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Magic and witchcraft: Implications for Democratization and poverty-alleviating aid in Africa
Kohnert, Dirk - In: World Development 24 (1996) 8, pp. 1347-1355
The belief in occult forces is still deeply rooted in many African societies, regardless of education, religion, and social class of the people concerned. According to many Africans its incidence is even increasing due to social stress and strain caused (among others) by the process of...
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Explaining Africa’s (Dis)advantage
Harrison, Ann E.; Lin, Justin Yifu; Xu, Lixin Colin - In: World Development 63 (2014) C, pp. 59-77
Africa’s economic performance has been widely viewed with pessimism. In this paper, firm-level data for around 80 … productivity levels and growth. Africa’s conditional advantage is higher in low-tech than in high-tech manufacturing, and exists in … manufacturing but not in services. The key factors explaining Africa’s disadvantage at the firm level are lack of infrastructure …
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The Role of Rural–Urban Migration in the Structural Transformation of Sub-Saharan Africa
de Brauw, Alan; Mueller, Valerie; Lee, Hak Lim - In: World Development 63 (2014) C, pp. 33-42
sub-Saharan Africa. In this paper, we attempt to describe the present state of rural–urban migration from several … and migration policy in Africa. …
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Aiding and Abetting: Project Aid and Ethnic Politics in Kenya
Briggs, Ryan C. - In: World Development 64 (2014) C, pp. 194-205
I analyze a unique dataset of sub-national resource allocations in Kenya from 1989 to 1995 and show that project aid and local funds were disproportionately directed to the president’s political base. Per-donor analyses of aid flows show that bilateral donors and the African Development Bank...
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Impact of South–South FDI and Trade on the Export Upgrading of African Economies
Amighini, Alessia; Sanfilippo, Marco - In: World Development 64 (2014) C, pp. 1-17
We explore the impact of FDI and imports on the upgrading of African exports. We find that South–South flows impact differently from North–South ones on the ability of recipients to absorb the positive spillovers. Results support the view that South–South integration has a strong potential...
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The Paradigm of Agricultural Efficiency and its Implication on Food Security in Africa: What Does Meta-analysis Reveal?
Ogundari, Kolawole - In: World Development 64 (2014) C, pp. 690-702
by experience, extension, and credit are the major drivers of agricultural efficiency levels in Africa. …
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Impact of Information and Communication Technology-Based Market Information Services on Smallholder Farm Input Use and Productivity: The Case of Kenya
Ogutu, Sylvester Ochieng; Okello, Julius Juma; Otieno, … - In: World Development 64 (2014) C, pp. 311-321
Information asymmetry has traditionally constrained smallholder farmers’ access to markets, consequently limiting their adoption of modern technologies and farm productivity. Improved smallholder farmers’ access to markets via the recent Information and Communication Technology (ICT)...
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Technology and Productivity in African Manufacturing Firms
Baptist, Simon; Teal, Francis - In: World Development 64 (2014) C, pp. 713-725
We find that heterogeneity in production functions is an important source of variation in firm outcomes in Africa, and … technological diversity within Africa, with more dependence on raw materials in poor countries and higher returns to education in …
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Does Smallholder Land Titling Facilitate Agricultural Growth?: An Analysis of the Determinants and Effects of Smallholder Land Titling in Zambia
Sitko, Nicholas J.; Chamberlin, Jordan; Hichaambwa, Munguzwe - In: World Development 64 (2014) C, pp. 791-802
Zambia’s land policies privilege agricultural land alienation by wage earners over local smallholder farmers. As a result, land title holders are not statistically significantly different from non-title holders in terms of agricultural productivity, despite greater access to investment capital...
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Are Rural Youth in Ethiopia Abandoning Agriculture?
Bezu, Sosina; Holden, Stein - In: World Development 64 (2014) C, pp. 259-272
This study examines current land access and livelihood choices of rural youth in Southern Ethiopia. We found that youth in rural south have limited access to agricultural land because of land scarcity and land market restrictions. We hypothesize that this forces the youth to abandon agriculture...
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