Add to ORKGObservable variables capturing initial conditions can account for well over half of the variation in developing country growth rates. This paper investigates their role in explaining Africa's recent economic history. Should the origins of slow growth be traced to Africa's social arrange-ments, high inequality and ethnic diversity? Based on cross-country empirical work, this paper argues that the best answers are yes, no and maybe. 1
Over the last decade an increasing number of the world’s fastest-growing countries have been in Afri...
Africa’s poverty challenge is well-known and widely researched. Approximately a third of the world’s...
textabstractIn this paper we address the question whether countries on the African continent have lo...
This paper offers some econometric evidence on the sources of slow growth in Sub-Saharan Africa. The...
This paper offers some econometric evidence on the sources of slow growth in Sub-Saharan Africa. The...
It is well known that Africa is the poorest region in the world in terms of income levels per head o...
It is well known that Africa is the poorest region in the world in terms of income levels per head o...
We distinguish between policy and "destiny" explanations of Africa's slow growth during the past thr...
Low and highly volatile growth define Africa’s growth experience. But there is no evidence that grow...
Using the most recent purchasing power parity data for 44 sub-Saharan African countries, this paper ...
Is Africa experiencing a growth ‘miracle’? Rodrik (2018) seems sceptical, and provides evidence base...
The following note offers some calculations of the sources of slow growth in African economies. The ...
Relative to most of their Asian counterparts, Sub-Saharan African economies have generally performed...
This paper investigates the channels through which colonial origin a¤ects eco-nomic growth in sub-Sa...
Africa has had slow growth and a massive exodus of capital. In many respects it has been the most ca...
Over the last decade an increasing number of the world’s fastest-growing countries have been in Afri...
Africa’s poverty challenge is well-known and widely researched. Approximately a third of the world’s...
textabstractIn this paper we address the question whether countries on the African continent have lo...
This paper offers some econometric evidence on the sources of slow growth in Sub-Saharan Africa. The...
This paper offers some econometric evidence on the sources of slow growth in Sub-Saharan Africa. The...
It is well known that Africa is the poorest region in the world in terms of income levels per head o...
It is well known that Africa is the poorest region in the world in terms of income levels per head o...
We distinguish between policy and "destiny" explanations of Africa's slow growth during the past thr...
Low and highly volatile growth define Africa’s growth experience. But there is no evidence that grow...
Using the most recent purchasing power parity data for 44 sub-Saharan African countries, this paper ...
Is Africa experiencing a growth ‘miracle’? Rodrik (2018) seems sceptical, and provides evidence base...
The following note offers some calculations of the sources of slow growth in African economies. The ...
Relative to most of their Asian counterparts, Sub-Saharan African economies have generally performed...
This paper investigates the channels through which colonial origin a¤ects eco-nomic growth in sub-Sa...
Africa has had slow growth and a massive exodus of capital. In many respects it has been the most ca...
Over the last decade an increasing number of the world’s fastest-growing countries have been in Afri...
Africa’s poverty challenge is well-known and widely researched. Approximately a third of the world’s...
textabstractIn this paper we address the question whether countries on the African continent have lo...