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The Role of Renewable Energy Consumption and Trade: Environmental Kuznets Curve Analysis for Sub-Saharan Africa Countries

by Ben Jebli, Mehdi Ben Youssef, Slim Ozturk, Ilhan Published in African development review (01.09.2015)

“...Based on the Environmental Kuznets Curve (EKC) hypothesis, this paper uses panel cointegration techniques to investigate the short‐ and long‐run relationship...”

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Factors Affecting Economic Growth in Africa: Are There any Lessons from China?

by Anyanwu, John C Published in African development review (01.09.2014)

“...Since generating sustained economic growth in Africa remains one of the most pressing challenges to development, it is imperative that Africa‐specific...”

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The Institutional Quality Impact on Remittances in the ECOWAS Sub-Region

by Ajide, K. Bello Raheem, Ibrahim Dolapo Published in African development review (01.12.2016)

“...The paper seeks to examine the impactful role of institutions in attracting remittances inflow to ECOWAS region for the period 1996–2013. In a bid to achieve...”

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Is Small Beautiful? Small Enterprise, Aid and Employment in Africa

by Page, John Söderbom, Måns Published in African development review (01.10.2015)

“...Aid providers often describe small firms as ‘job creators’. But what types of jobs do they create? Drawing on enterprise survey data for nine African countries...”

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Inclusive Human Development in Pre-crisis Times of Globalization-driven Debts

by Asongu, Simplice Efobi, Uchenna Beecroft, Ibukun Published in African development review (01.12.2015)

“...The paper verifies the Azzimonti et al. () conclusions on a sample of 53 African countries for the period 1996–2008. Authors of the underlying study have...”

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Inequality, Economic Growth and Poverty in the Middle East and North Africa (MENA)

by Ncube, Mthuli Anyanwu, John C Hausken, Kjell Published in African development review (01.09.2014)

“...In this paper, we have presented the patterns of inequality, growth and income inequality in the MENA region. Using a cross‐sectional time series data of MENA...”

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Aid, Employment and Poverty Reduction in Africa

by Page, John Shimeles, Abebe Published in African development review (01.10.2015)

“...Growth in Africa is weakly linked to poverty reduction. The reason is that Africa has failed to create enough good jobs. Structural transformation—the relative...”

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Regional Economic Integration and Economic Growth in the COMESA Region, 1980-2010

by Tumwebaze, Henry Karamuriro Ijjo, Alex Thomas Published in African development review (01.03.2015)

“...A key goal of the COMESA Treaty () was to stimulate sustainable economic growth in the region through increased trade between member states. On the basis of a...”

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Empirical Analysis of the Key Drivers of Income Inequality in West Africa

by Anyanwu, John C Erhijakpor, Andrew E. O Obi, Emeka Published in African development review (01.03.2016)

“...This paper extends and contributes to the literature on the drivers of income inequality in West Africa. Principally, it empirically assesses the impact of key...”

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Does Oil Wealth Affect Democracy in Africa?

by Anyanwu, John C Erhijakpor, Andrew E. O Published in African development review (01.03.2014)

“...This paper uses recent data on historical oil wealth to provide new evidence on the effect of oil wealth on democracy in Africa from 1955 to 2008. We find that...”

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Analysis of Gender Equality in Youth Employment in Africa

by Anyanwu, John C Published in African development review (01.12.2016)

“...This paper empirically studies the key drivers of gender equality in youth employment over the period, 1991 and 2011. Using the pooled OLS method with year,...”

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What Drives Foreign Direct Investments into West Africa? An Empirical Investigation

by Anyanwu, John C Yameogo, Nadege D Published in African development review (01.09.2015)

“...This paper analyzed drivers of foreign direct investments (FDI) to West Africa using a panel dataset from 1970 to 2010. OLS and GMM techniques are used for the...”

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Electricity Consumption-Economic Growth-CO2 Emissions Nexus in Sub-Saharan Africa: Evidence from Panel Cointegration

by Gao, Jing Zhang, Lei Published in African development review (01.06.2014)

“...This study explores the causal relationship among electricity consumption, economic growth and CO2 emissions for a group of 14 sub‐Sahara African (SSA)...”

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Does Entrepreneurship Promote Economic Growth in Africa?

by Adusei, Michael Published in African development review (01.06.2016)

“...There seems to be a cloud of scepticism hanging over the value of entrepreneurship to the growth processes of developing economies. This haze of scepticism is...”

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The Comparative Economics of Catch-up in Output per Worker, Total Factor Productivity and Technological Gain in Sub-Saharan Africa

by Ssozi, John Asongu, Simplice A Published in African development review (01.06.2016)

“...Using the two‐step system general method of moments panel data analysis we first investigate the effects of external financial flows on total factor...”

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Remittances and Financial Development: Evidence from Sub-Saharan Africa

by Williams, Kevin Published in African development review (01.09.2016)

“...This paper uses 5‐year non‐overlapping panel data for the period 1970–2013 to study the effect that remittances have on financial development in sub‐Saharan...”

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Priorities for Boosting Employment in Sub-Saharan Africa: Evidence for Mozambique

by Jones, Sam Tarp, Finn Published in African development review (01.10.2015)

“...Should policy‐makers, including foreign donors, focus employment strategies in sub‐Saharan Africa on strengthening access to formal wage employment or on...”

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Regional Comparison of Foreign Direct Investment to Africa: Empirical Analysis

by Anyanwu, John C Yaméogo, Nadège D Published in African development review (01.12.2015)

“...This paper analyzed the factors that drive foreign direct investments (FDI) by looking at regional heterogeneity among the five African regions. For the first...”

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