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Inequality and gender economic exclusion are major policy concerns facing sub-Saharan Africa in the post-2015 … gender economic participation. The research focuses on 42 countries in sub-Saharan Africa using annual data spanning from …, and 0.557 for the rule of law. As the main policy implication, for good governance to promote gender economic inclusion …
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The paper explores the quality of the recent high-growth episode in sub-Saharan Africa by examining the following two questions: (i) what has been the nature and pattern of SSA growth over the past 15 years and how does it compare with previous episodes? (ii) has this growth had an impact on...
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The present research is focused on how lifelong gender inclusive education moderates the effect of governance on … empirical strategy is the generalized method of moments (GMM). The estimation exercise is tailored such that lifelong gender … dynamics in order to affect manufacturing value added. Lifelong gender inclusive education is understood as the combined …
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This study examines if enhancing ICT reduces inequality in 48 countries in Africa for the period 2004-2014. Three inequality indictors are used, namely, the: Gini coefficient, Atkinson index and Palma ratio. The adopted ICT indicators include: mobile phone penetration, internet penetration and...
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Using data for 49 African countries over the years spanning 2000-2012, and controlling for a wide range of factors, this study empirically assesses the effects of formal institutions on ICT adoption in developing countries. It deploys 2SLS and FE regression models, (a) to estimate what...
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The present study investigates the nexus between health performance dynamics and economic growth in 43 countries in sub-Saharan Africa for the period 2004-2018. Four health performance dynamics are used, notably: total life expectancy, male life expectancy, female life expectancy and risk of...
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Poverty and inequality represent major policy syndromes that are relevant in the achievement of most United Nations' sustainable development goals (SDGs) in sub-Saharan Africa, while economic growth is also essential for the achievement of attendant SDGs. The present study extends existing...
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Poverty and inequality represent major policy syndromes that are relevant in the achievement of most United Nations’ sustainable development goals (SDGs) in sub-Saharan Africa, while economic growth is also essential for the achievement of attendant SDGs. The present study extends existing...
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This study uses nightlight time data and machine learning techniques to predict industrial development in Africa. The results provide the first evidence on how machine learning techniques and nightlight data can be used to predict economic development in places where subnational data are missing...
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