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The uneven path to recovery : the sub-Saharan African experience
Danquah, Michael; Ebrahim, Amina; Were, Maureen - 2023
COVID-19 cases were first confirmed in March 2020 in Ghana, Kenya, and South Africa. These countries put in place several stringent measures, including lockdowns, to contain the spread of the virus. Various policies were also rolled out to address the disruption in economic activities, to...
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Natural resource endowment: A mixed blessing?
Gylfason, Thorvaldur - 2011
good governance, including democracy. The paper then turns from anecdotal to econometric analysis by offering a quick …
Persistent link: https://www.econbiz.de/10010274997
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The macroeconomic management of natural resources
Henstridge, Mark; Roe, Alan - In: Extractive industries : the management of resources as …, (pp. 161-178). 2018
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By all means necessary : how China's resource quest is changing the world
Economy, Elizabeth C. - 2014
"In the past thirty years, China has transformed from an impoverished country where peasants comprised the largest portion of the populace, to an economic power with an expanding middle class and more megacities than anywhere else on earth. Like every other major power in modern history, China...
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The macroeconomics of state fragility in Africa
Chuku, Chuku Agbai; Obi, Kenneth Onyebuchi - 2019
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Tax Revenue in Sub-Saharan Africa : Effects of Economic Policies and Corruption
Ghura, Dhaneshwar - 2006
An analysis of data for 39 sub-Saharan African countries during 1985-96 indicates that the variations in tax revenue-GDP ratios within this group are influenced by economic policies and the level of corruption. Namely, these ratios rise with declining inflation, implementation of structural...
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Globalization, Governance and the Green Economy in Sub-Saharan Africa : Policy Thresholds
Asongu, Simplice; Nnanna, Joseph - 2021
This study assesses how globalization modulates the effect of governance on CO2 emissions in sub-Saharan African … governance. The corresponding negative trade thresholds for the rule of law, corruption-control and institutional governance are … makers on how governance interacts with globalization to promote the green economy …
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Globalisation, economic policy and poverty in Sub-Saharan Africa 1970-1995
Mosley, Paul - 1996
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It worked in China, so why not in Africa? : the political economy challenge of special economic zones
Farole, Thomas; Moberg, Lotta - 2014
African countries have sought to replicate the success of East Asia by implementing special economic zones. Despite decades of international experience, there remains no blueprint for successful special economic zone policies, and the majority of special economic zones fall well below...
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Post-Covid-19 recovery and resilience : leveraging reforms for growth and inclusion in Sub-Saharan Africa
Hong, Gee Hee; Igan, Deniz; Lee, Do - 2021
governance, products markets, and factor accumulation. Importantly, these reforms can be implemented in the post …
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