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Jones, Chris; Morrissey, Oliver; Nelson, Doug - 2008

The majority of African countries implemented import liberalisation in the 1990s. This paper explores factors that may explain the pattern of protection and of tariff reform. We consider political economy explanations, motivated specifically by the Grossman and Helpman (1994) model of protection...

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African trade policy in the 1990s : political economy or technocratic reforms?

Jones, Chris (contributor); Morrissey, Oliver (contributor); … - 2008

protection. -- Pattern of Protection ; Tariff Reform ; Political Economy ; Africa …

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A development consensus reconciling the Beijing Model and Washington Consensus : views and agenda

Asongu, Simplice A. - 2014

Institutional Pluralism (LIP) and New Structural Economics (NSE) schools have to be integrated. While the latter has recognized both …

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The political economy of development assistance : peril to government quality dynamics in Africa

Asongu, Simplice A. - 2012

This paper assesses the effectiveness of foreign aid in improving government institutions in 52 African countries using updated data (1996-2010). Findings suggest development assistance deteriorates government quality dynamics of corruption-control, political-stability, rule of law, regulation...

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Southeast Asia in the New Global Economy : Emerging Challenges from Africa and Latin America

Cammack, Paul - 2014

(Organisation for Economic Cooperation and Development) and the World Bank in particular to celebrate dynamic growth in Asia, Africa … ‘South-South' growth. In this context, the paper offers a stylized comparison of Africa, Latin America and Southeast Asia as …

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The macroeconomic impact of recent political conflicts in Africa : generalized synthetic counterfactual evidence

Diop, Samba; Asongu, Simplice; Tchamyou, Vanessa - 2021

This paper measures the macroeconomic impact of recent political crisis, protest and uprisings in Africa with the …

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Africa's Stalled Development International Causes and Cures-Book Review and Policy Statement Paper

Opeoluwa, Adeyemi Oluwole - 2021

This study is a concise opinion summary of the book Africa's Stalled Development International Causes and Cures written … by Leonard, David. K, and Scott Straus in 2003. This paper aims to reveal what has been causing Africa’s slow … pierced with several challenges: sometimes not of its own making but because of its rich resource base. Africa has been and is …

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