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The fall of the elephant: Two decades of poverty increase in Côte d'Ivoire (1988 - 2008)
Cogneau, Denis; Houngbedji, Kenneth; Mesplé-Somps, Sandrine - 2014
At the end of the 1980s, Côte d'Ivoire entered a deep macroeconomic crisis that put an end to the often-praised 'Ivorian miracle'. After the death of the founding father Houphouet- Boigny, unrestrained political competition added to bad economic conditions and led to the nightmare of civil war....
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Macroeconomic risks after a decade of microeconomic turbulence: South Africa 2007-2020
Hausmann, Ricardo; Sturzenegger, Federico; Goldstein, … - 2022
This study analyses the performance of macroeconomic policy in South Africa in 2007- 2020 and outlines challenges for policy in the coming decade. After remarkable economic growth in 1997-07, South Africa's progress slowed dramatically in 2009 with the global financial crisis. Real GDP growth...
Persistent link: https://www.econbiz.de/10013204757
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Historical origins of persistent inequality in Nigeria
Archibong, Belinda - 2016
services in Nigeria. While significant gains in the reduction of inequality and improvement in access have been made for more … part driven by historical heterogeneous federal government policy towards different groups in Nigeria. …
Persistent link: https://www.econbiz.de/10011653973
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Digital technology and productivity of informal enterprises: Empirical evidence from Nigeria
Danquah, Michael; Owusu, Solomon - 2021
technology by informal enterprises on labour productivity. Using a sample of non-farm informal enterprises in Nigeria, we employ …
Persistent link: https://www.econbiz.de/10012705312
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Terms of trade and growth of resource economies: A tale of two countries
Fosu, Augustin Kwasi - 2011
case studies the two African countries, Botswana and Nigeria.Using distributed-lag analysis, the paper finds that the … supportive of the 'resource curse' hypothesis for Nigeria, but not for Botswana.I further argue that the superior institutional … quality in Botswana, relative to Nigeria, is likely responsible for the contrasting results. However, Nigeria appears to be …
Persistent link: https://www.econbiz.de/10010280151
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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...
Persistent link: https://www.econbiz.de/10010330121
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The COVID-19 pandemic and the economy in Southern Africa
Seidman Makgetla, Neva - 2021
The COVID-19 pandemic has had severe economic consequences in Southern Africa, resulting in an unprecedented decline in production and employment. Similar policy responses have emerged across the region, centred on temporary and inadequate relief for workers and businesses; very limited fiscal...
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Learning from experience: Special Economic Zones in Southern Africa
Seidman Makgetla, Neva - 2021
Special Economic Zones (SEZs) have become common across Southern Africa in the past 20 years. In line with experiences in the rest of the world, they have had at best marginal success. Their essential premise is that it should be more efficient and effective to establish an enclave with...
Persistent link: https://www.econbiz.de/10012705322
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Glimpses of fiscal states in sub-Saharan Africa
Moore, Mick - 2021
There is a widespread perception that taxing in sub-Saharan Africa has been and remains fraught with problems or government failure. This is not generally true. For more than a century, colonial administrations and independent states have steadily developed the capacity to routinely collect more...
Persistent link: https://www.econbiz.de/10012705349
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Fiscal states in sub-Saharan Africa: Conceptualization and empirical trends
Bak, Ane Karoline; Jeppesen, Matilde; Kjær, Anne Mette - 2021
This paper contributes to the debate on domestic revenue mobilization and statebuilding in the Global South by asking whether there are fiscal states in sub-Saharan Africa. To answer this question, we review the diverse understandings of the fiscal state across relevant literatures and explore...
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