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Flentø, Johnny; Simao, Leonardo Santos - 2020

and carefully weigh conflicting interests of its partners against its own long-term interests. The institutions Mozambique …

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Aid, growth and decentralization

Lessmann, Christian; Markwardt, Gunther - 2009

This paper examines whether the federal structure of aid-receiving countries matters in explaining aid effectiveness. Following the decentralization theorem, the devolution of powers should increase aid effectiveness, since local decision-makers are better informed about local needs. At the same...

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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...

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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...

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China-Africa co-operation in structural transformation : ideas, opportunities, and finances

Lin, Justin Yifu; Wang, Yan - 2014

This paper examines China and Africa co-operation from the angle of structural transformation as a major driver of growth and job creation. Being a bit ahead in the structural transformation process, China can provide ideas, tacit knowledge, opportunities as well as development finances in...

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Social institutions and gender inequality in fragile states : are they relevant for the post-MDG debate?

Branisa Caballero, Boris Sergio; Cardona, Carolina - 2015 - This version: January, 2015

: social institutions related to gender inequality, defined as societal practices and legal norms that frame gender roles and … that fragile states perform worse than other non-fragile developing countries when considering these social institutions …. We suggest that a special set of indicators reflecting social institutions related to gender inequality in both fragile …

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Foreign Aid, Institutions and Economic Development in West Africa : Implications for Post-2015 Development Agenda

Ogundipe, Adeyemi - 2014

This paper examines the relationship between foreign aid and income per capita using a simple augmentation of the neoclassical cross-country specification for Western Africa states. The study disaggregated aid into seven categories (agriculture, communication, industrial, engineering, education,...

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Africa

Cerami, Alfio - 2018

This chapter addresses the issue of social protection and welfare in Africa. Africa is a highly diversified continent characterized by different socio-economic performances. It comprises the more developed countries of North Africa, as well as the less developed sub-region of Sub-Saharan Africa....

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Fast-track institution building in conflict-affected countries? : insights from recent field experiments

King, Elisabeth; Samii, Cyrus - In: World development : the multi-disciplinary … 64 (2014), pp. 740-754

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Effect of Development Aid on Productive Capacities

Gnangnon, Sèna Kimm - 2021

The international policy discourse, for example by the World Trade Organization and the United Nations, has emphasized the critical role of productive capacities in promoting sustainable development and building economic resilience in developing countries. This paper has examined whether...

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