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Gendered perspectives on economic growth and development in sub-Saharan Africa
Seguino, Stephanie; Were, Maureen - 2014
Researchers have linked sub-Saharan Africa's (SSA) poor growth performance in recent decades to several factors, including geography, institutions, and low returns to investment. This literature has not yet integrated the research that identifies linkages between gender, economic development,...
Persistent link: https://www.econbiz.de/10010251669
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Development and poverty in sub-Saharan Africa
Addison, Tony; Pikkarainen, Ville; Rönkkö, Risto; … - 2017
This paper puts sub-Saharan Africa's economic development into perspective. While much did not go as hoped for at independence, much of the region has been on a more promising development trajectory since the mid-1990s, as we illustrate using growth, poverty, and human development indicators. We...
Persistent link: https://www.econbiz.de/10011777012
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The Day After Comrade Bob : Applying Post-Conflict Reconstruction Lessons to Zimbabwe
Moss, Todd J. - 2007
Zimbabwe is a country on the edge. It may technically be at peace, but it is suffering war-like trauma to its polity … Zimbabwe's political structure and economy by providing technical and legal assistance, sending immediate food aid, helping to …
Persistent link: https://www.econbiz.de/10012730163
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The Expansion of Regional Supermarket Chains and Implications For Local Suppliers : A Comparison of Findings From South Africa, Botswana, Zambia, and Zimbabwe
Das Nair, Reena - 2017
paper is a synthesis of key findings of studies undertaken in Botswana, South Africa, Zambia, and Zimbabwe on the expansion …
Persistent link: https://www.econbiz.de/10012962360
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The Expansion of Regional Supermarket Chains : Changing Models of Retailing and the Implications for Local Supplier Capabilities in South Africa, Botswana, Zambia, and Zimbabwe
Das Nair, Reena - 2017
Over the past two decades, southern African countries have experienced rapid growth in the number and spread of supermarkets. Several factors have been attributed to this growth, including increasing urbanization, increased per capita income, the rise of the middle class, economies of scale and...
Persistent link: https://www.econbiz.de/10012962363
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The expansion of regional supermarket chains and implications for local suppliers : a comparison of findings from South Africa, Botswana, Zambia, and Zimbabwe
Das Nair, Reena; Chisoro, Shingie - 2016
paper is a synthesis of key findings of studies undertaken in Botswana, South Africa, Zambia, and Zimbabwe on the expansion …
Persistent link: https://www.econbiz.de/10011582501
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Export controls and competitiveness in African mining and minerals processing industries
Fliess, Barbara A.; Idsardi, Ernst; Rossouw, Riaan - 2017
in Zambia and chromite in Zimbabwe. For the empirical analysis the Revealed Comparative Advantage (RCA) index is …
Persistent link: https://www.econbiz.de/10011695370
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Do large employers pay more in developing countries? : the case of five African countries
Strobl, Eric; Thornton, Robert J. - 2002
Using comparable data sets for five African countries we estimate, and evaluate possible explanations for, the employer size wage effect across these. Our results indicate, just as has been generally found for other developing and developed nations, that apart from observable worker...
Persistent link: https://www.econbiz.de/10011415323
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Measuring Institutions : Indicators of Political Rights, Property Rights and Political Instability in Zimbabwe
Fedderke, Johannes W.; Gwenhamo, Farayi; De Kadt, Raphael - 2011
The current, persistent growth problem in Zimbabwe is often attributed to poor economic and political institutional … Zimbabwe covering the period 1946 to 2005. While the new indices span for a significantly longer time period, they are highly … contributes towards understanding the institutional dimension of Zimbabwe's persistent economic decline …
Persistent link: https://www.econbiz.de/10014183395
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Tax Revenue in Sub-Saharan Africa : Effects of Economic Policies and Corruption
Ghura, Dhaneshwar - 2006
An analysis of data for 39 sub-Saharan African countries during 1985-96 indicates that the variations in tax revenue-GDP ratios within this group are influenced by economic policies and the level of corruption. Namely, these ratios rise with declining inflation, implementation of structural...
Persistent link: https://www.econbiz.de/10012782153