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Used Clothes As Development Aid: The political economy of rags
(1999)
Should Swedish used-clothes exports continue to be subsidized as development aid? Theoretical analysis and review of empirical evidence regarding effects of both commercial and charitable (subsidized) used-clothes imports ...
Growth and Poverty Reduction in Ethiopia: Evidence from Household Panel Surveys
(2002)
The paper investigates the poverty impact of growth in Ethiopia by analysing panel data covering the period 1994 to 1997, a period of economic recovery driven by
good weather, peace, and much improved macro economic ...
Can Aid Generate Growth in Africa?
(1998)
The paper discusses the impact of foreign aid on economic growth in Africa. After brief discussion about growth determinants it goes on to review the available evidence about the impact of aid on African economic growth. ...
Informality, Ethnicity and Productivity Evidence from Small Manufacturers in Kenya
(2000)
A rapidly increasing share of firms in Kenya consists of not only small but also informal establishments. This paper investigates the role of ethnicity and other factors in the
choice of formality status at start-up. ...
Growth, Income Distribution, and Poverty: A Review
(2000)
This paper reviews the recent literature dealing with the relationships between economic growth, income distribution, and poverty. This generally fails to find any systematic pattern of change in income distribution during ...
Globalisation and the Asia-Pacific Revival
(2003)
This paper reviews evidence on the evolution of international economic
integration of Asia-Pacific countries, and discusses the extent to which this explains
their recent growth success. It starts with a review of some ...
Trade Reform and Wage Inequality in Kenya, 1964-2000
(2004)
This paper analyses the evolution of wage inequality in Kenya between 1964 and 2000. Our measure of wage inequality is the ratio of wages in manufacturing to wages in agriculture, which can be seen as an indicator of ...
Is Globalisation Good for Africa?
(2002)
Globalisation or market integration in Sub-Saharan Africa is closely linked
to the structural adjustment programmes. In this paper we focus on their dependence
on politics and institutional characteristics of the countries ...
Aid and Economic Development in Africa
(2006)
The question discussed in this in this paper is whether foreign aid can help accelerate growth in African countries. The paper reviews growth determinants and growth constraints in Africa and discusses how aid can help ...
The Political Economy of Policy Failure in Zambia
(2000)
Zambia's experience in the 1990s illustrates that, on their own, policy changes will not redress decades of mismanagement, especially when the degree of commitment of the elite remains unaltered. In 1991, the Movement for ...