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On the fertility transition in Africa: Income, child mortality, or education?

Mveyange, Anthony - 2015

A consensus among social scientists is that fertility rates in Africa are declining. What determines these declines? I … Africa. This finding is consistent with the predictions of the unified growth theory and sheds important insights in … explaining the sustained income growth Africa has experienced since 1995. The paper also shows that the effects of income per …

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Growth of African economies: Productivity, policy syndromes, and the importance of institutions

Fosu, Augustin Kwasi - 2013

poor growth in sub-Saharan Africa during post-independence. The current article employs the unique data and insights …

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Impact of foreign aid on economic growth in Sierra Leone: Empirical analysis

Kargbo, Philip Michael - 2012

This paper examines the impact of foreign aid on economic growth in Sierra Leone, a country where an empirical econometric study on aid effectiveness is yet to exist. Using a triangulation of approaches involving the ARDL bounds test approach and the Johansen maximum likelihood approach to...

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Does HIV/AIDS matter for economic growth in sub-Saharan Africa?

Mveyange, Anthony; Skovsgaard, Christian; Lesner, Tine - 2015

/AIDS epidemic in 241 regions across 25 countries in sub-Saharan Africa during 2003-12. Our main finding shows that the impact of HIV …

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Climate change and developing country interests: Cases from the Zambezi River Basin

Arndt, Channing; Chinowsky, Paul; Fant, Charles; … - 2015

We consider the interplay of climate change impacts, global mitigation policies, and the interests of developing countries to 2050. Focusing on Malawi, Mozambique, and Zambia, we employ a structural approach to biophysical and economic modeling that incorporates climate uncertainty and allows...

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Understanding Mozambique's growth experience through an employment lens

Jones, Sam; Tarp, Finn - 2015

Over the past twenty years, Mozambique has achieved remarkable progress in promoting macroeconomic growth and stability. Nonetheless, poverty rates remain high and labour market activity is dominated by smallholder farming. We use recent household survey data to dig into these trends and provide...

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Structural transformation, openness, and productivity growth in sub-Saharan Africa

Karimu, Suale - 2019

panel data set of 41 countries in sub-Saharan Africa for the period 1991-2015. A dynamic panel model of cross …

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The impact of infrastructure shocks on agricultural markets: Evidence from the Zambezi river in Mozambique

Salazar-Espinoza, César; Jones, Sam - 2017

of a major road bridge to identify the impact of enhanced domestic transport infrastructure on agricultural market … that new infrastructure can enhance market performance, but such benefits are spatially limited. …

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Adaptation advantage to climate change impacts on road infrastructure in Africa through 2100

Chinowsky, Paul; Schweikert, Amy; Strzepek, Niko; … - 2011

The African continent is facing the potential of a US$183.6 billion liability to repair and maintain roads damaged from temperature and precipitation changes related to climate change through 2100. As detailed, the central part of the continent faces the greatest impact from climate change with...

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An integrated approach to modelling energy policy in South Africa: Evaluating carbon taxes and electricity import restrictions

Arndt, Channing; Davies, Rob; Gabriel, Sherwin; … - 2014

We link a bottom-up energy sector model to a recursive dynamic computable general equilibrium model of South Africa in … potentially inexpensive approach to reducing emissions in South Africa. Moreover, combining carbon taxes with a removal of import …

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