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Finance and economic development in Africa : introduction and overview

Ajakaiye, Olu; Tarp, Finn - In: Journal of African economies 21 (2012), pp. 3-9

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Aid to Africa : the changing context

Addison, Tony; Singhal, Saurabh; Tarp, Finn - 2013

To continue its economic growth and create new and better livelihoods, Africa must transform the productive side of its … economy. Ongoing globalization - in trade, finance, and technology - opens up new possibilities for structural transformation …, but also new risks as Africa's integration with the global economy evolves. Climate change is impacting productive sectors …

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Finance and Economic Development in Africa : Introduction and Overview

Ajakaiye, Olu - 2014

It is clear that a lot remains to be learnt about the role of the financial sector in African growth and development process. All three papers in this volume focus on the existing consensus in the literature that there seems to be a positive relationship between financial development and...

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Assessing foreign aid's long-run contribution to growth and development

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Emerging giants : China and India in the world economy

Eichengreen, Barry (ed.) - 2010 - 1st publ.

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Climate change and developing country interests : cases from the Zambezi River Basin

Arndt, Channing; Chinowsky, Paul; Fant, Charles; … - 2015

We consider the interplay of climate change impacts, global mitigation policies, and the interests of developing countries to 2050. Focusing on Malawi, Mozambique, and Zambia, we employ a structural approach to biophysical and economic modeling that incorporates climate uncertainty and allows...

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Understanding Mozambique's growth experience through an employment lens

Jones, Sam; Tarp, Finn - 2015

Over the past twenty years, Mozambique has achieved remarkable progress in promoting macroeconomic growth and stability. Nonetheless, poverty rates remain high and labour market activity is dominated by smallholder farming. We use recent household survey data to dig into these trends and provide...

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Real Exchange Rates, Trade, and Growth : Italy 1861-2011

Di Nino, Virginia - 2013

What is the relationship between real exchange rate misalignments and economic growth? And what effect, if any, did undervaluations or overvaluations of the lira/euro have on Italy's growth? We address these questions by presenting, first, three main facts: (i) there is a positive relationship...

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The pursuit of industry : policies and outcomes

Newman, Carol; Page, John M.; Rand, John; Shimeles, Abebe; … - In: Manufacturing transformation : comparative studies of …, (pp. 1-23). 2016

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