Ghana experienced a sharp fall in fertility of rural women after the year 1993. We believe the massive rural electrification in 1992 plays a major role in the falling fertility rates. To ascertain the role electrification plays in this fertility transition, we obtain data from the Ghana Living...

Purpose: This paper examines the effect of external debt on economic growth in Sub-Saharan Africa (SSA) in view of an upsurge in the level of external debt in many countries on the continent. Design/methodology/approach: The paper uses annual data for 39 SSA countries from 1990 to 2013 and...