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. Inspired by first-hand evidence from West Africa, this paper argues that these units undergo the same process of …
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Whether policy support should be designed differently for women entrepreneurs is a particularly relevant question. To answer this, and to inform the design of policies to provide appropriate support for women entrepreneurs, the paper compares male and female perceptions of typical...
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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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The youth have long represented an important constituency for electoral mobilization in Africa. Today, as the region … generational identities within the region, very little is really known about the political participation of Africa's youth. In … order to address this issue, we combine country-level variables for 19 of Africa's most democratic countries with individual …
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Utilizing the stochastic frontier approach, this study conducts a comparative analysis of profit efficiency and cost inefficiency of commercial banks operating in 29 sub-Saharan African (SSA) countries by bank ownership (domestic bank, SSA foreign bank or non-SSA foreign bank), as well as by the...
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How does aid impact democracy in sub-Saharan Africa? Drawing on existing literature, this study elaborates on the …
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Over many past decades countries in sub-Saharan Africa have received extensive bilateral and multilateral aid in …
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Uganda, like other African countries, has implemented reforms to decentralize political authority to local governments and reintroduce multiparty elections. This combination creates opportunities for national partisan struggles to emerge in local arenas and influence local service delivery. This...
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Africa, but they also have higher failure rates. Ignoring firm exit exaggerates net employment growth. Using panel data for …
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issues, therefore identifying areas of high and low wind power reliability in southern Africa at different time scales. After … of South Africa has shown the most interest in wind power investment. For this reason, we focus parts of the study on … wind resource in the country. The study finds that, although wind power density is high in South Africa compared to its …
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