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Bigsten, Arne; Shimeles, Abebe - 2004

understand the prospects for achieving poverty reduction in Africa. We examine the levels and trends in income distribution in …, Mozambique, and South Africa. We conclude that the balance between policies aimed at growth and measures aimed at redistribution …

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Taxes and tax reform in Ethiopia, 1990 - 2003

Geda, Alemayehu; Shimeles, Abebe - 2005

In 1991 the Ethiopian Revolution Democratic Front (EPRDF) toppled the old ‘socialist’ regime that had ruled the country for seventeen years. In contrast to the previous policy regime of hard control, EPRDF initiated a wide range of reforms that covered not only the tax system but also the...

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Linked in by foreign direct investment: The role of firm-level relationships in knowledge transfers in Africa and Asia

Newman, Carol; Page, John M.; Rand, John; Shimeles, Abebe; … - 2018

relatively few linkages between MNEs and domestic firms in sub-Saharan Africa compared with Asia. However, when linkages are … present in sub-Saharan Africa, they raise the likelihood of direct knowledge/technology transfers from MNEs to domestic firms …