economic growth in West Africa. Design/methodology/approach - The study uses the dynamic fixed effects technique on the … validity of the supply-leading hypothesis in West Africa. As such, by deepening the financial system, the growth of the … the first to jointly examine these important growth determinants, especially in the context of West Africa. This becomes …

role of economic factors such as the lack of agglomeration economies and poor infrastructure in urban Africa. …

Special Economic Zones (SEZs) have become common across Southern Africa in the past 20 years. In line with experiences … Southern Africa, by contrast, it has proved unable to offset the main constraints on investment. These centre on deep … developed in very different circumstances are viable in Southern Africa. The paper suggests that such a methodology must start …

We explore the determinants of state fragility in sub-Saharan Africa. Controlling for a wide range of economic …