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The micro-macro paradox has been revived. Despite broadly positive evaluations at the micro and meso-levels, recent literature doubts the ability of foreign aid to foster economic growth and development. This paper assesses the aid-growth literature and, taking inspiration from the program...
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This paper evaluates the greenhouse gas emissions and economic impacts from producing biofuels in Tanzania … biofuel strategy for Tanzania by limiting potential poverty reduction. Unlike previous studies, our integrated assessment … sugarcane-ethanol in Tanzania. …
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After many years of relatively slow growth, Tanzania's national accounts data report accelerated aggregate growth since …
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consumption of individuals over different growth spells in Cameroon, Senegal, and Tanzania. With cross-sectional data, we track … benefit from growth, except in Tanzania where growth is driven by the skill-intensive sectors. We also find significant losers … from growth in Tanzania where the rate of inflation is very high compared to the other countries. Our methodology finds …
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countries. However, for Tanzania and Ghana, two major aid recipients, aid did not seem to have been equally beneficial. This … Tanzania experienced positive investment and GDP growth from the late 1960s to 2007. But, until the mid-1980s, the impact of …
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There are large volumes of gas offshore Tanzania, which has raised hopes of a boom. But those hopes look set to be …
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this study, we assess the extent and determinants of linkages between SMEs and large firms in Tanzania and to what degree … beneficial for the increased performance of SMEs, the level of such linkages is low in Tanzania and is likely to be influenced by …
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direct investment) on economic growth in Cameroon. Using the autoregressive distributive lag approach to cointegration and …
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approach and the Johansen maximum likelihood approach to cointegration for the period 1970-2007, we find that foreign aid has a … ; foreign aid ; cointegration ; Sierra Leone ; ARDL ; post-war …
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-Saharan Africa. Using data on two climate variables, temperature and precipitation, and employing panel cointegration techniques, we …
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