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Whereas the impact of Brexit on Anglophone Africa was a major issue in the controversial British discussions on the … pros and cons of Brexit, possible repercussions on French-speaking Africa have been rarely mentioned up to now. Yet, the … range of possible Brexit effect is impressive, including the revival of progressive social networks in Francophone Africa …
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African nations must adopt policies to counter corporate tax avoidance, especially in a digital economy. The Corporate Tax Haven Index of 2019, developed by the Tax Justice Network, is the first systematic, unpoliticised and verifiable measure of how jurisdictions facilitate abusive tax activity...
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Cyclical factors, and especially the commodities boom, have played a big part in Africa's impressive growth record … since 2000. But the ‘Africa Rising' narrative is increasingly supported by important macroeconomic reforms and structural … assess the nature and extent of cross-border interactions, economic openness and integration amongst 11 of sub-Saharan Africa …
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This article discusses Africa's deepening marginalization in the globalization of production, finance, and labor. It …
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Given that challenges facing sub-Saharan African (SSA) countries on the issue of socioeconomic development have been identified as critical to strengthening the inherent link between governance and socioeconomic conditions, this study examines the interconnections between governance and SSA...
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The new global projects put forward by China such as the Silk Road Economic Belt and the 21st Century Maritime Silk Road, which combined make up the One Belt - One Road (OBOR) initiative, create new opportunities for developing of Georgia's economy. Georgia finds its place in one of the...
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severity and intensity of poverty in Sub-Saharan Africa (SSA). Using data from the World Bank's World Development Indicators …
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What are the impacts of expanding mobile broadband coverage on poverty, household consumption and labor market outcomes in developing countries? Who benefits from improved coverage of mobile internet? To respond to these questions, this paper applies a difference-in-differences estimation using...
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repercussions on EU-Africa relations, excluding the UK. African states, for their part, wanted to renegotiate the EU-Africa … for African resources. Given that Africa is increasingly courted by other partners it could be inclined to successively … reinforced by the fact that the new EU-Africa strategy still hasn't been approved by EU member states. And a timely replacement …
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Comparisons of British and French colonialism in Africa have typically focused on institutions (e.g., directness of … development. Instead, this article focuses on colonial public investments in health and education in East and West Africa. I find … that such investments are better predictors of today's development in Francophone than in Anglophone Africa. Why? While …
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