Are frequents in freely floating exchange rates attributable to stabilising speculation reflecting changes in the fundamental determinants of currencies or to destabilising behaviour of various kinds, driving prices away from fundamentals, and creating 'excess' volatility? This paper, motivated...

We survey the theoretical literature on infrastructure and growth. Then review the empirical evidence globally and within the region. Overall we can conclude that the question is not whether infrastructure matters but precisely how much it matters in different contexts? Ultimately, this is an...

Over 2,700 public enterprises had been divested in Africa by 1997 as part of the structural adjustment programmes embarked on by many African countries. The degree of success of these privatisations will depend in great part on the nature of corporate governance. This article presents an...