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Since mid-2000s, Ethiopia has been one of the fastest growing countries in the world. However, productive entrepreneurship in high-value added activities has made limited contributions to this growth, in part because of a weak business environment. Moreover, the low-productive firms in the...
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With the year 2015 – the MDG finishing line – approaching, post-2015 goals as they impact Africa need to be firmed. The … promote shared prosperity in every society. We examine feasibility of these objectives for Sub-Saharan Africa, the world … rate, especially if in part achieved by lowering inequality, the Africa region would meaningfully contribute to the global …
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The shortages of entrepreneurial skills have lowered search effectiveness of potential young entrepreneurs and the rate of youth start-ups. Our paper contributes to closing a gap in the entrepreneurship and development literature with a model of costly firm creation and skill differences between...
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The shortages of entrepreneurial skills have lowered search effectiveness of potential young entrepreneurs and the rate of youth start-ups. Our paper contributes to closing the gap in the entrepreneurship and development literature with a model of costly firm creation and skill differences...
Persistent link: https://www.econbiz.de/10010494210
The global financial crisis and the subsequent uneven recovery have underscored the need for Africa's resilience to … African Community (EAC) and the Southern Africa Customs Union (SACU) - suggests that deeper intra-regional, and in particular …
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The increased access of African countries to international capital markets has put public debt sustainability once again high on the continent´s policy agenda. Utilizing the "stabilizing primary balance" approach, we find that the primary balances exceeded those required to keep public debt at...
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like for Africa? The goal of ending extreme poverty remains paramount. Globally, the World Bank has set goals to end …-Saharan Africa, the world's poorest but rapidly rising region. We find that under plausible assumptions on consumption growth and … poverty levels. At this rate, especially if in part achieved by lowering inequality, the Africa region would meaningfully …
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The heightened interest of African countries to access international capital markets has put public debt sustainability once again high on the continent’s policy agenda. Applying the ‘stabilizing primary balance approach’ to sustainability shows that the primary balances exceeded those...
Persistent link: https://www.econbiz.de/10011161383
The shortage of entrepreneurial skills has lowered search effectiveness of potential young entrepreneurs and the rate of youth start-ups. This paper contributes to closing a gap in the literature on entrepreneurship and development by developing a model of costly firm creation with skill...
Persistent link: https://www.econbiz.de/10011117382
Since mid-2000s, Ethiopia has been one of the fastest growing countries in the world. However, productive entrepreneurship in high-value added activities has made limited contributions to this growth, in part because of a weak business environment. Moreover, the low-productive firms in the...
Persistent link: https://www.econbiz.de/10011123401