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from shifts in technology. Countries experiencing input-driven growth in the secondary sector, such as Namibia and Eswatini …, have the potential to achieve growth through efficiency improvements and by adopting technology. Output growth in the …This paper aims to decompose the sources of growth in economies in the Southern African region's Common Monetary Area …
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This paper examines the relationship between trade (exports), growth, and inequality, using a panel of 100 countries … of trade (exports) on growth. The findings are that in general trade openness advances growth while inequality reduces … threshold is allowed for. Thus, trade generally promotes growth and relatively high inequality retards growth. …
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'Regional growth and development in Southern Africa', and consider policy options for escaping economic stagnation. The focus is … on South Africa and South African policies yielding relatively quick dividends in terms of growth and taking the rest of …
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. A series of shocks, especially the fuel and food price crisis of 2008, combined with poor productivity growth in …
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SBRs measures are related to higher economic growth and firm level productivity. …
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After many years of relatively slow growth, Tanzania's national accounts data report accelerated aggregate growth since … around 2000. Our analysis shows that there has been somewhat slower growth in private consumption and in sectors such as …
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Ghana is relatively rare among Sub-Saharan African countries in having had sustained positive growth every year since … the mid-1980s. This paper analyses the nature of the growth and then presents an analysis of the evolution of both …-monetary outcomes, remains an important concern. This increase in inequality is one reason why growth has not led to faster poverty …
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endogeneity problem in the aid-growth relationship. Evidence from a panel VAR model estimated on the dataset of NDHKM, suggests a …
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This paper confirms recent evidence of a positive impact of aid on growth and widens the scope of evaluation to a range … of outcomes including proximate sources of growth (e.g., physical and human capital), indicators of social welfare (e … coherent and favorable pattern of results emerges. Aid has over the past forty years stimulated growth, promoted structural …
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trends. We evaluate the implications of climate change for overall growth and development prospects to 2050. We focus on … uncertainty in climate forecasts. We find that climate change is unlikely to substantially slow overall economic growth over the …
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