Zimbabwe faces growth and external competitiveness challenges, as indicated by its low trend growth and investment, declining share in the world exports, high current account deficits, and external debt. The stock-flow approach to the equilibrium exchange rate reveals that the real exchange rate...

Introduction / Mthuli Ncube . - 1 The Dynamics of the middle class in Africa / Charles Leyeka Lufumpa, Maurice Mubila and Mohamed Safouane Ben Aïssa . - 2 The political economy of the African middle class / Michael Lofchie . - 3 Consumption patterns / Oliver J.M Chinganya, Mary Strode, Lee...

The shortages of entrepreneurial skills have lowered search effectiveness of potential young entrepreneurs and the rate of youth start-ups. Our paper contributes to closing the gap in the entrepreneurship and development literature with a model of costly firm creation and skill differences...

"Regional integration has been adopted by many African governments as a response to difficulties facing national markets in landlocked countries. However, despite the aspiring targets they have experienced setbacks due to poor implementation. This book reviews the current trends, challenges and...