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Tourism is one of the major determinants of global economic growth, creating jobs within the sector, and Africa is no … exception. The target of the sub-Saharan African (SSA) countries is to consider tourism as an alternative means of economic … expansion. However, tourism is a means of environmental imbalance. This study investigates the complex relationship between …
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This study investigates the impact of FDI regulatory restrictions on tourism growth. Using system generalized method of … moments (GMM) estimation of the dynamic panel data model, this study finds that FDI restrictions have significant negative … effects on tourism growth, implying that liberalizing FDI policies could promote tourism growth. …
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The central question this paper sought to tackle was “does the quality of institutions matter for the relationship between Foreign Direct Investment (FDI) and economic growth?” Using macroeconomic data on 27 Sub Saharan African (SSA) economies and six distinct measures of governance the...
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Covid-19 has exacerbated economic and social vulnerabilities across Sub-Saharan Africa (SSA). There is a risk that growth could be lower for longer, with a setback to development. Post-pandemic reforms thus become even more important, especially with constrained scope for fiscal and monetary...
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This study examines the impact of the African Growth and Opportunity Act using the synthetic control method, a quasi-experimental approach. The novelty in the approach is that it addresses problems of estimation that are prevalent in nonexperimental methods used to analyze the impact of...
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