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substantially lower than existing estimates for the pre-HIPC period, remains negative for the social sector, with education …
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In the wake of the current financial and economic crises, the economies of sub-Saharan Africa find themselves squeezed between likely reductions in official development assistance and the pressing challenge to eradicate poverty. Public expenditure allocat
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One of the reasons that the publication and content of secondary school performance tables in England is such a controversial political issue is the introduction of quasi-market models in public services in the 1980's and 1990's. These models assume that the outcome of the educational process in...
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This paper assesses the transmission impacts of world iron ore price fluctuation on China's macroeconomics and industries. The analytical framework is a computable general equilibrium model. The results demonstrate that a sharp increase in imported iron ore price will exert certain negative...
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fintechs have in closing the gender gap of financial inclusion in SubSaharan Africa (SSA) over the period 2011-2017. The …
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) emissions) in Sub-Saharan Africa (SSA), largely overlooked in the literature. In addition to pre-estimation, diagnostic and … examine annual data from 39 SSA economies between 2005 and 2018. The key findings indicate that public debt negatively … environmental sustainability. The study provides recommendations for SSA policymakers to significantly reduce pollution and protect …
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Agricultural productivity remains pivotal to the sustenance of the economies and livelihoods of Sub-Saharan Africa (SSA … understanding the link among energy poverty, environmental degradation and agricultural productivity in 35 SSA nations in particular … (IV‐GMM) technique was implemented for the aggregate SSA model, while the IV-two stage least square technique was adopted …
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of selected developing countries in the Middle East and North Africa (MENA) region and the Sub-Saharan Africa (SSA … phone, Internet usage, and broadband adoption are the main drivers of economic growth in MENA and SSA developing countries … over the recent period 2007-2016. In addition, our findings confirm the superiority of MENA countries over SSA countries in …
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This study seeks to investigate theimpactof China'sexchange rate onthe trade balance of 41 Sub-Saharan African countries for the period from 1994 to 2016. Using an augmented gravity model, the grouped and ungrouped results of the study confirm the elasticity and absorption approaches of the...
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This study examines the dynamic impact of tourism development on economic growth in subSaharan Africa (SSA) using the … nexus studies in Africa in general and in SSA in particular, motivated this study. Unlike most of the known panel data … economic growth while tourism receipts have the opposite effect in SSA. The findings are robust to the low-income sub …
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