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empirically examined if economic growth in Africa's top five oil exporters (Algeria, Angola, Egypt, Libya, and Nigeria) is … Algeria remained unresponsive to U.S. and China uncertainties respectively. We concluded that Africa's oil exporters should …
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In the first part of the paper we look at economic growth in Africa over the past three decades. We divide the past …. During the first period, Africa did not catch up but lost ground, Africa's average per capita income declined. Since the mid … growth rates for Africa and several individual countries. We use the Hodrick-Prescott filter with different values for the …
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-Saharan Africa is slightly below the average of Francophone Africa. As a policy implication, results support the benefits of the rule …
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This study evaluates the economic impact of severe natural disasters in Africa using the generalized synthetic control …
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This paper measures the macroeconomic impact of recent political crisis, protest and uprisings in Africa with the …
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between 1990 and 2015. We employ the Phillips and Sul methodology to achieve our objective. Overall, the results at Africa …
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In the aftermath of the 2008 global financial crisis, the implications of financial liberalisation for stability and economic growth has come under increased scrutiny. One strand of literature posits a positive relationship between financial liberalisation and economic growth and development....
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This study investigates the role of insurance in economic growth on a panel of forty-eight countries in Africa for the … positively affect economic growth in Africa? The empirical evidence is based on Generalized Method of Moments. Life insurance …
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Africa is endowed with both natural resources and a young growing workforce. In light of this, it is obvious that … economic growth in Africa. In particular, this study examines the impact of labour market flexibility (regulations) on economic …
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The recent twin crises of the COVID-19 pandemic and the Russia-Ukraine war have caused global economic effects, with gross variation, across countries. Evidently, higher self-sufficient economies with more effective economic performances faired relatively better with these shocks. This calls for...
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