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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 ...
Inflation Dynamics and Food Prices in Ethiopia
(2010-11)
During the global food crisis, Ethiopia experienced an unprecedented increase in inflation, among the highest in Africa. Using monthly data over the past decade, we estimate models of inflation to identify the importance ...
East African Community: Pre-conditions for an Effective Monetary Union
(2011-12)
Kenya, Tanzania and Uganda signed the Treaty for the establishment of the East African Community (EAC) in 1999, which entered into force in July 2000. In 2007 it was signed by Burundi and Rwanda. According to the Treaty, ...
Importing High Food Prices by Exporting: Rice Prices in Lao PDR
(2014-11)
This paper shows how a developing country, Lao PDR, imports high glutinous rice prices by exporting its staple food to neighboring countries, Vietnam and Thailand. Lao PDR has extensive export controls on rice, generating ...
Intimate Partner Violence and HIV in Sub-Saharan Africa
(2013-03 Re)
We investigate the relationship between intimate partner violence (IPV) and HIV among married women using Demographic and Health Survey data from ten sub-Saharan African countries, and find a strong association. The ...
Aid and institutions: Local effects of World Bank aid on perceived institutional quality in Africa
(University of Gothenburg, 2021-06)
Motivated by the lack of sub-national empirical evidence on the relationship between aid and institutional development, this study explores the local effects of World Bank aid on perceived institutional quality in African ...
A Dynamic Model of Inflation in Kenya
(Oxford University Press, 2001)
This paper analyses the dynamics of inflation in Kenya during 1974 –1996, a period characterised by external shocks and internal disequilibria. By developing a parsimonious and empirically constant model we find that the ...
Demand for Coffee: The Role of Prices, Preferences and Market Power
(2005)
The purpose of this paper is to evaluate the role of prices in determining demand for roasted coffee in Sweden. This is of interest because many believe that consumer prices are high relative to green coffee-bean prices, ...
Openness and wage inequality in Kenya, 1964–2000
(Elsevier, 2006)
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 ...
Trade Liberalization and Wage Inequality: Empirical Evidence from Bangladesh
(2006, Revi)
The prediction of standard economic theory that trade liberalization reduces income inequality in
developing countries has been challenged by several studies during recent decades. This paper
explores this issue by ...