This paper examines the causal relationship between energy efficiency and economic growth based on panel data for 56 … of a long-run Granger causality from economic growth to lower energy intensity for all countries. The study also finds … evidence of long-run bidirectional causality between lower energy intensity and higher economic growth for middle …

Private savings play a pivotal role in financing development and sustaining growth. Recently, there have been many … savings in Egypt follow the Life Cycle Model in the long term. Controlling for population growth, the analysis finds that the … maximizing private savings and financing growth in Egypt …

This paper revisits the relationship between energy intensity and economic growth, using a flexible piecewise linear … income growth on energy intensity change: although energy intensity is negatively correlated with income growth throughout …

estimation of a panel-data vector autoregressive model over 1975-2011. Growth fluctuations, initially associated with demand … but relatively more important in the core. Changes in competitiveness are positively associated with changes in growth …

the structure of housing finance in Africa, its determinants, and its impact on inclusive growth. The findings show that … of demand and supply. In addition, the analysis finds that housing finance development in Africa is not yet an effective … housing finance and greater economic development in Africa. All these findings suggest that policies to boost housing finance …

patterns of structural change in jobs and growth …

dimensions coincided with significant growth in aggregate labor productivity. However, in and of itself, the same reallocation …

This paper uses the night lights (satellite imagery from outer space) approach to estimate growth in and levels of … product is consequential for three reasons. First, there is strong policy interest in how growth can occur in different parts …

Africa will be undergoing substantial demographic changes in the coming decades with the rising working age share of … its population. The opportunity of African countries to convert these changes into demographic dividends for growth and … account for 11 to 15 percent of gross domestic product volume growth by 2030, while accounting for 40 to 60 million fewer poor …

economies in Africa need an alternative strategic approach to long-term growth. The purpose of this paper is to identify a … growth strategy with the greatest potential for small, landlocked economies in East Africa. The paper uses Malawi, Rwanda …, and Uganda as case studies to explore the potential for growth in agriculture, manufacturing, and tourism in these …