This article studies the role of political distortions in driving economic growth and development in Africa. We first … discuss how existing theories based on long-run structural factors (e.g., pre-colonial and colonial institutions, or ethnic … connections in firm outcomes; it provides a framework that unifies results in Africa and elsewhere, and leaves a wide scope for …

Despite the recent growth resurgence, Sub-Saharan Africa (SSA) remains the poorest region in the world. At the same …

Despite the evolving literature on the development benefits of mobile phones, we still know very little about factors …, (v) external flows and (vi) human development. Results are presented in terms of threshold and non-threshold effects. The … former has three main implications. First, there are increasing positive benefits in regulation quality, human development …

, business/bank, market-related, knowledge economy, external flows and human development. The empirical evidence is based on … development, especially in the contemporary specifications. Fourth, mobile banking is positively linked with: (i) trade in …) internet penetration and human development, with contemporary threshold evidence. The policy implications are articulated with …

The paper explores the paths towards building institutional foundations for inclusive development in Sub-Saharan Africa …. Viewing institutional configurations as a system of multiple equilibria, the concepts of endogenous institutions and … paper discusses how institutional configurations have been shaped in Sub-Saharan Africa under prevailing domestic and …

This paper tests the hypothesis that international migration experiences may promote better institutions at home by …

This paper tests the hypothesis that international migration experiences may promote better institutions at home by …

-country regressions covering 31 Sub-Saharan African countries suggest that growth in Africa is not simply a question of capital … ; absorptive capacity ; technology ; Africa …

Motivated by the projected rebound of foreign direct investment (FDI) inflow to sub-Saharan Africa (SSA) following the … implementation of the AfCFTA and the finalization of the Africa Investment Protocol, we examine how FDI modulates the effects of … the World Development Indicators for the period 1990- 2020, we employ several fixed effects, random effects, and the …

-Saharan Africa, which the World Bank hopes to see further expanded so as to ignite industrialization. These studies have looked … mainly at the Africa-side situation (i.e., what is happening in the host region). Instead, this paper focuses on China …