Africa's improved growth performance over the last 15 years provides an opportunity for the continent to transit from …. Government intervention in favour of industrialization in the 1960s-1970s resulted in the neglect of agriculture, poor growth … require accelerated agricultural productivity growth, a modernized informal service sector, and effective industrialization …

This paper confirms recent evidence of a positive impact of aid on growth and widens the scope of evaluation to a range … of outcomes including proximate sources of growth (e.g., physical and human capital), indicators of social welfare (e … coherent and favorable pattern of results emerges. Aid has over the past forty years stimulated growth, promoted structural …

believe that the growth in soybean production has little effect on local development. The sector's productive dynamics are … the increase of per capita consumption of various food products derived from soybeans chain, even with the growth of …

inefficiencies and public policies. These must be addressed to ensure balanced and sustained economic growth. …

Controversy over the aggregate impact of foreign aid has focused on reduced form estimates of the aid-growth link. The … causal chain, through which aid affects developmental outcomes including growth, has received much less attention. We address … impacts on growth through key intermediate outcomes. A coherent picture emerges: aid stimulates growth and reduces poverty …

To continue its economic growth and create new and better livelihoods, Africa must transform the productive side of its … of the Congo, Somalia, and others, as they need inclusive growth to reinforce the politics of peace. This is the context …