Search Results - subject_exact:"Sub-Saharan Africa"

Is the book judged by its cover? : unveiling the impact of corruption on foreign direct investment in the PALOP economies

Sá, Filipa; Castro, Isabella; Resende, Mariana; Ramos, … - 2026

This paper analyzes the impact of corruption on foreign direct investment (FDI) in the Portuguese-speaking African countries (PALOP) economies between 2006 and 2018. The focus lies on Angola, Cape Verde, Guinea-Bissau, and Mozambique since, according to Transparency International, they exhibit...

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Liquidity, leverage and financial performance nexus : insights from sub-Saharan Africa's healthcare sector

Dangs, Ayuba Zakka; Ojeka, Stephen Aanu; Uthman, Ahmad … - 2026

This study investigates how liquidity and leverage shape financial performance in sub-Saharan Africa's listed healthcare firms and concludes that internal liquidity capacity is a more reliable driver of performance than debt. Using an ex post facto design, the study examines 60 firm year...

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Investigating the effects of economic sanctions on food production in target countries : evidence from Sub-Saharan Africa (1990-2022)

Mutawakil, Mohammed Rashad; Demena, Binyam Afewerk; … - 2026

This study examines the impact of economic sanctions on food production in SSA, measured by the Food Production Index (FPI). Using an unbalanced panel of SSA countries over the period 1990-2022, we employ a fixed-effects model with Driscoll-Kraay standard errors to address cross-sectional...

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Reviving indigenous electrical insulator manufacturing in sub-Saharan Africa : a narrative critical review of barriers and opportunities

Lawal, Sunday Albert; Ezutah Udoncy Olugu; Adebiyi, Busayo - 2026

Nigeria's electrical insulator industry remains underdeveloped despite abundant reserves of raw materials such as kaolin, ball clay, and feldspar. This study adopts a critical narrative review approach, synthesizing evidence from approximately 52 peer-review articles, international standards,...

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Post independence development in sub Saharan Africa (SSA), an econometric view of Seers (1969)

Effah Sarkodie, Eric - 2026

Purpose This study investigates what extent did post-independence policies succeed in reducing poverty, inequitable income distribution and in providing gainful employment. The analysis revisits the development experience of post-independence Sub-Saharan Africa using panel econometrics within...

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Poverty imputation in contexts without consumption data : a revisit with further refinements

Dang, Hai-Anh; Kilic, Talip; Abanokova, Kseniya; … - 2025

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Poverty imputation in contexts without consumption data : a revisit with further refinements

Dang, Hai-Anh; Kilic, Talip; Abanokova, Kseniya; … - 2023

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Poverty imputation in contexts without consumption data : a revisit with further refinements

Dang, Hai-Anh; Kilic, Talip; Abanokova, Kseniya; … - 2023

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Translocal livelihoods, socio-economic differentiation and lower level urbanisation in Uganda

Andersson Djurfeldt, Agnes; Mackay, Heather; Mukwaya, Paul - 2025

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Liquidity constraints for variable inputs at planting time and the maize production and marketing decisions of smallholder farmers in Zambia

Melkani, Aakanksha; Mason, Nicole M.; Mather, David L.; … - 2025

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From fields to frontiers: cash crop price shocks and migration intentions in Sub-Saharan Africa

Bertinelli, Luisito; Bourgain, Arnaud; Kempter, Elisabeth - 2025

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Over-indebtedness : measurement, determinants and effect on living standards

Ewusie, Ewura-Adwoa; Annim, Samuel Kobina - 2025

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Towards a measure of local government performance in Ghana : conceptual framework, data, and results

Chachu, Daniel Ofoe; Danquah, Michael; Gisselquist, … - 2025

In recent decades, decentralization reforms have surged across the Global South, aiming to bring governance closer to citizens. Despite extensive debate on their effectiveness, systematic methods to assess local government performance remain underexplored, particularly in data-constrained...

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Nichelatti, Enrico; Tagem, Abrams Mbu Enow - 2025

Climate-related disasters have increased over recent decades, with severe human and economic consequences. While research has examined their macroeconomic effects and impact on households' income and consumption patterns, little attention has been given to their impact on tax morale-taxpayers'...

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Revisiting the fiscal policy-income inequality nexus in sub-Saharan Africa : does institutional quality matter?

Onatunji, Olufemi Gbenga - 2025

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Enhancing international business competence : how cognitive and exposure training approaches matter

Boafo, Christopher; Dornberger, Utz; Boso, Nathaniel - 2025

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Financial development and economic growth in sub-Saharan Africa revisited : disentangling the role of banks and stock markets

Diop, Mayoro; Ka, Mamadou Moustapha; Gueye, Ababacar Sedikh - 2025

The objective of this paper is to contribute to the analysis of the relationship between banks and stock markets in sub-Saharan African countries and their impacts on economic growth. While the literature on this issue is abundant, our article focuses on disentangling the effects of banks and...

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Evolving farm and off-farm income sources and jobs in rural Africa

Mutsami, Chrispinus; Parlasca, Martin Christoph; Qaim, Matin - 2025

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Does climate change influence state fragility? : evidence for the countries of sub-Saharan Africa

Boyomo, Henri Aurélien Ateba; Manga, Lucien Armel Awah; … - 2025

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The heterogeneous effects of financial openness on income inequality in sub-Saharan Africa

Opperman, Pieter; Tita, Anthanasius Fomum - 2025

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Graduating from Ethiopia's Productive Safety Net Programme : what have we learned?

Hirvonen, Kalle; Abate, Gashaw Tadesse; Berhane, Guush; … - 2025

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Children are a poor women's wealth : how inheritance rights affect fertility

Sage, Mathilde - 2025

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Institutional quality : a hurdle or a catalyst to eliminating energy poverty in sub-Saharan Africa?

Kritzinger, WiZelle; Inglesi-Lotz, Roula; Bohlmann, Jessika - 2025

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Structural transformation without industrialization? : evidence from Tanzanian consumers

McCullough, Ellen B. - 2025

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Marital dissolution, repartnering, and the realization of fertility desires in Sub-Saharan Africa

John, Ben Malinga; Yeatman, Sara - 2025

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Signaling quality in informal markets : evidence from an experimental auction in the Sahel

Ricker-Gilbert, Jacob; Moussa, Bokar; Abdoulaye, Tahirou - 2025

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Women's off-farm employment improves household nutrition in Malawi

Mutsami, Chrispinus; Maina, Kevin W.; Khonje, Makaiko … - 2025

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An anatomy of urbanization in sub-Saharan Africa

Combes, Pierre-Philippe; Gorin, Clément; Nakamura, Shohei - 2025

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An anatomy of urbanization in Sub-Saharan Africa

Combes, Pierre-Philippe; Gorin, Clement; Nakamura, Shohei; … - 2025

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An Anatomy of Urbanization in Sub-Saharan Africa

Combes, Pierre-Philippe - 2023

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Violent conflict and taxation : micro-level evidence from Burkina Faso

Sepahvand, Mohammad H.; Some, Sankar Placide; Lindskog, … - 2025

This study analyzes how violent conflict influences taxation in a poor, conflict-affected country, Burkina Faso. We use a unique, large, and representative panel dataset on tax collection of firms between 2015 and 2022 and geographically match these data with indicators of violent conflict at...

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Mainstreaming gender sensitivity in cash crop market supply chains : the role of CSR in Nigeria's oil producing communities

Uduji, Joseph Ikechukwu; Okolo-Obasi, Elda Nduka; … - 2024

Purpose -The purpose of this paper is to critically examine the multinational oil companies' (MOCs) corporate social responsibility (CSR) initiatives in Nigeria. Its special focus is to investigate the impact of the global memorandum of understanding (GMoU) on mainstreaming gender sensitivity in...

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Community-based vigilante violence in sub-Saharan Africa : the role of corporate social responsibility in Nigeria's oil producing communities

Uduji, Joseph Ikechukwu; Okolo-Obasi, Elda Nduka; Ajah, … - 2024

Nigeria's oil-producing region is experiencing a surge in community-based vigilante violence, potentially escalating conflict dynamics and increasing fear of injury. The reason it matters is that neighborhood vigilante groups are more likely to participate in criminal, political, and ethnic...

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Herder-farmer conflict in sub-Saharan Africa and corporate social responsibility in Nigeria's oil host communities

Uduji, Joseph Ikechukwu; Okolo-Obasi, Nduka Elda Vitalis; … - 2024

There have been increasing demands on multinational oil companies (MOCs) to provide community development programmes and security to their host communities in Nigeria. This is mainly because developmental projects and security are lacking in most of these communities and most of the time they...

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Reaching out to socially distant trainees : experimental evidence from variations on the standard farmer trainer system

Bertelli, Olivia; Fall, Fatou - 2024

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Reaching out to socially distant trainees : experimental evidence from variations on the standard farmer trainer system

Bertelli, Olivia; Fall, Fatou - 2023

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Investigating the effects of the COVID-19 pandemic on stock volatility in Sub-Saharan Africa : analysis using explainable artificial intelligence

Ncube, Mbongiseni; Sibanda, Mabutho; Matenda, Frank Ranganai - 2024

This study examines the impact of the COVID-19 pandemic on sector volatility in sub-Saharan Africa by drawing evidence from two large and two small stock exchanges in the region. The analysis included stock-specific data, COVID-19 metrics, and macroeconomic indicators from January 2019 to July...

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Trade-finance nexus : the centrality of the quality of institutions in sub-Saharan African leading economies

Fagbemi, Fisayo; Fajingbesi, Adeyemi; Nzeribe, … - 2024

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Spatial education inequality for attainment indicators in sub-Saharan Africa and spillovers effects

Delprato, Marcos; Chudgar, Amita; Frola, Alessia - 2024

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From colonialism to international aid : social protection in former French colonies in sub-Saharan Africa, 1890-2020

Olié, Louis; Delpy, Léo; Ballet, Jérôme - 2024

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