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A Re-Evaluation of Fiscal Cyclicality in WAEMU Countries
(2022)The main goal of this study is to characterize and explain the cyclical behaviour of fiscal policy of countries in the West African Economic and Monetary Union (WAEMU) zone. To carry out the investigation, cyclicality ... -
The Effect of Fertility on Women’s Labour Supply in West Africa
(African Economic Research Consortium, 2022-08)This study sought to identify and analyze the effect of childbirth on female labour supply, specifically that of married women with at least one young child under 6 years of age. The number of children is the result ... -
Intimate Partner Violence Against Women in Kenya
(African Economic Research Consortium, 2019-05)Intimate partner violence is the most prevalent type of violence that women experience and it has significant public health and socioeconomic impacts. Studies of these impacts are limited in developing countries like ... -
The Role of Energy Price Shocks in the Transmission of Monetary Policy in an Inflation Targeting Country: The Case of Ghana
(African Economic Research Consortium, 2022)Energy inflation has become more volatile and has evolved independently of other components of headline inflation over the years. Therefore, the use of one Phillips curve to capture short-run inflation dynamics may be ... -
Quality of Employment in the Private Sector in Côte d'Ivoire
(African Economic Research Consortium, 2022-07)Issues related to job quality are increasingly taking centre stage in professional and scientific circles because of the stakes involved. The objective of this research is to identify the characteristics of workers ... -
Socio-Economic Status and Children’s Schooling Outcomes in Mozambique
(2022-07)This study investigates the association between socio-economic factors and children’s schooling outcomes (school access as proxied by ever enrolled, dropping out and staying in school – current enrolled or still in ... -
The FDI-Growth Nexus: A Comparative Analysis of Resource-Rich and Resource-Scarce African Economies
(African Economic Research Consortium, 2022-07)In an attempt to capture the impact that cross-country resource endowment differences may have on the FDI‒growth relationship, this study investigates the FDI‒growth nexus in Africa by categorizing the countries as ... -
Symmetric and Asymmetric Responses of Consumer Prices Index Inflation to Exchange Rates in Nigeria
(2022-06)The question whether domestic prices respond to either official exchange rate or parallel exchange rate movements is a key research issue, especially in an oil dependent developing country such as Nigeria that has rising ... -
Spatial Analysis of Climate Effect on Agriculture: Evidence from Smallholder Farmers in Côte d’Ivoire
(African Economic Research Consortium, 2022-06)Climate change has been affecting the agriculture sector over the past few decades. This impact could have serious consequences for farmers in developing countries. This paper applies the spatial approach to assess the ... -
Maternal Labour Force Participation in Cameroon: The Role of Children’s Health
(African Economic Research Consortium, 2022-06)This study applied the probit model controlling for endogeneity, using the 2004/2011 Demographic and Health Survey in Cameroon to investigate the influence of child health on maternal labour force participation (MLFP) ... -
Poverty in Togo between 2006 and 2011: Accounting for Differences in Poverty Rates and the Role of Economic Growth
(African Economic Research Consortium, 2022-06)As is the case of other countries, Togo committed itself, at the Millennium Summit, to halving poverty rates by 2015. Despite the efforts Togo has made to this end, poverty levels remain high in the country as evidenced ... -
Recapitalization and Competition of Commercial Banks: Evidence from Selected Sub-Saharan African Countries
(African Economic Research Consortium, 2022-06)In the past two decades, central banks in sub-Saharan African countries have witnessed a trend of the recapitalization policy, and many more are bracing up to undertake the same reform. Theoretically, increased capital ... -
Pass-Through from Policy Rate to Retail Interest Rates in Zambia
(African Economic Research Consortium, 2022-06)We are eternally grateful to the AERC for the financial and technical support that facilitated the undertaking of this research. We also express utter gratitude to group C Chair, Prof Murinde and our resource person ... -
What Explains Provisioning Behaviour in the Banking Industry? Evidence from an Emerging Economy
(African Economic Research Consortium, 2022-06)Existing literature shows that several factors drive loan loss provisioning among banks. However, little is known on this topic in the African banking context and specifically Kenya's banking industry. Using hand-collected ... -
Political Instability and Firm Performance in the Democratic Republic of Congo
(2022-06)This study analyses the effect of political instability on firm performance in the DRC, one of the most unstable countries in sub-Saharan Africa. We use pooled panel data for three waves of the World Bank Enterprise ... -
The Mitigating Impact of Land Tenure Security on Drought-induced Food Insecurity: Evidence from Rural Malawi
(African Economic Research Consortium, 2021-10)This paper investigates the interaction between land tenure security and food security in agriculture-dependent households. We explore household variation in land tenure security and drought shocks across villages to ... -
Climate Change and Agricultural Trade in Sub-Saharan Africa
(2022-05)Climate change is a threat to the agricultural sector and food security of many countries in sub-Saharan Africa (SSA). However, changes in climate across the continent are not expected to be consistent as some countries ... -
Formalization of Enterprises in Senegal, Benin and Burkina Faso: Segmentation Approach to Informal Entrepreneurs
(2022-03)This paper aims to identify the determinants of business formalization in West Africa, specifically in Senegal, Benin and Burkina Faso. The methodology used is based on a theoretical model on formality and a Logit ... -
Inflation Dynamics in Zambia
(2022-04)This study assesses the drivers of overall inflation in Zambia over the period 1994q1- 2019q4. A single-error correction model is used in which the underlying determinants of both food and non-food components of inflation ... -
Understanding the Dynamics of the Fiscal Deficit and Economic Performance in Zimbabwe
(AERC, 2022-04)The Government of Zimbabwe's desire to meet the country's development expenditure needs, following the attainment of independence in 1980, resulted in high fiscal expenditures which were not supported by adequate fiscal ...
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