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Asongu, Simplice A. - 2011

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Are the Chinese in Africa More Innovative than the Africans? Comparing Chinese and Nigerian Entrepreneurial Migrants' Cultures of Innovation

Kohnert, Dirk - 2010

The remarkable influx of Chinese migrant entrepreneurs in West Africa has been met with growing resistance from established African entrepreneurs. Whether the former have a competitive edge over the latter because of distinctive sociocultural traits or whether the Chinese's supposed...

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EU-African Economic Relations : Continuing Dominance, Traded for Aid?

Kohnert, Dirk - 2008

Promising growth rates, increased trade, and competition among major global players for African resources have boosted the development and bargaining power of sub-Saharan Africa (SSA) in relation to the EU. However, Africa's least developed countries remain vulnerable to external shocks....

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Understanding the Growth of African Financial Markets

Andrianaivo, Mihasonirina - 2009

This paper examines empirically the determinants of financial market development in Africa with an emphasis on banking systems and stock markets. The results show that income level, creditor rights protection, financial repression, and political risk are the main determinants of banking sector...

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Understanding the growth of African financial markets

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The economic consequences of China-Africa relations: debunking myths in the debate

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Linkages between investment flows and financial development : causality evidence from selected African countries

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Understanding the growth of African financial markets

Andrianaivo, Mihasonirina; Amo-Yartey, Charles - In: African development review 22 (2010) 3, pp. 394-418

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EU-African economic relations : continuing dominance, traded for aid?

Kohnert, Dirk - 2008

fördern die Entwicklung und die Verhandlungsmacht der Staaten des subsaharischen Afrika gegenüber der EU. Aber gerade die …. Abgesehen von den Folgen des (Neo-)Kolonialismus, und trotz der unbestrittenen Demokratisierungsdefizite vieler afrikanischer … des subsaharischen Afrika bei. Angesichts der anhaltenden politischen und wirtschaftlichen Dominanz der EU und der …

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EU-African economic relations : continuing dominance, traded for aid?

Kohnert, Dirk - 2008

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