1. Growth and institutions in African development / Augustin K. Fosu -- 2. Determinants of industrial embeddedness : evidence from manufacturing firms in an African economy / Abdelrasaq Na-Allah -- 3. Does lack of innovation and absorptive capacity retard economic growth in Africa? / Steve...

On the occasion of the World Bank-IMF Annual Meetings' return to the African continent after 50 years-specifically to Marrakech, Morocco-this Special Issue on Africa discusses economic developments for the entire continent. After four years of crises and at the close of another difficult year,...

The literature on the effects of natural resources on education is mixed and inconclusive. In this paper, we adopt an innovative approach by exploring the effects of mineral discoveries and productions on intergenerational educational mobility (IM), linking parents to the children education...