), growth, and inequality, using a panel of 100 countries … of trade (exports) on growth. The findings are that in general trade openness advances growth while inequality reduces … growth. However, when we identify an inequality threshold, we find that inequality is positively associated with growth if …

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 …

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