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Africa has come a long way since the economic turmoil of the 1980s, the decade of "structural adjustment". Growth has … of diversification in Africa's economies-in contrast to Asia's success stories. Structural adjustment did not change the … manufacturing and service clusters, Africa is yet to follow East Asia in integrating with the global economy in ways that add value …
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This study develops a scenario-based model to assess the current and future trends in energy demand in Africa and … main policy implications can be derived from the results of this study. First, it is essential for Africa to promote energy …
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This study combines household survey data from the Beninese Demographic and Health Survey with school supply statistics in order to investigate regional and gender disparities in primary school attendance rates in Benin. Despite almost unparalleled increases in enrolment since the 1990s, Benin...
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Africa: Botswana, South Africa, Zambia, and the semi-autonomous territory of Zanzibar. In all four cases, political elites …
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sources are becoming more accessible for many of the nations in Africa. However, little is known about the underlying climate …. We find that wind resources vary more over time and space than solar across Africa. Due mostly to these variations in …
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to play a significant role in many regional power pools in Africa. Feasible power transmission highways from Grand Inga … expected to cause major variations in Africa's hydrological resources and it is not known how these changes may impact the … regional integration in sub-Saharan Africa and how this value may change in the face of climate change. This work builds on …
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One key element in the reduction of poverty and (in Latin America) inequality has been the achievement of greater fiscal equity; we analyse one key part of this process, which is the earmarking of portions of tax revenue to be spent on progressive public expenditures such as social protection,...
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This paper reviews integration among the eight African Regional Economic Communities by comparing their characteristics and progress with three other South-South Regional Integration Arrangements. Three conclusions emerge: (i) slow progress towards meeting overly ambitious objectives; (ii) small...
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cent of the missing women are 'missing' from Africa. This paper employs a novel methodology to determine how the phenomenon … of missing women is distributed across Africa. Moreover, it provides estimates of the extent of excess female mortality … mortality for women in Africa. …
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Africa. The paper places this move in historical perspective and examines the role that a particular aid agency played in … shaping the transfer of cash transfers to Africa. …
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