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Colonial legacy and poverty reduction in sub- Saharan Africa

Khan, Rumman; Morrissey, Oliver; Mosley, Paul - 2016

Although growth has improved substantially in most African countries in recent years, poverty across the continent has fallen very little in the aggregate. There have been strong poverty reduction performances in some countries, but others exhibit higher poverty rates now than in 1990 despite...

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Two Africas? : why Africa's "growth miracle" has barely reduced poverty

Khan, Rumman; Morrissey, Oliver; Mosley, Paul - 2019

Growth improved substantially in most countries in sub-Saharan Africa (SSA) since 1990, but poverty in SSA as a whole …

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Macroeconomic management on becoming an African oil exporter

Morrissey, Oliver; Spreng, Lars - 2020

case of Ghana and applying to Uganda as a prospective exporter. The paper proceeds in two steps. First, we construct a … and Uganda and simulate the impulse response to shocks to the oil price and oil production. Second, using parameters from …). When Ghana and Uganda are importers, oil price shocks generate appreciation, mild inflation and interest rate reductions …

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Adjustment implications of bilateral trade liberalisation under economic partnership agreements : some evidence for Africa

Milner, Chris; Morrissey, Oliver; Zgovu, Evious - In: Negotiating regions : economic partnership agreements …, (pp. 41-60). 2008

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African trade policy in the 1990s: Political economy or technocratic reforms?

Jones, Chris; Morrissey, Oliver; Nelson, Doug - 2008

The majority of African countries implemented import liberalisation in the 1990s. This paper explores factors that may explain the pattern of protection and of tariff reform. We consider political economy explanations, motivated specifically by the Grossman and Helpman (1994) model of protection...

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Are imports in Africa responsive to tariff reductions?

Jones, Chris; Morrissey, Oliver - 2008

), Tanzania (2000) and Uganda (2000) all liberalised their tariffs. These countries act as a 'treatment' group. In comparison …

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EC aid and trade relations with Africa : a preliminary analysis

Morrissey, Oliver - 1992

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Measuring trade liberalisation in Africa

Milner, Chris; Morrissey, Oliver - 1997

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Investigating the relationship between aid and trade flows

Lloyd, Tim A.; McGillivray, Mark; Morrissey, Oliver; … - 1998

This paper demonstrates that an empirical link between aid and trade exist (for some donor-recipient pairs), but that the nature of this linkage is complex and can take a variety of forms. By identifying this complexity (and variability) we challenge the assertion, often made in debates...

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Lessons for Africa from East Asian economic policy

Morrissey, Oliver - In: Africa and Asia in comparative economic perspective, (pp. 34-48). 2001

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