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Oil Discovery and Macroeconomic Management : The Recent Ghanaian Experience
Bawumia, Mahamudu - 2017
This paper analyses the evolution of fiscal and monetary variables in Ghana, from the discovery of oil in 2007 through … framework. The suggested causes include the politics of Ghana's dominant two-party system. Finally, the paper discusses what … Ghana could have done differently to avoid the various damaging effects associated with the oil discovery. It does not aim …
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Africa's Macroeconomic Story
Hostland, Douglas - 2017
Much of Sub-Saharan Africa's post-independence macroeconomic history has been characterized by boom-bust cycles. Growth accelerations have been common, but short lived. Weak policy formulation and implementation led to large external and fiscal imbalances, excessive debt accumulation, volatile...
Persistent link: https://www.econbiz.de/10012973926
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Deals Versus Rules : Policy Implementation Uncertainty and Why Firms Hate it
Hallward-Driemeier, Mary - 2017
Firms in Africa report "regulatory and economic policy uncertainty" as a top constraint to their growth. This paper argues that often firms in Africa do not cope with policy rules, rather they face deals: firm-specific policy actions that can be influenced by firm actions (such as bribes) and...
Persistent link: https://www.econbiz.de/10012976520
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Personality Traits, Technology Adoption, and Technical Efficiency : Evidence from Smallholder Rice Farms in Ghana
Ali, Daniel Ayalew - 2017
Although a large literature highlights the impact of personality traits on key labor market outcomes, evidence of their impact on agricultural production decisions remains limited. Data from 1,200 Ghanaian rice farmers suggest that noncognitive skills (polychronicity, work centrality, and...
Persistent link: https://www.econbiz.de/10012963968
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Taxation Without Representation? Experimental Evidence from Ghana and Uganda on Citizen Action Toward Taxes, Oil, and Aid
de la Cuesta, Brandon - 2017
taxes than for non-tax revenue from oil or aid. Two identical experiments on large, representative subject pools in Ghana …
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Who Serves the Poor? Surveying Civil Servants in the Developing World
Rogger, Daniel - 2017
, Ghana, Indonesia, Nigeria, Pakistan and the Philippines, to highlight key aspects of their characteristics and experience of …
Persistent link: https://www.econbiz.de/10012957069
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Structural Change, Fundamentals, and Growth : A Framework and Case Studies
McMillan, Margaret - 2017
development quest. The sample includes Brazil, India, Vietnam and four African countries -- Botswana, Ghana, Nigeria, and Zambia …
Persistent link: https://www.econbiz.de/10012957710
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The Local Socioeconomic Effects of Gold Mining : Evidence from Ghana
Chuhan-Pole, Punam - 2019
Ghana is experiencing its third gold rush, and this paper sheds light on the socioeconomic impacts of this rapid …
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Ghana Private Equity and Venture Capital Ecosystem Study
Divakaran, Shanthi - 2018
This paper discusses the landscape for private equity and venture capital financing in Ghana. It provides an overview …, regulatory, and taxation drivers and impediments that affect Ghana?s private equity and venture capital industry …
Persistent link: https://www.econbiz.de/10012909232
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Management and Bureaucratic Effectiveness : Evidence from the Ghanaian Civil Service
Rasul, Imran - 2018
A burgeoning area of social science research examines how state capabilities and bureaucratic effectiveness shape economic development. This paper studies how the management practices of civil service bureaucrats correlate to the delivery of public projects, using novel data from the Ghanaian...
Persistent link: https://www.econbiz.de/10012910475