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 …

allocation of present-day World Bank aid at the grid-cell level in Africa. The correlation is robust to an extensive set of …

supported by data from Latin America, Africa, and Asia. A growing number of studies from a range of contexts therefore indicate …

How can foreign aid to agriculture support economic growth in Africa? This paper constructs a geographically …

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 …

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 …

, under the United States Africa Growth Opportunity Act, 22 African countries exporting apparel to the United States can use … the initial preference access under the Africa Growth Opportunity Act without the single transformation. This change in … design also mattered for diversity in apparel exports, as the number of export varieties grew more rapidly under the Africa …