females. Furthermore, we learned that individuals who thought it was unfair for Africa to reduce emissions polluted more. …

A consensus among social scientists is that fertility rates in Africa are declining. What determines these declines? I … Africa. This finding is consistent with the predictions of the unified growth theory and sheds important insights in … explaining the sustained income growth Africa has experienced since 1995. The paper also shows that the effects of income per …

Estimating regional income inequality in Africa has been challenging due to the lack of reliable and consistent sub … regional inequality visible through night lights and income in Africa. Thus, in the absence of income data, we can construct …

In Sub-Saharan Africa we find some of the highest levels of income inequality in the world. Nevertheless, we generally …

Ethiopia represents an excellent case study of recent industrial policy experimentation in Africa. The country is well …

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 sophistication of industry in Africa have all declined. An industrialization strategy …