This study briefly summarizes the development experiences of special economic zones in China and Africa, the lessons … that Africa can learn from China, and the preliminary results of the Chinese investments in special economic zones in … Africa. The study makes recommendations on how to unleash the power of special economic zones and industrial zones in Africa …

This paper investigates the relationship between mining and spatial inequality in Africa during 2001-12. The … socioeconomic development in Africa …

customers in the cities of Sub-Saharan Africa. Fifty-five percent of the unconnected urban population relies on standpipes as …

Water and sanitation utilities in Africa operate in a high-cost environment. They also have a mandate to at least … of the world. The increasing block tariff (IBT) is the most common tariff structure in Africa. Most African utilities are …

three late-bloomers in East Africa offsetting the boom-bust pattern in Southern Africa and the never-significant response in … Central and Western Africa. Firm-level customs data for selected countries reveal that even in East Africa, the recent export …

In considering how the euro will affect Sub-Saharan Africa, the authors examine the transmission channels through which …-Saharan Africa mainly exports - an increase in activity in Europe is considered to have a marginal impact on Africa. Exchange rate … flows to Sub-Saharan Africa can be affected through portfolio shifts or through changes in foreign direct investment …

challenges for Africa today. The significance of Chinese private-sector investment is already visible in the burgeoning … manufacturing sector in some parts of Africa, and the trend will continue to grow in the near future. The underlying force behind … this trend is the increased pressure of industrial restructuring in coastal China, a force that drives some labor …

China's World Trade Organization accession): it is not enough to assume, given Africa's high spatial inequality, that local …This paper investigates China's influence on local economic development in 37 African countries between 1997 and 2007 …