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Remittances, financial development, and growth

Giuliano, Paola; Ruiz-Arranz, Marta - 2006

Despite the increasing importance of remittances in total international capital flows, the relationship between remittances and growth has not been adequately studied. This paper studies one of the links between remittances and growth, in particular how local financial sector development...

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Does conflict disrupt growth? Evidence of the relationship between political instability and national economic performance

Polachek, Solomon W.; Sevastianova, Daria - 2010

-democracies, low income countries, and countries in Africa. …

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Should easier access to international credit replace foreign aid?

Bandyopadhyay, Subhayu; Lahiri, Sajal; Younas, Javed - 2011

We examine the interaction between foreign aid and binding borrowing constraint for a recipient country. We also analyze how these two instruments affect economic growth via non-linear relationships. First of all, we develop a two-country, two-period trade-theoretic model to develop testable...

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How large is the private sector in Africa? Evidence from national accounts and labor markets

Stampini, Marco; Leung, Ron; Diarra, Setou M.; Pla, … - 2011

In recent years, the private sector has been recognized as a key engine of Africa's economic development. Yet, the most … sector countries are concentrated in Western Africa (Cote d'Ivoire, Guinea, Niger, Senegal and Togo), Central Africa … (Cameroun, Republic of Congo) and Eastern Africa (Kenya, Sudan, Uganda and Tanzania), with the addition of Mauritius. Countries …

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Institutions and Development in MENA Region: Evidence from the Manufacturing Sector

Arayssi, Mahmoud; Fakih, Ali - 2015

authority on growth rates in the Middle East and North Africa (MENA) region using panel data through a fixed effect model. The …

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Institutions and Development in MENA Region: Evidence from the Manufacturing Sector

Arayssi, Mahmoud; Fakih, Ali - Institute for the Study of Labor (IZA) - 2015

authority on growth rates in the Middle East and North Africa (MENA) region using panel data through a fixed effect model. The …

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Service Sector Development and its Determinants in Rwanda

Uwitonze, Eric; Heshmati, Almas - 2016

The service sector is an avenue for economic transformation as not all countries have a competitive edge in manufacturing. The growing literature on service sector primarily focuses on its development in the US and Europe and on Asian emerging service economies like India. Not as much attention...

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'Even' After Access to Financial Services? Ricocheting Gender Equations

Arun, Shoba; Annim, Samuel; Arun, Thankom Gopinath - 2016

Africa, inviting a gendered and social analysis of deconstructing financial behaviour. Women in South Africa are more likely … important effect in South Africa. Much of these gender differentials is related to differences in gendered behaviour, yet …

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Effect of perceptions and behaviour on access to and use of financial service: Evidence from South Africa

Annim, Samuel Kobina; Arun, Thankom; Kostov, Philip - 2012

) investment/savings and (c) insurance/assurance Using FinScope dataset from South Africa over the period 2003 to 2009,ordered …

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Effect of Perceptions and Behaviour on Access to and Use of Financial Service: Evidence from South Africa

Annim, Samuel; Arun, Thankom Gopinath; Kostov, Philip - Institute for the Study of Labor (IZA) - 2012

) investment/savings and (c) insurance/assurance Using FinScope dataset from South Africa over the period 2003 to 2009,ordered …

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