Aid providers frequently link supporting small firms to job creation. Small firms create about half of new jobs in … Africa, but they also have higher failure rates. Ignoring firm exit exaggerates net employment growth. Using panel data for … persistently lower. To create more good jobs aid should target the constraints to the growth of firms of all sizes. Improving the …

of target products to these countries' exports, education appears unimportant for developing comparative advantage in …

diversification path by identifying prospective export sectors which would enhance the country's competitiveness. We combine the …

paper explores ways to achieve diversification in a resource-rich economy. It describes the relative price changes that … diversification, through the development of "industries without smokestacks" and investments in knowledge. …

scourge of poverty, which impacts one region more than most: Africa. At the same time, a key pre-requisite for economic …-Saharan Africa. To address this, the region itself has initiated a major, long-term, continent-wide infrastructure development … programme which is intended to fix this problem sustainably - namely, the Programme for Infrastructure Development in Africa …

Africa and thus creating a win-win situation in a partnership on eye-level. However, many Africans suspect the EU of double … aid policy as well as different hidden interest of different EU directorates and member states. The growing preparedness … NGOs and civil society groups inside and outside Africa. …

the development and bargaining power of sub-Saharan Africa (SSA) in relation to the EU. However, Africa's least developed … global players for Africa's resources is resulting in windfall profits for Africa. The latter is leading to a revival of … Africa's power elite, but not necessarily for Africa's poor. …

the development and bargaining power of sub-Saharan Af-rica (SSA) in relation to the EU. However, Africa's least developed … global players for Africa's resources is resulting in windfall profits for Africa. The latter is leading to a revival of … Africa's power elite, but not necessarily for Africa's poor. …

scourge of poverty, which impacts one region more than most: Africa. At the same time, a key pre-requisite for economic …-Saharan Africa. To address this, the region itself has initiated a major, long-term, continent-wide infrastructure development … programme which is intended to fix this problem sustainably - namely, the Programme for Infrastructure Development in Africa …

the development and bargaining power of sub-Saharan Africa (SSA) in relation to the EU. However, Africa's least developed … global players for Africa's resources is resulting in windfall profits for Africa. The latter is leading to a revival of … Africa's power elite, but not necessarily for Africa's poor. …