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Corporate Governance has engaged the attention of academics and practitioners alike for some time now. It is sad to note, however, that most of the studies carried out in this area have been conducted in countries such as the USA and the UK. In recent times, interest in Corporate Governance on...
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ENGLISH ABSTRACT: This study investigates whether any exploitable pauems exist in a sample of tenAfrican stock markets that could lead to abnonnal gains. Southern Africa isrepresented by Botswana, Namibia. Mauritius and Zimbabwe, East Africa by Kenya,West Africa by Ghana and the BRVM, and North...
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ENGLISH ABSTRACT: It is a fact that development aid represents the single most important source of external finance for most developing countries. This study sought to answer an important question relating to whether aid has a positive impact on economic growth or not. There is much literature...
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ENGLISH ABSTRACT: Uncertainty of continued donor funding poses a risk to microfinance operations worldwide, and thisstudy explores the circumstances under which African microfinance institutions (MFIs) will considercommercial funding as a viable alternative source of funding. This research aims...
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ENGLISH SUMMARY: Infrastructure has been hailed as a fundamental link between markets and other development sectors of the economy. For over a long time the delivery of infrastructure in Africa has been the domain of the public sector. However, because of the continued budgetary constraints,...
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Designed to address the issues that limit the access of small-scale farmers in sub-Saharan Africa to quality, affordable seed of the crops on which they depend for food security and livelihoods, this collection of articles describes successful principles for and experiences in community-based...
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In this paper we estimate the causal effects of conflict on dietary energy supply in Côte d'Ivoire. To identify the true impact of conflict, we use prewar and post-war household data bracketing the conflict period and the spatial variation in the prevalence of conflict between the North and...
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This evaluation studies EU strategies and interventions in support to the transport sector in Africa during the period … strengthening, capacity development and regulatory activities. The main objectives of the evaluation are to provide an overall …
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L'Unité commune d’Evaluation a été mandaté d'entreprendre une évaluation de la coopération de la Commission avec la … Région de l’Afrique de l'Ouest. Cette évaluation correspond à la politique interne de la Commission Européenne selon laquelle … toutes les stratégies pays/région doivent être évaluées régulièrement. L'objectif spécifique de cette évaluation est de …
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