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Assessing the Impact of Ease of Doing Business and Corruption on Economic Growth for Africa Free Trade Zone (AFTZ) Member States

Bonga, Wellington Garikai - 2018

A positive economic growth is one crucial macroeconomic objective of every nation. Many countries have formed regional as well as international trading blocs in an attempt to enhance economic growth and maximise welfare of each member state, the AFTZ member states are not an exception. This...

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Africa’s Burden: Labour Markets, Natural Resources and the FDI ‘Reliance-Rejection’ Paradox

de Mauro, Andrea - Volkswirtschaftliche Fakultät, … - 2013

This paper will attempt to provide a comprehensive answer to the complex issue of development in sub-Saharan Africa by … identifying an FDI reliance-rejection paradox emanating from the incompatibility between colonial legacies and Structural … locked the continent in an FDI paradox that prevents it from funding its own development. …

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What Does FDI Inflow Mean For Emerging African Economies? Measuring the Regional Effects of FDI in Africa.

George, Emmanuel; Ojeaga, Paul; Adekola, Adetunji; … - Volkswirtschaftliche Fakultät, … - 2015

Can foreign direct investment (FDI) promote growth in Africa? What does the inflow of investment hold for African … emerging economies? Are the determinants of FDI different for different regional blocs in Africa? This study reviews the … implication of FDI for different regional blocs in Africa. FDI was found to have a significant effect on growth in North Africa …

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Openness and growth in Sub-Saharan Africa: Time series and cross-country analysis

Sanusi, Aliyu Rafindadi - Volkswirtschaftliche Fakultät, … - 2008

This paper presents empirical evidence from a cross-section sample of thirty six Sub-Saharan African countries and time-series sample of selected seven. The evidence suggests that countries in the region that open generally tend to grow faster than those that are closed. However, the...

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African Jobless Growth Morphology:Vulnerabilities and Policy Responses

NWAOBI, GODWIN - Volkswirtschaftliche Fakultät, … - 2013

As by product of economic growth, jobs are indeed transformational. In other words, efficiency increases as workers get better at what they do (as more productive jobs appear and less productive one disappear). In fact societies flourish as jobs bring together people from different ethnic and...

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Economic Growth, Biodiversity and Conservation Policies in Africa: an Overview

Iritie, Jean-Jacques - Volkswirtschaftliche Fakultät, … - 2015

- sity conservation policies implemented in Africa, i.e. protected areas and we discuss its effectiveness in achieving the …

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Foreign Aid, Legal Origin, Economic Growth and Africa’s Least Developed Countries

Wamboye, Evelyn; Adekola, Abel - Volkswirtschaftliche Fakultät, … - 2013

The issue of foreign aid dependency in African countries remains controversial among policy makers. So far, there is no consensus on aid effectiveness and the resulting policy prescriptions have been conflicting. The Euro zone which provides the bulk of foreign aid to developing countries, is...

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Education as a driver of income inequality in twentieth-century Africa

Van Leeuwen, Bas; van Leeuwen-Li, Jieli; Foldvari, Peter - Volkswirtschaftliche Fakultät, … - 2012

In this paper, we address the issue of how education affected income inequality in twentieth-century Africa. Three … the long-run education does not affect income growth, indicating that in twentieth-century Africa it was inspiration (i … determining income inequality in Africa. Taking an example from the end of the twentieth century, if educational equality had been …

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Financial instability, financial openness and economic growth in african countries

Batuo Enowbi, Michael; Kupukile, Mlambo - Volkswirtschaftliche Fakultät, … - 2012

In the aftermath of the recent global financial crisis, the implication of financial liberalisation for stability and economic growth has come under increasing scrutiny. One strand of literature posits a positive relationship between financial liberalisation and economic growth and development....

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Empirical relationship between charcoal production and the social cost of carbon emissions.

Ackah, Ishmael - Volkswirtschaftliche Fakultät, … - 2015

There have been increased attention on how man’s activities affect the environment negatively especially in developed countries. However, there are countless number of activities such as charcoal production and electricity generation from oil in developing countries that have potential carbon...

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