O55 | Economic Research Southern Africa

JEL code: O55

Economywide Country Studies: Africa

Is Democracy Eluding Sub-Saharan Africa?

This paper analyses the modernisation hypothesis in the sub-Saharan...

Manoel Bittencourt, Carolyn Chisadza

Working Paper

Democracy and Education: Evidence from the Southern African Development Community

In this paper I investigate whether democracy in the Southern Afric...

Manoel Bittencourt

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Primary Education and Fertility Rates in Southern Africa: Evidence from Before the Demo...

I investigate whether primary school completion has played any role...

Manoel Bittencourt

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Education and Fertility: Panel Time-Series Evidence from Southern Africa

In this paper I investigate whether secondary school enrollment has...

Manoel Bittencourt

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Construction of a Social Accounting Matrix for Chad

The use of Applied General Equilibrium (AGE) models to contribute t...

David S. Garber

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Inflation and Economic Growth: Evidence from the Southern African Development Countries

In this paper we investigate the role of inflation rates in determi...

Reneé van Eyden, Monaheng Seleteng, Manoel Bittencourt

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Inflation and Economic Growth in the SADC: Some Panel Time-Series Evidence

In this paper we investigate the role of inflation rates in determi...

Reneé van Eyden, Monaheng Seleteng, Manoel Bittencourt

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The Legacy of Historical Conflict Evidence from Africa

This paper exploits variation between and within countries to exami...

Marta Reynal-Querol, Timothy Besley

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The Impact of Economic Freedom on Economic Growth in the SADC: An Individual Component ...

The SADC is attempting to achieve development and economic growth. ...

Vsevolod I. Gorlach, Pierre Le Roux

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Does Famine Matter For Aggregate Adolescent Human Capital Acquisition In Sub-Saharan Af...

To the extent that in utero and childhood malnutrition negatively a...

Julius A. Agbor, Gregory N. Price

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The Exchange Rate, Dutch Disease and Manufacturing in South Africa: What do the Data Say?

The Dutch disease argument suggests that in commodity exporting cou...

Duncan Hodge

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The Strategic Location of Regional Headquarters for Multinationals in Africa

The study investigates the criteria used by multinational companies...

Busi Radebe, John M. Luiz

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What drives remittance inflows to Sub-Saharan Africa: A Dynamic Panel Approach

This paper investigates the factors that drive and constrain remitt...

Reneé van Eyden, Francis M. Kemegue, Emmanuel Owusu-Sekyere

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Remittances and the Dutch disease in Sub-Saharan Africa. A Dynamic Panel Approach

This paper investigates the effect of remittance inflows on the rea...

Reneé van Eyden, Francis M. Kemegue, Emmanuel Owusu-Sekyere

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The Economics of Information Technology in Public Sector Health Facilities in Developin...

The public healthcare sector in developing countries face many chal...

John M. Luiz, Gregory B. Cline

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Determinants of Foreign Direct Investment of South African Telecommunications Firms int...

The study investigates the main factors considered by South African...

John M. Luiz, Henry Stephan

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Constructing Institutional Measures: Indicators of Political and Property Rights in Moz...

In this paper we focus on the role of political and economic instit...

Guilherme Oliviera, John M. Luiz, Luis B. Pereira

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Foreign Direct Investment and the Internationalisation of South African Mining Companie...

The paper investigates the factors influencing the internationalisa...

Meshal Ruplal, John M. Luiz

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An economic analysis of sports performance in Africa

The purpose of this study is to develop insight into the socio-econ...

Riyas Fadal, John M. Luiz

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Factors Influencing Foreign Direct Investment of South African Financial Services Firms...

This research investigates the key elements that South African fina...

John M. Luiz, Harry Charalambous

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Infrastructure and Growth in South Africa: Direct and Indirect Productivity Impacts of ...

Empirical explorations of the growth and productivity impacts of in...

Johannes W. Fedderke, Željko Bogetic

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