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Dr Biniam Bedasso on managing Public Finances: where does a quarter of the IMF’s Capaci...

In this podcast, ERSA’s host speaks to Dr Biniam Bedasso about Publ...

Biniam E. Bedasso

Podcast

How Buoyant Is the South African Tax System? An ARDL Approach

This study aims to scrutinize the responsiveness of the South Afric...

Nyasha Mahonye, Baneng Naape

Working Paper

A Sequence to Reverse Poverty: Institutions, State Capacity and Human Empowerment

This paper explores the fundamental or deep causes of poverty persi...

Sansia Blackmore, Reneé van Eyden

Working Paper

Fiscal Rules and the Compliance debate: Why do Countries adopt Rules and fail to comply?

We study the compliance with fiscal rules via various national nume...

Martin W. Nandelenga, Mark J. Ellyne

Working Paper

Evolution and measurement of formal institutions in Cote D’Ivoire

This study analyzes the evolution of institutions in Côte d’Ivoire ...

Zie Ballo

Working Paper

The measurement of institutions and instability in Democratic Republic of Congo, 1880-2010

This paper introduces a new database for Property Rights, Political...

Alain P. Bala

Policy Brief

An institutional comparison of private shareholding in the central banks of South Afric...

This paper considers institutional aspects of private shareholding ...

Jannie Rossouw

Policy Brief

Measuring political and economic institutions in Ethiopia: c.1888 –2016

This paper presents the first ever set of indices of political and ...

Biniam E. Bedasso

Working Paper

The impact of multinational enterprises on public governance institutions in areas of l...

We explore the interaction between Multinational Enterprises (MNEs)...

Dirk Hanekom, John M. Luiz

Policy Brief

Co-operation, institutional quality and management outcome in community based micro hyd...

Community based micro hydro grids in developing countries have char...

Mary Karumba, Edwin Muchapondwa

Working Paper

Measurement and analysis of the evolution of institutions in Nigeria

“Institutions matter” has become a generally accepted premise in de...

Johannes W. Fedderke, Mare Sarr, David O. Fadiran

Working Paper

The impact of home and host country institutions in the internationalization of an Afri...

We demonstrate that firms can exploit their knowledge of ‘weak’ ins...

Anthea Jefthas, Dustin Stringfellow, John M. Luiz

Policy Brief

Path dependence and interdependence between institutions and development

Path dependence theory, within the institutions context, means that...

Mare Sarr, David Fadiran

Policy Brief

Why local context matters: de jure and de facto property rights in colonial South Africa

For economic transactions, including debt transactions, to occur in...

Johan Fourie, Christie Swanepoel

Working Paper

Construction, institutions and economic growth in sub-Saharan Africa

The construction sector in developing countries has propelled econo...

Jones O. Mensah, Paul Alagidede

Policy Brief

Recent Growth Performance in Sub-Saharan Africa (SSA): What should Policy Makers in the...

The recent decades have witnessed a series of global turbulence wit...

Beatrice D. Simo-Kengne

Policy Brief

The Cape of Perfect Storms: Colonial Africa’s first financial crash, 1788-1793

This paper investigates the causes and consequences of colonial Afr...

Roy Havemann, Johan Fourie

Working Paper

Mechanism between mining sector and economic growth in Zimbabwe, is it a resource curse?

The study investigates the role of mineral resources in economic de...

Nyasha Mahonye, Leonard Mandishara

Working Paper

Financial Development and the Diffusion of Technologies under Uncertainty in Africa

Using novel measures of technology diffusion and adoption developed...

Zivanemoyo Chinzara

Working Paper

Private Shareholding and Public Interest: An Analysis of an Eclectic Group of Central B...

Although the title seems to be a contradictio in terminis, this pap...

Jannie Rossouw

Working Paper

International financial architecture, macroeconomic volatility and institutions: South ...

Policy Paper 08 Through 43 years of history, this study identifies ...

Melvin Ayogu, Hashem Dezhbakhsh

Policy Paper

Quality of Institutions: Does Intelligence Matter?

This paper analyzes the e ect of the average level of intelligence ...

Oasis Kodila-Tedika, Isaac Kalonda-Kanyama

Working Paper

Alternative indices of political freedoms, property rights, and political instability f...

This paper presents new institutional measures for Zambia. Coverage...

Johannes W. Fedderke, Farayi Gwenhamo, I. Lourenco

Working Paper

A history with evidence: Income inequality in the Dutch Cape Colony

The arrival of European settlers at the Cape in 1652 marked the beg...

Johan Fourie, Dieter von Fintel

Working Paper

Providing Economic Incentives for Biodiversity Conservation in an Emerging Bioregional ...

This paper starts from the now widely-held premise that biodiversit...

Kelly Scheepers, Eric Mungatana, Frank Matose, Harry Biggs, Kevin Moore, Edwin Muchapondwa, Amanda Driver

Working Paper

The role of human and social capital: Extending our understanding

Policy Paper (Interest) 11 Human capital, institutions and social c...

Barbara Piazza-Georgi

Policy Paper