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This study uses detailed household-level data to analyse off-farm self-employment dynamics in Mali and Niger. It adds to the literature that acknowledges the existence of heterogeneities in informal work and the body of evidence on informal self-employment in fragile and conflict-affected...
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Armed conflicts significantly affect the social and economic conditions of societies in turmoil, disrupting the normal functioning of local economies. This study seeks to delve into the repercussions of armed conflicts on the dynamics of local economies in Ségou and Mopti, Mali, since the...
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Ghana, in contrast, adopts the 'co-opt-elite' approach and deliberately absorbs local elites into the water committee. This …
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. Cross section data on 2,691 clients and non-clients households from Ghana is used to test the hypothesis of loan price … ; microfinance ; Ghana …
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This study provides an analysis of the aid-private capital flows-growth nexus for Ghana. It is premised on the argument … that Ghana's new status as a middle income country plus the start of oil production is bound to result in a reduction in … curse'. The study makes two key observations about the economy of Ghana. First, it notes that although the structure of the …
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Ghana's experience since the early 1990s indicates that external aid can significantly impact a country';s democratic … transition. External democracy assistance has been a crucial, positive factor in Ghana's steady evolution into an electoral … democracy over the past two decades. Continuing gaps in the quality of Ghana's democracy confirms, however, that even sustained …
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rounds of the Ghana Living Standards Survey. The first-order dominance methodology was used to examine five dimensions of … income poverty are imperative for different locations in Ghana. …
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The article explores the various co-ordination mechanisms between the state and the business community in Ghana, and …
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Ghana is relatively rare among Sub-Saharan African countries in having had sustained positive growth every year since …
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, hiding of income can occur even when revelation increases bargaining power. I draw data from Ghana and exploit the variation …
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