In developing countries, taxation is perceived as a brake on economic growth. Indeed, taxes in most of these countries … Development Goals (SDGs) in developing countries, taking three approaches: thematic, chronological, and methodological. Most … studies agree that high taxes in business undermine social innovation and thus the achievement of SDGs, as social innovation …

This study assesses the incidence of the Covid-19 pandemic on poverty levels in 50 African countries by employing the … PovcalNet computational tool for poverty monitoring. The empirical evidence is based on: (i) Pre Covid-19 macroeconomic … projections of October 2019 and revised macroeconomic projections of April 2020 and (ii) three poverty thresholds, notably, US$1 …

emphasis on documented measures of MFI sustainability, stylized facts surrounding the phenomenon, perspectives on the growth of … MFIs, determinants of the growth of MFIs and the impact of MFIs. …

Globally, investments in physical and human capital have been identified to foster real economic growth and development … complements or substitutes in varying scenarios. While domestic investments bring about endogenous growth processes, foreign … investment, though may be exogenous to growth, has been identified to bring about productivity and ecological spillovers. In view …

economic growth dynamics, and (ii) the relevance of value added from three economic sectors in modulating the established … effect of FDI on TFP and economic growth dynamics. The geographical and temporal scopes are respectively 25 Sub … Method of Moments. The following main findings are established. First, FDI has a positive effect on GDP growth, GDP per …