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Guinea-Bissau; Poverty Reduction Strategy Paper-Second Annual Progress Report-Joint Staff Advisory Note
International Monetary Fund (IMF); International … - 2010
This Joint Staff Advisory Note reviews progress in the implementation process of the National Poverty Reduction Strategy (NPRS) for Guinea-Bissau during July 2009–10. It is found that Guinea-Bissau has yielded significant results in the first NPRS, and authorities are taking effective...
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The Determinants of Private Domestic Investment in Nigeria
Bakare A.S - In: Far East Journal of Psychology and Business 4 No 2 Paper 3 August (2011) 3, pp. 27-37
This study focalize the private domestic investment. The choice is to enable us study the implications of the policy shift of Nigerian government that placed emphasis on private sector as an engine of growth. The policy makers believe that private investment has a stronger and more favorable...
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Islamic Republic of Mauritania; Poverty Reduction Strategy Paper
International Monetary Fund (IMF); International … - 2013
This paper examines the Islamic Republic of Mauritania’s adoption of its third Poverty Reduction Strategy Paper (PRSP) action plan, covering the medium term (2011–2015). Poverty reduction as the ultimate objective of all of the country’s economic social and institutional...
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Foreign Direct Investment in Africa: The Role of Natural Resources, Market Size, Government Policy, Institutions and Political Instability
Asiedu, Elizabeth - World Institute for Development Economic Research … - 2005
Persistent link: https://www.econbiz.de/10005031851
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Efficient Provision of High-Quality Early Childhood Education: Does the Private Sector or Public Sector Do It Best?
Blau, David; Currie, Janet - In: CESifo DICE Report 6 (2008) 2, pp. 15-20
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Public versus private University Systems
Psacharopoulos, George - In: CESifo DICE Report 2 (2004) 4, pp. 39-43
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Aid and Infrastructure Financing: Emerging challenges with a focus on Africa
Addison, Tony; Anand, P. B. - World Institute for Development Economic Research … - 2012
, especially in Africa, the role of foreign aid in the future should be distinctly different. While aid will be required to …
Persistent link: https://www.econbiz.de/10010570497
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Business Environment and Comparative Advantage in Africa: Evidence from the Investment Climate Data
Eifert, Benn; Gelb, Alan; Ramachandran, Vijaya - 2005
sectors. Macroeconomic data from purchasing power parity (PPP), though imprecisely measured, estimates confirms that Africa is …-economy perspective on the prospects for reform of Africa’s business climate, considering African attitudes to business and the fractured … productivity and a greater propensity to export; however, Africa’s difficult business climate and the tendency to overcome this by …
Persistent link: https://www.econbiz.de/10005162656
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Varieties of capitalists? The middle class, private sector and economic outcomes in Africa
Handley, Antoinette - World Institute for Development Economic Research … - 2014
Political scientists have generally seen two key features of African political economies.a relatively small or absent middle class, and a middle class that is unusually embedded in the state.as key explanations of the troubled political and economic traje
Persistent link: https://www.econbiz.de/10011076175
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The Private Sector as Culprit and Victim of Corruption in Africa
Ndikumana, Léonce - Political Economy Research Institute (PERI), University … - 2013
victims of corruption. This paper examines the symptoms and impacts of private sector corruption in Africa, from the … multinational corporations operating in Africa. The consequences of private sector corruption and synergies between private sector …
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