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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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paper is to find point the reasons of the foreign direct investment (FDI) in Africa. Africa's FDI inflows are highly …Africa is in competition for international capital and resources and is currently ranked in the same category as Latin … with special reference to Africa. The rise of India and China in Africa is seen in the current years. The purpose of this …
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This paper presents the primary institutions and economic policies that have led to Chile’s remarkable record of stability and growth over the past twenty years. The core of this policy stance is the combination of fiscal discipline and an open trade policy regime, together with carefully...
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order to better understand its current status, issues, constraints, and opportunities for Africa. Agricultural biotechnology …€™s role in Africa. In addition, because we have attempted to focus our review on peer-reviewed evidence and documented …
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The world’s population is expected to reach 9 billion by 2050. Climate change, population, and income growth will drive food demand in the coming decades. Baseline scenarios show food prices for maize, rice, and wheat would significantly increase between 2005 and 2050, and the number of...
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This article offers a vision of what Africa could be in 2050. In such a scenario, average per capita income would … resource wealth, Africa needs to manage the risk of fragility and conflict, inequality, and the middle-income trap to achieve …
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This article outlines a vision for Africa in 2050 in which the continent narrows the gap in per capita income and … continent and in the world. First, the article outlines Africa’s resource endowment. Africa has a fairly modest global reserve …
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Export growth is pursued by many developing countries as a path to economic prosperity. Consistent with this goal, many foreign donors have attempted to use aid to promote African exporters. The relationship between foreign aid and exports is a complex one as aid comes from different sources and...
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generalised method of moments. The empirical results refute the resource curse hypothesis in Africa. In addition, institutions …
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This paper investigates whether an increase in the international price of diamonds impacts violent activity in African countries that are diamond abundant and if so, through which mechanism(s). It concludes that an increase in the diamond price is positively related to violence in countries...
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