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The Impacts of Safety Nets in Africa : What are We Learning?

Ralston, Laura - 2018

Safety nets in Africa are a popular policy instrument to address the widespread chronic poverty and encourage human …

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Are Trade Preferences a Panacea? : The African Growth and Opportunity Act and African Exports

Fernandes, Ana M. - 2019

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 …

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Playing to Strength : Growth Strategy for Small Agrarian Economies in Africa

Yusuf, Shahid - 2018

economies in Africa need an alternative strategic approach to long-term growth. The purpose of this paper is to identify a … growth strategy with the greatest potential for small, landlocked economies in East Africa. The paper uses Malawi, Rwanda …. Undoubtedly, there are obstacles to transferring the advanced technologies wholesale to East Africa, but their eventual …

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Tax Evasion in Africa and Latin America : The Role of Distortionary Infrastructures and Policies

Kouame, Wilfried Anicet Kouakou - 2018

This paper examines the impact of the quality of the business environment as well as the monitoring capacity of the tax agency on firms' tax evasion and production decisions. First, the paper uses firm-level data for 30 African and Latin American countries to show that tax evasion and...

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How Does Participation in Value Chains Matter to African Farmers?

Dihel, Nora Carina - 2018

paper deepens the discussion about productivity growth and upgrading in agriculture in Africa, and the role of national …

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The Devil is in the Details : Growth, Polarization, and Poverty Reduction in Africa in the Past Two Decades

Clementi, F. - 2018

-Saharan Africa; these changes went undetected by standard inequality measures. By developing a new decomposition technique based on a …

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Measuring and Explaining Patterns of Spatial Income Inequality from Outer Space : Evidence from Africa

Mveyange, Anthony - 2018

This paper argues for night--lights data as an alternative data source for measuring spatial inequalities in Africa … income and lights-based measures of spatial income inequality in South Africa and shows that night-lights are a decent proxy … countries in Africa broadly reveals rising patterns between 1992 and 2013. Following the climate-economy literature, the …

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Agriculture, Aid and Economic Growth in Africa

McArthur, John - 2018

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

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Do Demographics Matter for African Child Poverty?

Batana, Yele Maweki - 2018

The effect of demographics on poverty measurement based on per capita consumption is well known. The size and composition of the household can affect the well-being of everyone in the household, with respect to total consumption within that household. Failure to address this issue may often lead...

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The Effects of Pollution and Business Environment on Firm Productivity in Africa

Soppelsa, Maria Edisa - 2019

This paper explores the links between city competitiveness and air pollution and the business environment. Because competitive cities not only attract more productive firms, but also facilitate their business, the paper look at firm performance as a proxy for city competitiveness. It focuses on...

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