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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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Africa's improved growth performance over the last 15 years provides an opportunity for the continent to transit from … agriculture therein, and the pace of structural transformation in Africa over the last 50 years. The evolution has involved …-based strategies exemplified under the Comprehensive Africa Agriculture Development Programme (CAADP). …
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In Sub-Saharan Africa we find some of the highest levels of income inequality in the world. Nevertheless, we generally …
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-Saharan Africa. Given the importance of the state in industrial policy, this paper considers the implications for these discussions …
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Since civil war and genocide left the country in ruins, Rwanda has undergone a remarkable transformation. Growth rates since 1995 have averaged 8 per cent annually, poverty rates have fallen, maternal and child health have improved, and infrastructure and public institutions have been rebuilt....
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transformation in Africa, focusing on sectoral output shares, sectoral employment shares, and the relative labour productivity of … sectors. We find that Africa is gradually advancing towards structural transformation but at a very slow speed. The empirical …
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role of economic factors such as the lack of agglomeration economies and poor infrastructure in urban Africa. …
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Land registration and titling in Africa has been seen as a means of legal empowerment of the poor that can protect … smallholders' and pastoralists' rights of access to land and other land-based resources. Land registration is also on the … ethnojustice agenda in parts of Africa and beyond. Yet legal empowerment via registration and titling is also advocated by those …
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Due to increasing population pressure on limited cultivable land in many parts of sub-Saharan Africa (SSA), farm size …
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The sub-Saharan Africa region recorded the fastest conversion of forest land to agriculture in the past 20 years. The …
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