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Weathering shocks : the effects of weather shocks on farm input use in sub-Saharan Africa

Nsabimana, Aimable - 2022

There has been much discussion on climate change and its adverse effects on agriculture, including excessive loss of … food production. In regions such as sub-Saharan Africa, where agriculture is the major source of household livelihoods … rich Living Standards Measurement Study-Integrated Surveys on Agriculture dataset, I find that the intensity of chemical …

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Changes in land tenure and agricultural intensification in sub-Saharan Africa

Ōtsuka, Keijirō; Place, Frank M. - 2014

Due to increasing population pressure on limited cultivable land in many parts of sub-Saharan Africa (SSA), farm size has been shrinking, fallow periods have been shortened, and soil fertility has been declining. In accordance with the Boserupian evolutionary theory and the Hayami-Ruttan induced...

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Does HIV/AIDS matter for economic growth in sub-Saharan Africa?

Mveyange, Anthony; Skovsgaard, Christian; Lesner, Tine - 2015

Estimating the impact of HIV/AIDS epidemic on economic growth is challenging because of endogeneity concerns. In this paper, we use novel data on male circumcision and distance from the first HIV outbreak as instrumental variables for the HIV/AIDS epidemic in 241 regions across 25 countries in...

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A quest for institutional foundations towards inclusive development in Sub-Saharan Africa

Nissanke, Machiko - 2015

The paper explores the paths towards building institutional foundations for inclusive development in Sub-Saharan Africa. Viewing institutional configurations as a system of multiple equilibria, the concepts of endogenous institutions and institutional changes are used to address the question of...

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The effect of climate change on economic growth : evidence from Sub-Saharan Africa

Alagidede, Paul; Adu, George; Frimpong, Prince Boakye - 2014

This paper is a contribution to the empirics of climate change and its effect on sustainable economic growth in Sub-Saharan Africa. Using data on two climate variables, temperature and precipitation, and employing panel cointegration techniques, we estimate the short- and long-run effects of...

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Development as diffusion : manufacturing productivity and sub-Saharan Africa's missing middle

Gelb, Alan; Meyer, Christian J.; Ramachandran, Vijaya - 2014

We consider economic development of sub-Saharan Africa from the perspective of slow convergence of productivity, both across sectors and firms within sectors. Why have 'productivity enclaves', islands of high productivity in a sea of smaller low-productivity firms, not diffused more rapidly? We...

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The structural anatomy and institutional architecture of inclusive growth in sub-Saharan Africa

Thorbecke, Erik - 2014

The distinct features of inclusive growth within the context of sub-Saharan Africa are identified. The anatomy of growth is analysed by exploring the interrelationship among growth, inequality, and poverty. The present growth spell appears to have been relatively inclusive. The recent structural...

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Determinants of foreign aid in family planning : how relevant is the Mexico City Policy?

Asiedu, Elizabeth; Nanivazo, Malokele; Nkusu, Mwanza - 2013

The Mexico City Policy (MCP) prohibits the United States Agency for International Development from providing aid to international non-governmental organizations that provide abortion-related services. This paper employs a panel data of 151 developing countries over the period of 1988 - 2010, to...

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The care connection : the World Bank and women's unpaid care work in select sub- Saharan African countries

Bibler, Sarah; Zuckerman, Elaine - 2013

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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Gendered perspectives on economic growth and development in sub-Saharan Africa

Seguino, Stephanie; Were, Maureen - 2014

Researchers have linked sub-Saharan Africa's (SSA) poor growth performance in recent decades to several factors, including geography, institutions, and low returns to investment. This literature has not yet integrated the research that identifies linkages between gender, economic development,...

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