restrictions. Exploting this exogenous variation, we study the effect of migration on urbanisation and the distribution of … migration shocks can foster urbanisation in the medium run. …

(urbanisation) is the outcome of the activities of entrepreneurs. Second, I provide a stylized overview of entrepreneurship and … "smart" cities, "circular" cities, and of sub-urbanisation and secondary city growth. Over time not all cities, and their …, serendipity and context-specificity of global urbanisation implies that there is much that is still unknown about the specifics of …

This article is based on field studies in rural West Africa. It concentrates on the socio-structural effects of …

Africa and thus creating a win-win situation in a partnership on eye-level. However, many Africans suspect the EU of double … NGOs and civil society groups inside and outside Africa. …

-to-date information about the cyclical stage of the global economy and of major emerging and developing regions including Africa …

This study investigates the economies of the Sub-Saharan States in Africa, which account for only 2 % of the world GDP … region. Even though several thousand SME have started activities in Sub-Saharan Africa, these are relatively few in the … global context of German exports and compared to the activity of other European countries in Sub-Saharan Africa. Around 13 …

We explore the determinants of state fragility in sub-Saharan Africa. Controlling for a wide range of economic …

This essay investigates the determinants of the growth performance of Africa. I start by illustrating a broader … institutional development. After reporting results from standard growth regressions, I analyze the role of Africa's peculiar history … influence, in and out of Africa, of the slave trades. The essay ends with critical conclusions and suggestions for further …

opportunities and challenges posed by the development of extraction of these metals. While Africa's share of global reserves and …