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The Economics of Climate Change and Science of Global Warming Debate:African Perspectives
Nwaobi, Godwin - Volkswirtschaftliche Fakultät, … - 2013
As at today, it is an indisputable fact that the climate is changing and there is a scientific consensus that the world is becoming a warmer place principally attributable to human activities. Regrettably, the physical impacts of future climate change on humans and the environment will include...
Persistent link: https://www.econbiz.de/10011259199
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Selection and absolute advantage in farming and entrepreneurship
Alvarez-Cuadrado, Francisco; Amodio, Francesco; … - 2019
agriculture, implying that average productivity in agriculture increases as the agricultural employment share decreases. We … from four Sub-Saharan African countries. Around one third of households engage in both agriculture and non … comparative and absolute advantage are negatively correlated - misaligned - in agriculture, casting doubt on the importance of …
Persistent link: https://www.econbiz.de/10012153418
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A General Equilibrium Model for Analyzing African Rural Subsistence Economies and an African Green Revolution
McArthur, John; Sachs, Jeffrey D. - 2015
How can foreign aid support economic growth in Africa? This paper presents a geographically indexed general equilibrium model that enables green revolution-focused macroeconomic analysis in low-income African settings. The model is flexible to parameterization and highlights the role of...
Persistent link: https://www.econbiz.de/10014144755
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Aid to Africa: The changing context
Addison, Tony; Singhal, Saurabh; Tarp, Finn - 2013
To continue its economic growth and create new and better livelihoods, Africa must transform the productive side of its economy. Ongoing globalization - in trade, finance, and technology - opens up new possibilities for structural transformation, but also new risks as Africa's integration with...
Persistent link: https://www.econbiz.de/10010343247
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Thirty years in Africa's development: From structural adjustment to structural transformation?
Addison, Tony - 2015
Africa has come a long way since the economic turmoil of the 1980s, the decade of "structural adjustment". Growth has been strong, yet poverty remains high. Underlying the shortage of good livelihoods and high social inequality is the lack of diversification in Africa's economies-in contrast to...
Persistent link: https://www.econbiz.de/10011440672
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Thirty years in Africa's development : from structural adjustment to structural transformation?
Addison, Tony - 2015
Africa has come a long way since the economic turmoil of the 1980s, the decade of "structural adjustment". Growth has been strong, yet poverty remains high. Underlying the shortage of good livelihoods and high social inequality is the lack of diversification in Africa's economies-in contrast to...
Persistent link: https://www.econbiz.de/10011396968
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Aid to Africa : the changing context
Addison, Tony; Singhal, Saurabh; Tarp, Finn - 2013
To continue its economic growth and create new and better livelihoods, Africa must transform the productive side of its economy. Ongoing globalization - in trade, finance, and technology - opens up new possibilities for structural transformation, but also new risks as Africa's integration with...
Persistent link: https://www.econbiz.de/10010225330
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Aid to Africa : The Changing Context
Addison, Tony - 2014
To continue its economic growth and create new and better livelihoods, Africa must transform the productive side of its economy. Ongoing globalization — in trade, finance, and technology — opens up new possibilities for structural transformation, but also new risks as Africa's integration...
Persistent link: https://www.econbiz.de/10013040322
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Aid to Africa : The Changing Context
Addison, Tony - 2014
To continue its economic growth and create new and better livelihoods, Africa must transform the productive side of its economy. Ongoing globalization — in trade, finance, and technology — opens up new possibilities for structural transformation, but also new risks as Africa's integration...
Persistent link: https://www.econbiz.de/10013047011
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Communal land and agricultural productivity
Gottlieb, Charles; Grobovšek, Jan - In: Journal of development economics 138 (2019), pp. 135-152
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