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This paper examines the national savings behaviour in the process of economic growth through a comparative analysis of … 'virtuous circle' between growth and savings, with growth initiating the savings transition. No evidence to suggest that a prior … phase of promoting savings through specific policy initiatives is needed to initiate the process of growth and structural …
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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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The structure of the Nigerian economy is typical of an underdeveloped country. The primary sector, in particular, the oil and gas sector, dominates the gross domestic product accounting for over 95 per cent of export earnings and about 85 per cent of government revenue between 2011 and 2012. The...
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This study examines the relationship between growth and employment in Nigeria to gain insights into the country …'s paradox of high economic growth alongside rising poverty and inequality. The methodology adopted is the Shapley decomposition … approach, complemented with econometric estimation of the country's employment intensity of growth. The findings indicate that …
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understanding of growth and inequality in the region. The region has experienced β- and σ-convergence; however, growth rates of per … health can enhance growth rate, whereas the overall revenue expenditure retards growth. Therefore, provinces' capital budgets …
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redistribution and the impacts of redistribution on growth can be misleading. …
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This paper aims to decompose the sources of growth in economies in the Southern African region's Common Monetary Area … and in the provinces of South Africa. Decomposition results for the Common Monetary Area reveal that the growth of … from shifts in technology. Countries experiencing input-driven growth in the secondary sector, such as Namibia and Eswatini …
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This paper decomposes differences between the official poverty estimates of Malawi and a set of revised estimates by Pauw et al. (2016, forthcoming) with respect to five methodological differences: (i) the use of a revised set of unit conversion factors; (ii) the specification and use of...
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The savings-growth nexus is widely acknowledged, both in policy and in the literature. But Kenya's numerous policy …, we find that in the long run, private saving is positively and significantly influenced by the per capita income growth … saving is positively and significantly influenced by the per capita income growth rate, inflation, and private sector credit …
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SBRs measures are related to higher economic growth and firm level productivity. …
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