and/or monetary stimuli to foster economic growth and thus, maximize the probability of re-election. Using a panel dataset … have an effect on growth. We find evidence to support the most recent studies showing that aid has a positive impact on … growth. We however, do not find evidence to support the proposition that institutional quality is a sine qua non conditional …

The current paper demonstrates a dichotomy of the growth response to changes in the barter terms of trade, employing as …

they have played significant roles in the region's slow and episodic economic growth. Results from cross …-country regressions covering 31 Sub-Saharan African countries suggest that growth in Africa is not simply a question of capital … growth of African economies does not depend so much on their ability to innovate, but rather on their capacity to absorb and …

growth and dynamic welfare with special reference to South Africa. While water may become a limiting factor for future … development in general, as a drought prone and water poor country with rapid population growth, South Africa may face more serious …

physical capital to study the interaction of international capital flows and growth. Analytically, we study conditions under … long-term growth via the accumulation of human capital. Our mechanism shows how a small initial difference in the level of …

growth. We use the EORA Multi-Region Input-Output tables to track the evolution of African countries along global value … local projection method to investigate the relationship between global value chains participation and growth, and provide … chains positively impacts their growth; a positive impact which is driven by trade in commodities, knowledge intensive good …

This paper investigates the influence of international openness on economic growth in a sample of 32 European economies …. The usual approach in the literature on the topic is to observe the impact of trade openness on growth. We, however … empirical analysis we use the TSLS (two stage least squares) estimator, whereby in the first step we use the standard growth …

the current literature on the growth impacts of trade (by leading partner countries) often neglects the properties of … with considerable impacts of exports to EDE and AdE, exports to China have limited effects on the growth of its partners …. However, the recent financial crisis marks a turning point of China's role as a major driver of growth in the South. Namely …