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effects of foreign aid on capital investment (human capital, physical capital) in sub-Saharan Africa. Our methodological …
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African countries have sought to replicate the success of East Asia by implementing special economic zones. Despite decades of international experience, there remains no blueprint for successful special economic zone policies, and the majority of special economic zones fall well below...
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Africa has come a long way since the economic turmoil of the 1980s, the decade of "structural adjustment". Growth has … of diversification in Africa's economies-in contrast to Asia's success stories. Structural adjustment did not change the … manufacturing and service clusters, Africa is yet to follow East Asia in integrating with the global economy in ways that add value …
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This paper begins by noting that Uganda has been a public sector reform leader in Africa. It has pursued reforms …' in Africa (and beyond). The problem is that many of the reforms have been limited to these kinds of gains - producing new …
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The fisheries sector in sub-Saharan Africa has benefitted from high and increasing amounts of foreign aid for over four … the relationship between development aid and capture fisheries management in sub-Saharan Africa and found that, indeed …
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planning aid to countries in sub-Saharan Africa (SSA) is higher than aid to non-SSA countries, and that high fertility rate …
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The sub-Saharan Africa region recorded the fastest conversion of forest land to agriculture in the past 20 years. The …
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Africa there has been enormous variation in this trend: some governments expanded coverage dramatically while others resisted … projects in sub-Saharan Africa. …
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With the aim of reducing women's greater unpaid care work than men&'s and increasing women's paid employment, this paper examines the extent to which World Bank investments address unpaid care work. The paper conducts an in-depth gender analysis of 36 World Bank employment-related projects in...
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on local revenues in sub-Saharan Africa, a region where local fiscal capacity is limited and endogenously determined by … of many rural districts in Africa - intergovernmental transfers facilitate local revenue generation instead of …
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