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This research assesses the importance of financial access on value added in three economic sectors in 25 countries in Sub-Saharan Africa using data for the period 1980-2014. The empirical evidence is based on the Generalised Method of Moments. Financial access is measured with private domestic...
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) is very high. Unfortunately, productivity levels in the region are also very low. This study investigates the importance … of information technology in influencing the effect of foreign direct investment (FDI) on total factor productivity (TFP … penetration, while the engaged TFP productivity dynamics are TFP, real TFP, welfare TFP, and real welfare TFP. The empirical …
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existence of a long-run relationship between exports and economic growth, the study failed to find any export-led growth … an export-led growth hypothesis may have been oversold, and that the strategy may not be desirable to some low … the contemporary literature, the study cautions low-income SSA countries against over-relying on an export-led growth …
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The present study investigates the nexus between health performance dynamics and economic growth in 43 countries in sub-Saharan Africa for the period 2004-2018. Four health performance dynamics are used, notably: total life expectancy, male life expectancy, female life expectancy and risk of...
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This study complements the extant literature by assessing economic sector and globalization channels for gender economic inclusion. The study is focused on 35 countries in sub-Saharan Africa for the period 1995-2019 and the empirical evidence is based on fixed effects regressions. The following...
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This study assesses the relevance of basic formal education in information technology for inclusive human development in 49 countries in sub-Saharan Africa for the period 2000-2012. The question it aims to answer is the following: what is the relevance of basic formal education in the effect of...
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