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Does aid to the productive sectors cause manufacturing sector growth in Africa?
Ndikumana, Alain - 2022
In recent decades, Africa has received a large share of official development assistance compared to other regions of … in Africa. Econometric results show that increased assistance to these sectors is associated with an increase in growth …
Persistent link: https://www.econbiz.de/10012887967
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The impact of foreign aid on economic growth in ECOWAS countries : a simultaneous-equation model
Adamu, Patricia A. - 2013
This paper investigates the impact of foreign aid on economic growth in member countries of the Economic Community of West African States using panel data for 1990-2009 and a three equation simultaneous-equations model. The effect of foreign aid on economic growth among these ECOWAS countries...
Persistent link: https://www.econbiz.de/10010225334
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Diaspora externalities : a view from the South
Rapoport, Hillel - 2018
Migration decisions affect those left-behind in ways that are partly taken into account by market forces (e.g., wage effects on labour markets) and for the most part these can be seen as pure externalities. Diasporas are an example of such an externality. This paper reviews the recent economic...
Persistent link: https://www.econbiz.de/10011806518
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Aid and the environment in Africa : a synthesis of eight case studies
Muchapondwa, Edwin - 2014
and Southern Africa. Total aid to these countries' environmental sectors for the 2000s decade is about US$10.17 billion …
Persistent link: https://www.econbiz.de/10010259997
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Innovation capabilities for sustainable development in Africa
Lee, Keun; Juma, Calestous; Mathews, John A. - 2014
A sustainable pathway for Africa in the twenty-first century is laid out in the setting of the development of … innovation capabilities and the capture of latecomer advantages. Africa has missed out on these possibilities in the twentieth …
Persistent link: https://www.econbiz.de/10010259999
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The theory and practice of agriculture, growth, and development in Africa
Badiane, Ousmane; Makombe, Tsitsi - 2014
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). …
Persistent link: https://www.econbiz.de/10010260001
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What are the drivers of tax capacity in subSaharan Africa?
Tagem, Abrams Mbu Enow; Morrissey, Oliver - 2021
There is limited research on the underlying institutional framework of tax policy and capacity: how tax collection efficiency changes over time and the importance of institutional factors in this process. This paper fills this gap by devising a measure of tax capacity distinct from commonly used...
Persistent link: https://www.econbiz.de/10012650748
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The mitigating role of tax and benefit rescue packages for poverty and inequality in Africa amid the COVID-19 pandemic
Lastunen, Jesse; Rattenhuber, Pia; Adu-Ababio, Kwabena; … - 2021
This paper analyses the distributional effects of the COVID-19 pandemic and related tax-benefit measures in 2020 in a cross-country comparative perspective for five African countries: Ghana, Mozambique, Tanzania, Uganda, and Zambia. We first estimate the impact of the crisis on disposable...
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The role of trust and poverty in compliance with social distancing measures in Africa during the COVID-19 pandemic
Mazive, Edson; Baza, Gerson; Xirinda, Gimelgo; … - 2021
Since it began, the COVID-19 pandemic has imposed a number of challenges on Africa and the rest of the world. Following …
Persistent link: https://www.econbiz.de/10012545409
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Exploring economic support networks amidst racial inequality in Namibia
Oppel, Annalena - 2021
Community or interpersonal support as a critical source of livelihood sustenance in the Global South can exhibit unequal dynamics. An understanding of these practices is primarily tied to the conceptual space of poverty or small communities. Less is known about how social support systems might...
Persistent link: https://www.econbiz.de/10012545413