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in the attainment of lower middle-income status. However, employment response to growth has been weak. Additionally …Ghana's status as one of the African Lions is linked to the country's remarkable growth performance, which culminated …, growth has been accompanied by substantial reduction in poverty, albeit increasing inequality. This development is explained …
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to create enough good jobs. Structural transformation - the relative growth of employment in high productivity sectors … responsiveness of employment to growth. The role of development aid in this context is problematic. Across Africa more aid went to … countries with a low employment intensity of growth. The paper proposes a new approach to aid and poverty in Africa, one that …
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This study examines the relationship between growth and employment in Nigeria to gain insights into the country … approach, complemented with econometric estimation of the country's employment intensity of growth. The findings indicate that … services sector. Employment elasticity of growth was positive and quite low, reflecting the country's poor overall employment …
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relationship between inequality and growth, the role of agriculture in the development process, the relationships between ethnicity …
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to relate growth to the relative employment of women and, also, suggest simulations for Morocco. Both approaches lead to … one of the rare attempts to elicit the growth potential of a reduction in the employment gap in a low-income country. …The present paper sheds new light on the growth implications of gender inequalities in the Moroccan labour market. We …
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In this paper, we analyse the impact of political economy factors on the production of bioenergy. We theoretically and empirically show that the quality of governance and environmental policy stringency instruments promote the development of bioenergy production. We also find that the factors...
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This paper assesses biofuels technology readiness and provides foresight to biofuels development in Southern Africa. Efficient conversion pathways, coupled with biomass from waste or high-yielding energy crops, reduces both the costs of biofuels production and the environmental impacts....
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It is estimated that biofuel demand in South Africa will increase to 1,550 million litres by 2025 following the introduction of mandatory blending rates in 2014. Land and water constraints, however, limit domestic supply ability. Zambia, due to abundance of land, suitable climate, supportive...
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Understanding the political economic drivers of energy planning in the Brazilian Amazon is critical since the forest is increasingly vulnerable to destruction and related, increased poverty. This research investigates how political economy affects biomass and hydroelectricity development in that...
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-regions to analyse the effect of development funds on regional GDP per capita growth during 2004-10. The results suggest that … development funds have positive impact on GDP per capita growth mainly at municipality level. Furthermore, the results indicate … that different modalities of FCO, FNO, and FNE affect regional growth differently. …
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