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Regional and subregional analyses of macroeconomic policy strategies for growth and equality in Southern Africa
Sahoo, Dukhabandhu; Mishra, Diptimayee; Sahoo, Auro Kumar; … - 2020
We investigate the relevance of beta (β, absolute and conditional) and sigma (σ) convergence in the economies of the Common Monetary Area of Southern Africa and in the provinces of the Republic of South Africa using panel data, allowing an understanding of growth and inequality in the region....
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The real exchange rate, foreign aid and macroeconomic transmission mechanisms in Tanzania and Ghana
Jusélius, Katarina; Reshid, Adbulaziz; Tarp, Finn - 2013
A recent study of 36 sub-Saharan African countries found a positive impact of aid in the absolute majority of these countries. However, for Tanzania and Ghana, two major aid recipients, aid did not seem to have been equally beneficial. This paper singles out these two countries for a more...
Persistent link: https://www.econbiz.de/10010128334
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Rwanda : from devastation to services-first transformation
Ggombe, Kasim; Newfarmer, Richard S. - 2017
economy, focusing on: the central role of government; the structural transformation of the economy; the role of exports and …
Persistent link: https://www.econbiz.de/10011634602
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The impact of foreign aid on economic growth in ECOWAS countries : a simultaneous-equation model
Adamu, Patricia A. - 2013
equation on foreign aid indicated that domestic investment, exports, and international reserves have a positive relationship …
Persistent link: https://www.econbiz.de/10010225334
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Determinants of clove exports in Zanzibar : implications for policy
Kabote, Samwel J.; Tunguhole, Jires - 2022
This paper analyses factors for the declining trend in clove exports in Zanzibar using time series data that were … exports indirectly through production. Extension services were poor while the local price of cloves was low and not stable. We … can conclude that clove exports were determined by many interlinked factors. We recommend an integrated policy approach …
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Structural transformation and sources of growth in Turkey
Kaya, Ahmet Ihsan; Çiçekçi, Cumhur - 2023
This paper provides a comprehensive analysis of the supply and demand side of structural transformation in Turkey. Using the GGDC/UNU-WIDER Economic Transformation Database, we find that labour productivity improvements explain more than half of economic growth in the period 1980-2021. This is...
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The great transformation 1989 - 2029 : could It have been better? ; will It be better?
Kołodko, Grzegorz W. - 2010
Over 1.8 billion people, from Central Europe to East Asia, have been involved in the great systemic transformation to market economy, civic society and democracy. The process has brought mixed fruits. The diversification of the current situation is a result of both the legacy from the past and...
Persistent link: https://www.econbiz.de/10008661244
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How does colonial origin matter for economic performance in sub-Saharan Africa?
Agbor, Julius A. - 2011
This paper investigates some of the existing hypotheses regarding the transmission of different colonial legacies to modern day economic growth. The fact that different colonial strategies were pursued by different colonizers in various territories suggests possible ramifications for current...
Persistent link: https://www.econbiz.de/10008991422
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Emerging evidence on the relative importance of sectoral sources of growth in Sub-Saharan Africa
Ogunleye, Eric Kehinde - 2011
Purposeful, well-targeted and successful transformation policies will be elusive for a country or region that does not understand the relative importance of its sectoral sources of growth. This study aims at eliciting our understanding in this respect by providing an assessment of the relative...
Persistent link: https://www.econbiz.de/10009311724
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Mozambique : off-track or temporarily sidelined?
Arndt, Channing; Jones, E. Samuel; Tarp, Finn - 2015
Since 1994, a great deal has been accomplished. We argue that poverty reduction was temporarily sidelined in the 2000s. A series of shocks, especially the fuel and food price crisis of 2008, combined with poor productivity growth in agriculture and a weather shock, undermined progress in...
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