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Aid, infrastructure and growth

Author: Mti, Sehlule Nontutuzelo Date: 2011 In their seminal paper, Burnside and Dollar (2000) introduced the interactive term aid*policy into growth equations. Most studies up until then had merely added aid as a variable on its own with GDP growth as the dependent variable in order ... Read more
Capital Flight and Foreign Direct Investment in Africa: An Investigation of the Role of Natural Resource Endowment

Author: Ndikumana, Leonce; Sarr, Mare Date: 06 Jun 2017 This paper aims to provide theoretical and empirical insights into the puzzling simultaneous rise in foreign direct investment inflows in Africa and capital flight from the continent over the past decades. It specifically explores two questions: ... Read more
Dictators Walking the Mogadishu Line: How Men Become Monsters and Monsters Become Men

Author: Larcom, Shaun; Sarr, Mare; Willems, Tim Date: 06 Jun 2017 History offers many examples of dictators who worsened their behaviour significantly over time (like Zimbabwe’s Robert Mugabe) as well as dictators who displayed remarkable improvements (like Jerry Rawlings of Ghana). We show that such mutations ... Read more
Essays on institutional evolution and economic development: evidence from Nigeria

Author: Fadiran, David Oluwatosin Date: 2015 The important role of institutions is relatively agreed on within the growth literature, with most empirical evidence pointing towards a positive influence of institutions on economic growth. However, empirical analysis of the institutions ... Read more
Essays on the economics of foreign aid in Niger

Author: Pedrosa Garcia, Jose Antonio Date: 2017 This thesis identifies the gaps in the literature on foreign aid, and tries to fill some of them focusing particularly on Niger, a country that has received aid since its independence in 1960, yet remains one of the world's poorest. The work ... Read more
The execution of corporate social responsibility strategies for "community" benefit: A case study of the South African mining industry and host communities in King Cetshwayo District (KwaZulu-Natal)

Author: Mbanjwa, Fani Lucky Date: 2017 The mining industry in South Africa has been involved in communities for many decades. Mining companies found themselves in the 'spotlight' for the conditions linked to the migrant labour system they adopted. Similarly, it is important to ... Read more
Inequality Traps in South Africa: An overview and research agenda

Author: Pellicer, Miquel; Ranchhod, Vimal; Sarr, Mare; Wegner, Eva Date: 28 May 2015 There has been considerable effort in ascertaining with confidence the trends in income inequality in South Africa. South Africa has traditionally been among the most unequal countries in the world and continues to be so. Surprisingly, levels ... Read more
The political economy of oil in Nigeria: How oil's impact on rent distribution has contributed to Nigeria's sub-optimal economic performance

Author: Ncala, Thembekile Date: 2016 Nigeria is an oil-rich country, and one of the largest oil producers in the world, however, its economic and developmental statistics have consistently ranked among the worst in the world. This paradox is widely believed to be a result of the ... Read more
The Transition Mechanism of The Limited Access Order - The Emergence And Evolution of Institutions In Kenya

Author: Jobo, Sisamkele Date: 2018 The purpose of this dissertation was to study the institutional transmission mechanism of the limited-access social order in Kenya. This was motivated by the theory of new institutional economics, which views differences in institutions as ... Read more

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