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Much African land currently has low productivity and has attracted investors purchasing (or leasing) land as a speculative option on higher future prices or productivity. If land deals are to be beneficial they need to induce productivity enhancing investments. Some of these will be publicly...
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Much African land currently has low productivity and has attracted investors leasing land as a speculative option on higher future prices or productivity. To be beneficial land deals need to induce productivity enhancing investments. Some of these will be publicly provided (infrastructure,...
Persistent link: https://www.econbiz.de/10010551661
Africa is well endowed with potential for hydro and solar power, but its other endowments – shortages of capital …-carbons makes fossil fuels relatively cheap. Current power shortages make expansion of power capacity a priority. Africa … Africa closer to those in the rest of the world. The international community can support by increasing Africa’s supply of the …
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Africa is well endowed with potential for hydro and solar power, but its other endowments – shortages of capital …-carbons makes fossil fuels relatively cheap. Current power shortages make expansion of power capacity a priority. Africa … Africa closer to those in the rest of the world. The international community can support by increasing Africa’s supply of the …
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Africa is well endowed with potential for hydro and solar power, but its other endowments - shortages of capital … Africa closer to those in the rest of the world.  The international community can support by increasing Africa’s supply of …
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African elections often reveal low levels of political accountability. We assess different forms of voter education during an election in Mozambique. Three interventions providing information to voters and calling for their electoral participation were randomized; an SMS-based information...
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election held in Africa and one seriously marred by violence.  We designed and conducted a nationwide field experiment based on …
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election held in Africa and one seriously marred by violence. We designed and conducted a nationwide field experiment based on …
Persistent link: https://www.econbiz.de/10009642333
Firm-level data for the manufacturing sector in Africa, presented in this paper, shows very low levels of investment. A … studies shows that, for such firms, the profit effect is much smaller in Africa than in other countries. Reasons for the …
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In this paper two sets of issues are addressed using panel data from the manufacturing sector of five African countries. First, how high are the returns to human relative to physical capital. Second, what is the relative importance of technology and endowments of human and physical capital in...
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