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As a sovereign country, Mozambique initially relied on international solidarity and managed its donor relations well. Donor dependency entailed some loss of agency for the government as it allowed donors to challenge its capacity but never its authority. However, in the last decade, donor...
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This paper argues that the crisis facing the development effectiveness agenda is fundamentally derived from limited collective commitment to a singular model of development, one where a developed North serves as model and funder for a developing South. This is partly the reason for the...
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the current and future development of mining. Focusing on Tanzania as typical of the emerging "new mineralizing Africa …
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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 … undermining it. Analysing newly available quarterly fiscal data on local revenues in Tanzania, I show that intergovernmental …
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particular Tanzania of their stated aspiration to achieve middle-income status. In doing so it finds little evidence that the …
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consumption of individuals over different growth spells in Cameroon, Senegal, and Tanzania. With cross-sectional data, we track … benefit from growth, except in Tanzania where growth is driven by the skill-intensive sectors. We also find significant losers … from growth in Tanzania where the rate of inflation is very high compared to the other countries. Our methodology finds …
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Africa's Regional Economic Communities (RECs). The small, sparsely populated, fragmented, and often isolated economies across … Africa make a compelling case for these economies to integrate regionally to reap efficiency gains, exploit economies of …
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This paper examines China and Africa co-operation from the angle of structural transformation as a major driver of …, opportunities as well as development finances in Africa's transformation. We review critical parts of China's transformation to see … if these ideas are relevant for Africa. We use empirical evidence from China-Africa co-operation and find that China …
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As Africa continues to attract record numbers of international arrivals, there are industry undercurrents that …
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This study explores the potential for South Africa to become an engine for intra- regional trade and industrial … competitiveness. The study identifies 'lead products' exported by South Africa, and then uses revealed comparative advantage and unit … agricultural lead products exported by South Africa, which could open new opportunities for Southern Africa to supply intermediate …
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