The international donor community has grave concerns about the prospects for poverty reduction in what it terms fragile states. A state is classified as fragile if its country policy and institutional assessment (CPIA) score falls below a particular threshold. Recognizing that all states are...

The international donor community has grave concerns about the prospects for poverty reduction in what it terms fragile states. A state is classified as fragile if its country policy and institutional assessment (CPIA) score falls below a particular threshold. Recognizing that all states are...

This paper uses 1974 to 2001 panel data for 31 sub - Saharan African and 10 Arab countries and Arellano - Bond estimations to empirically assess the impact on growth of an important indicator associated with MDG 3; namely the ratio of 15 - 24 year - old literate females to males. Our findings...