transformation in Africa, focusing on sectoral output shares, sectoral employment shares, and the relative labour productivity of … sectors. We find that Africa is gradually advancing towards structural transformation but at a very slow speed. The empirical …

The central argument of this study is that given the magnitude of the investment in infrastructure that is required …, especially in Africa, the role of foreign aid in the future should be distinctly different. While aid will be required to … sources. These include domestic revenues (which already fund a large proportion of infrastructure), investments by China and …

Given likely increases in biofuel demand across Southern Africa, we identify suitable production models in Zambia for … costs that plague outgrower models in Southern Africa and, on the other, the uniqueness of crops with respect to input …

World biofuel production has been increasing to improve energy security and mitigate global warming. Southern Africa …'s bioenergy demand could increase with South Africa's planned fuel blending mandates, triggering increased demand for feedstocks …

South Africa has a nascent biofuels industry and emerging regulatory framework, and although water scarcity limits … modelling approach of an assessment of potential biofuel demand from South Africa's transport sector to 2050 that may respond to …

The magnitude of returns to colonial-era investments in Africa has been addressed in an extensive literature, as have … profitability of firms remains unclear. We reconstruct the annual financial records of Sena Sugar Estates in Portuguese East Africa …

effects of foreign aid on capital investment (human capital, physical capital) in sub-Saharan Africa. Our methodological … approach evaluates the effect of disaggregate aid (aid for infrastructure and aid for education) on capital investment. To test … review. The effect of aid for infrastructure is less important in post-conflict environments than in stable environments …

agreements reached. This study evaluates the effects of Africa's trade agreements with the European Union (EU) and China on … Africa's exports. This study found that trade agreements in both trade relations have not brought any significant increment … to Africa's exports and that more market access conditions exist in South markets than in the North markets. …