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African agency and EU- African Economic Partnership Agreements
Kohnert, Dirk - 2014
This article provides a review of literature on African Agency and the drivers of change within EU–African trade politics in negotiations on Economic Partnership Agreements between the European Union and African governments.
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Effectiveness of foreign aid in poverty reduction in Africa : the role of fiscal policy
Iwegbu, Onyebuchi; Dauda, Risikat O. S. - In: CBN journal of applied statistics 13 (2022) 1, pp. 55-92
This study examines foreign aid effectiveness in poverty reduction in Africa with focus on the role of regional fiscal … significantly improves the income level in all the regions except Central Africa, and consumption in the Western and Central regions …. When augmented with effective fiscal policy on health foreign aid enhances households' income in West and Central Africa …
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Spatial pattern of aid allocation in the early 21st century : evidence from 38 sub-Saharan African countries
Shon, Huijoo; Lee, Heerae; Kim, Booyuel - In: Papers in regional science : the journal of the … 103 (2024) 3, pp. 1-11
This study analyzes the geographical patterns of aid in 38 sub-Saharan African countries from 2001 to 2020, focusing on the extent of spatial exclusion in aid allocation at the regional level. By incorporating the Multidimensional Poverty Index (MPI) with aid expenditure data, we reveal that...
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Crisis Region Western Africa : the cradle of African migration to Europe
Kohnert, Dirk - 2007 - Rev.
In the last decades the number of refugees from conflict regions in Africa increased dramatically. West Africa is the … cradle of migration from Sub-Saharan Africa to Europe, were most African migrants with overseas destinations live. The … contributed to Africa's growing economic misery, due to the damaging effects of European selfish external trade policy …
Persistent link: https://www.econbiz.de/10011335181
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Europe must work together to alleviate migatory pressure from Africa
Menkhoff, Lukas; Heidland, Tobias - In: DIW weekly report : economy, politics, science : a … 9 (2019) 16/18, pp. 164-166
Improved living conditions in Africa would lessen migratory pressure on Europe. The scope of Germany‘s "Marshall Plan … with Africa" is too narrow; progress can only be made if Europe works together. A financial system that reaches as many … people as possible could be one key to future development in Africa …
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AIDS in the Digital Age : Evidence from Submarine Internet in Africa
Abbasi, Mansoureh; Pongou, Roland - 2022
This paper offers evidence of the causal impact of high-speed Internet on sexual behavior and HIV spread in Africa. Our … in Africa’s coastal regions. Robust difference-in-differences estimates show that exposure to fast Internet reduces the … nodes over the last decade show that improved Internet access leads to an increase in the time spent online researching sex …
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Aid and child health : local effects of aid on stunting in Malawi
Durevall, Dick; Isaksson, Ann-Sofie - 2022
Motivated by a recent setback in the fight against child malnutrition, this study explores whether aid projects help to reduce stunting, or impaired growth, among children in the local area. Focusing on Malawi, a country with very high stunting prevalence and for which we have access to...
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The role and changing paradigm of India's assistance to Nepal : case of the education sector
Goyal, Tanu M. - 2019
India is seen as a key developmental partner to Nepal with the latter being one of the first receipts of development aid from India. Development aid from India to Nepal has not only been associated with creation of infrastructure in the country but also with human capital development and...
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More development, less emigration to OECD countries : identifying inconsistencies between cross-sectional and time-series estimates of the migration hump
Bencek, David; Schneiderheinze, Claas - 2019
-section. However, more rigorous fixed effects panel estimations that exploit the variation over time consistently show a negative …
Persistent link: https://www.econbiz.de/10012136989
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Higher economic growth in poor countries, lower migration flows to the OECD : revisiting the migration hump with panel data
Bencek, David; Schneiderheinze, Claas - 2020
-section. However, more rigorous fixed effects panel estimations that exploit the variation over time consistently show a negative …
Persistent link: https://www.econbiz.de/10012433103