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Can Africa industrialize?
Newman, Carol; Page, John M.; Rand, John; Shimeles, Abebe; … - In: Manufacturing transformation : comparative studies of …, (pp. 257-276). 2016
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Linked in by foreign direct investment : the role of firm-level relationships in knowledge transfers in Africa and Asia
Newman, Carol; Page, John M.; Rand, John; Shimeles, Abebe; … - 2018
attracting foreign direct investment (FDI), (ii) 102 multinational enterprises (MNEs), and (iii) 226 domestic firms linked to … relatively few linkages between MNEs and domestic firms in sub-Saharan Africa compared with Asia. However, when linkages are … present in sub-Saharan Africa, they raise the likelihood of direct knowledge/technology transfers from MNEs to domestic firms …
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Business environment and investment in Africa
Fosu, Augustin Kwasi (contributor);  … - 2001
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Finance and economic development in Africa : introduction and overview
Ajakaiye, Olu; Tarp, Finn - In: Journal of African economies 21 (2012), pp. 3-9
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Finance and Economic Development in Africa : Introduction and Overview
Ajakaiye, Olu - 2014
It is clear that a lot remains to be learnt about the role of the financial sector in African growth and development process. All three papers in this volume focus on the existing consensus in the literature that there seems to be a positive relationship between financial development and...
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Development and poverty in sub-Saharan Africa
Addison, Tony; Pikkarainen, Ville; Rönkkö, Risto; … - 2017
This paper puts sub-Saharan Africa's economic development into perspective. While much did not go as hoped for at … and the slow rate of employment growth. We refer to global shocks that have played a critical role in sub-Saharan Africa … requiring effective management for sub-Saharan Africa to realize its considerable development potential. …
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A human rights-consistent approach to multidimensional welfare measurement applied to sub-Saharan Africa
Arndt, Channing; Mahrt, Kristi; Hussain, M. Azhar; … - 2017
The rights-based approach to development targets progress towards the realization of 30 articles set forth in the Universal Declaration of Human Rights. Progress is frequently measured using the multidimensional poverty index. While elegant and useful, the multidimensional poverty index is in...
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From Monobank to commercial banking : financial sector reforms in Vietnam
Kovsted, Jens Anders; Rand, John; Tarp, Finn - 2004
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Inequality and the impact of growth on poverty: Comparative evidence for Sub-Saharan Africa
Fosu, Augustin Kwasi - 2008
in sub-Saharan Africa (SSA) comparatively with non-SSA, based on a global sample of 1977-2004 unbalanced panel data. For …
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A human rights-consistent approach to multidimensional welfare measurement applied to sub-Saharan Africa
Arndt, Channing; Mahrt, Kristi; Hussain, M. Azhar; … - 2017
The rights-based approach to development targets progress towards the realization of 30 articles set forth in the Universal Declaration of Human Rights. Progress is frequently measured using the multidimensional poverty index. While elegant and useful, the multidimensional poverty index is in...
Persistent link: https://www.econbiz.de/10011688583