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Trade imbalances and the political economy of a transnational fund in the EAC

Shams, Rasul - 2003

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Consequences of economic : partnership agreements between East and Southern African countries and the EU for inter- and intra-regional integration

Borrmann, Axel; Busse, Matthias; Rocha, Manuel de la - 2007

Agreement ; EU ; ACP Countries ; East and Southern Africa …

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Foreign direct investment, governance and inclusive growth in sub-Saharan Africa

Ofori, Isaac Kwesi; Asongu, Simplice - 2021

Motivated by the projected rebound of foreign direct investment (FDI) inflow to sub-Saharan Africa (SSA) following the … implementation of the AfCFTA and the finalization of the Africa Investment Protocol, we examine how FDI modulates the effects of …

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Repackaging FDI for inclusive growth : nullifying effects and policy relevant thresholds of governance

Ofori, Isaac Kwesi; Asongu, Simplice - 2022

This study examines whether the remarkable inflow of resources in the form of foreign direct investment (FDI) to SSA contributes to inclusive growth in the region. The study further investigates whether SSA's institutional fabric modulates the effect of FDI on inclusive growth in SSA. To this...

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Implications of AfCFTA Tariff Reductions for EAC Exports to Africa

Zgovu, Evious; Morrissey, Oliver - 2024

This paper provides estimates of the potential for EAC member countries to increase exports to the rest of Africa under … North and West Africa do offer potential to EAC countries except Rwanda (concentrated on DRC) and Tanzania (concentrated on … Southern Africa). These estimates are complemented with analysis of the welfare effects on Kenya, Tanzania and Uganda of …

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Towards the reversal of poverty and income inequality setbacks due to COVID-19 : the role of globalisation and resource allocation

Ofori, Isaac Kwesi; Armah, Mark Kojo; Asmah, Emmanuel Ekow - 2021

and income inequality, is hard to find. Motivated by the bleak outlook of the Middle East and North Africa (MENA) region …

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Towards building shared prosperity in Sub-Saharan Africa : how does the effect of economic integration compare to social equity policies?

Ofori, Isaac Kwesi - 2021

The debate on the need for Sub-Saharan African (SSA) countries to foster inclusive growth has intensified following the coming into force of the African Continental Free Trade Area (AfCFTA), and the emergence of the coronavirus pandemic. A conspicuous lacuna in the literature is a lack of...

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Economic integration and democracy : an empirical investigation

Magistretti, Giacomo; Tabellini, Marco - 2018

We study whether economic integration fosters the process of democratization and the channels through which this might happen. Our analysis is based on a large panel dataset of countries between 1950 and 2014. We instrument actual trade with predicted trade constructed by estimating a...

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Economic Integration and the Transmission of Democracy

Magistretti, Giacomo; Tabellini, Marco - National Bureau of Economic Research - 2022

In this paper, we study if exposure to the institutions of trade partners changes individuals' attitudes towards democracy and favors the process of democratization. We combine survey data with country-level measures of democracy from 1960 to 2015, and exploit the improvement in air, relative to...

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Does corruption starve? : an African perspective

Ndieupa, Henri Njangang; Asongu, Simplice; Mouchili, Eric - 2022

developed and developing countries. However, in developing countries, and particularly in Africa, hunger is another big … corruption is the most disastrous for hunger in Africa, followed by legislative corruption. Our results remain valid even after …

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