FDI and various governance indicators (rule of law, control of corruption, regulatory quality, governance effectiveness … various governance dynamics on inclusive growth in SSA. We do this by testing two hypotheses first, whether unconditionally …, political stability, and voice and accountability) foster inclusive growth in SSA; and second, whether these governance dynamics …

We assemble more pieces on the puzzle of the aid-corruption nexus. In essence, we extend the debate on the effect of … foreign aid on corruption by providing evidence on dynamic effects of wealth, legal origin, religious-domination, regional … on corruption is most significant in: Middle-income, French civil-law, Christian-dominated, non-oil exporting and …

. The results indeed confirm the popular conjecture that corruption in Ghana is endemic and stifles development. Therefore … from 1970-2013, taking into account structural breaks. To better reflect causality, corruption and trade are included as … causal direction. Our estimation results suggest GDP growth has one cointegrating vector relationship with corruption, EU aid …

This dissertation focuses on the relationship between gender equality and economic development, broadly defined. Since … consequence of economic development. The first three chapters of this thesis revolve around two fundamental questions. What are … the consequences of gender inequality for economic development? (Chapter 1.) And what are its causes—i.e., why do we …