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Markwell, Donald J - Reserve Bank of Australia - 2000

JM Keynes was more important to Australia than Australia was to him. Yet the connections are many and varied, and worthy of some attention. As has been said, ‘a survey of the rise and fall of Keynesian economics in Australia’ is ‘an important story which still has to be written’; but it...

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Responding to Shocks: Australia's Institutions and Policies

McLean, Ian W. - School of Economics, University of Adelaide - 2010

The current economic crisis has taught another generation of Australians that their economy remains vulnerable to negative external shocks, as it has been since the depression of the early 1840s. So it is unsurprising that shocks and crises figure prominently in the economic history literature,...

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Factors determining FDI in Nigeria: an empirical investigation

Dinda, Soumyananda - Volkswirtschaftliche Fakultät, … - 2009

This paper investigates the recent surge of FDI in Nigeria, which is poor in terms of income but rich in natural … resources. This study examines empirically whether FDI is resource seeking in Nigeria and its determining factors. Applying time … series technique this paper observes that FDI flow to Nigeria is resource-seeking FDI during 1970-2006. In long run, the …

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The laffer curve and the debt-growth link in low-income Sub-Saharan African economies

Megersa, kelbesa - Volkswirtschaftliche Fakultät, … - 2014

The study of the link between debt and growth has been full of debates, both in theory and empirics. However, there is a growing consensus that the relationship is sensitive to the level of debt. Our paper tries to address the question of non linearity in the long term relationship between...

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Esclavagisme et colonisation : Quelles conséquences contemporaines en Afrique ? - Résumé critique des travaux de l'économiste Nathan Nunn

Kodila-Tedika, Oasis - Volkswirtschaftliche Fakultät, … - 2013

This article aims to highlight the first work of economist Nathan Nunn on slavery and colonization. Indeed, for the latter, these two historical facts, quantifiable consequences, have defined the path of economic development of African countries. Secondly, this paper discusses the findings of...

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Education as a driver of income inequality in twentieth-century Africa

Van Leeuwen, Bas; van Leeuwen-Li, Jieli; Foldvari, Peter - Volkswirtschaftliche Fakultät, … - 2012

In this paper, we address the issue of how education affected income inequality in twentieth-century Africa. Three channels are identified through which education may affect income inequality. First, an increase in the average educational level is correlated with an increase in average income,...

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The fall of the elephant. Two decades of poverty increase in Côte d’Ivoire (1988 - 2008)

Houngbedji, Kenneth; Cogneau, Denis; Mesplé-Somps, Sandrine - Université Paris-Dauphine (Paris IX) - 2013

At the end of 1980s, Côte d’Ivoire entered a deep macroeconomic crisis that put an end to the often praised "Ivorian miracle". After the death of the founding father Houphouët-Boigny, unrestrained political competition added to bad economic conditions and led to the nightmare of civil war....

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The fall of the elephant. Two decades of poverty increase in Côte d’Ivoire (1988-2008)

Cogneau, Denis; Houngbedji, Kenneth; Mesplé-Somps, Sandrine - Université Paris-Dauphine (Paris IX) - 2014

At the end of the 1980s, Côte d’Ivoire entered a deep macroeconomic crisis that put an end to the often-praised ‘Ivorian miracle’. After the death of the founding father Houphouet-Boigny, unrestrained political competition added to bad economic conditions and led to the nightmare of civil...

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Policy options of agricultural biotechnology R&D in Sub-Saharan Africa: key issues and aspects

Yawson, Robert M.; Yawson, Ivy - Volkswirtschaftliche Fakultät, … - 2008

This paper reviews the status of Agricultural Biotechnology in Sub-Saharan Africa. It addresses the potential economic benefits to Sub-Saharan Africa and the effect biotechnology policies may have on growth, production and poverty reduction. The extent to which agricultural biotechnology will...

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Economic growth in South Africa since 1994

Plessis, Stan du; Smit, Ben - Department of Economics, Fakulteit Ekonomiese en … - 2006

South Africa's democratic transition in 1994 created expectations of a dramatic turnaround in the economic performance. Trade and financial sanctions and internal political opposition to the apartheid government had contributed to the poorest ten-year growth performance (1984 - 1993) since the...

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