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respect to prospects for development. Preliminary assessment shows that the aftershocks of the global meltdown have affected … rebalancing may negatively affect economic growth prospects in Africa. Short-term policy should therefore focus on expanding … as employment protection. The challenge for Africa should not consist simply of ensuring that national economies return …
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The global economic crisis beginning in 2008 has come at a very inopportune time for Africa. Sub-Saharan Africa (SSA … the same period for South East Asia and India, for instance. Meanwhile, human development had also resurged since the mid …
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from Sudan. Yet decades of civil war not only prevented development but destroyed the infrastructure left over from the … complement the works to recover the national road system and the development of Juba as the national capital and main base of … urban development strategy is suggested to jump start the transformation of the existing settlements into operational urban …
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their store network in the wider East Africa region. Within this context, this study focused on the farm-level response to …
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The colonial legacy of African underdevelopment is widely debated but hard to document. We use occupational statistics from Protestant marriage registers of historical Kampala to investigate the hypothesis that African gender inequality and female disempowerment are rooted in colonial times. We...
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informal trade in developing countries, with a particular focus on Africa. The paper starts by discussing some of the …
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. Unfortunately, the Africa’s economy is the least developed of any continent after Antarctica. Yet, Africa is rich in natural … possible for Africa prosperity to emerge in the 21st century. …
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A structure for the green venture fund (GVF) and explain the design rationale, operating principles and key parameters for two funds of funds for technology innovation and deployment is proposed. Some key issues to be considered, including differential treatment of public and private investors...
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provide insights into Africa's policy options. The Mauritian case study demonstrates that no single dose of economic reforms …
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