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Rapid urbanization is an important characteristic of African development and yet the structural transformation debate … foreign trade) and benefits from urbanization (internal migration and agglomeration effects). Simulations suggest that urban … national growth. Given these trade-offs, we conclude that the urbanization's benefits argue against an agro …
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This paper analyzes the impact of urbanization on CO2 emissions in developing countries, taking into account the … different for upper, middle, and low- income countries, urbanization, demonstrate a very different impact on emissions for low …
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This paper proposes a new analytical framework with which to analyze the determinants of global CO2 emissions. It contributes to the existing literature by examining the determinants of CO2 emissions using a flexible functional form (transcendental logarithmic model), taking into account the...
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Die Zahl der Covid-19-Fälle und der damit verbundenen Todesfälle in Afrika wird in den offiziellen Daten erheblich …, dass die Meldelücke im Vergleich zu anderen Weltregionen besonders groß ist, Afrika gleichwohl immer noch relativ gut … abschneidet. Die Autoren stellen fest, dass der Rückgang der wirtschaftlichen Aktivität in Afrika im Jahr 2020 zwar weniger stark …
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achieving security, yet the experience of changing policing systems in Africa is disappointing. Only South Africa and a few post …
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Many low income countries in Africa are optimistic that producing biofuels domestically will not only reduce their …
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Urban concentration differs across countries. One determinant of these differences is economic development, which first increases and subsequently decreases urban concentration. I condition the degree of urban concentration on the potential of countries to develop a balanced urban system. These...
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Rapid urbanization, and particularly the associated problems of urban poverty, unsustainable development and … diverted to urbanization and green city development. This paper studies aid's implementation strategies and effectiveness by … investigating 'what works in foreign aid on urbanization and green cities', 'what could work', and 'what is scalable and …
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private sector intensified. Policy support, however, averted a credit crunch. The increase in public debt across Africa due to …
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Geography causes African countries to experience a ‘proximity gap’. To overcome this gap a ‘big push’ may be needed in infrastructure. The cross-border nature of such infrastructure requires regional cooperation in at least four issues: transport infrastructure, trade facilitation,...
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