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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 ... -
Natural Resources and Economic Growth in Sub-Saharan Africa: Does Corruption Matter?
(2022-04-01)The existing literature on the relationship between natural resources (NRs) and growth is inconclusive. To enrich this debate, some studies have investigated the role of institutions in the NRs-growth nexus. Unlike ... -
The Influence of Women Empowerment on Child Nutrition in Rural Nigeria
(AERC, 2022-03)Women empowerment is key to reducing weak dietary diversity and chronic child malnutrition. In Nigeria, child malnutrition is persistent, despite several interventions, which failed to factor in the need to empower ... -
Banks and Monetary Policy Transmission in the West African Economic and Monetary Union
(African Economic Research ConsortiumAfrican Economic Research Consortium, 2021-11-25)This paper aims at examining the role of banks in the transmission of the monetary policy in the West African Economic and Monetary Union (WAEMU). By using a simple theoretical model, this paper shows that improving ... -
Credit Rationing and Maize Productivity in Burkina Faso
(African Economic Research Consortium, 2021-11-25)Access to credit constitutes a major challenge for agricultural productivity improvement in rural Burkina Faso. This paper analyses the impact of credit rationing on maize producers’ technical efficiency, using survey ... -
Crop Diversification and Nutrition Outcomes in Smallholder Households: Panel Data Evidence from Southwestern and Northern Uganda
(African Economic Research Consortium, 2021-11-25)This study examined the effect of adopting crop diversification on nutrition outcomes of smallholder households in southwestern and northern Uganda. We constructed three models of correlates of household dietary ... -
Explaining the Gender Gap in Food Security in Côte d’Ivoire
(African Economic Research Consortium, 2021-11-25)This study sets out to determine the explanatory factors of food insecurity gap between female-headed households (FHs) and male-headed households (MHs) in Côte d’Ivoire. Using data from the Household Living Standards ... -
Investigating the Sources of Asymmetric Growth and Inflation Shocks in the WAEMU Region
(African Economic Research Consortium, 2021-11-25)Empirical research has already established the existence of asymmetric shocks between the countries of the West African Economic and Monetary Union (WAEMU). The current study re-examines this issue by attempting to ... -
Women’s Empowerment in Agriculture and Child Nutritional Outcomes in Rural Burkina Faso
(African Economic Research Consortium, 2021-11-25)Across developing countries, women play an important role both as producers of major food crops and in improving household nutrition. This research paper aims to assess the effect of improving women’s empowerment on ... -
Regulatory Capital Requirements and Risk Taking Behaviour: Evidence from the Malawi Banking System
(African Economic Research Consortium, 2021-11-16)Proponents of stringent regulation argue in favour of higher capital requirements as it issaid to promote financial stability. Opponents of higher capital requirements argue that capital adequacy rules may not enhance ... -
Impact of Agricultural Input Subsidy on Nutritional Outcomes in Malawi
(African Economic Research Consortium, 2021-11-12)The study examined the effect of agricultural input subsidy on nutrition in Malawi. The aim was to find out how Malawi’s Farm Input Subsidy Programme (FISP) affects nutrition. Household panel data from the Malawi ... -
Banking Industry Competition and Stability in Zimbabwe
(African Economic Research Consortium, 2021-11-12)The study investigates the impact of changes in banking industry competition on the industry’s stability in Zimbabwe using a sample of 18 banks for the period 2009-2017. The period of study coincides with an era when ... -
Analysis of the Competitiveness and Sophistication of Exports in ECOWAS Countries: The Case of Measuring Trade in Value Added Products
(African Economic Research Consortium, 2021-11-11)The objective of this study was first to analyse the participation of Economic Community of West African States (ECOWAS) countries in the global value chain. Then, an analysis was done of the export performance of these ... -
Impact of Institutional Quality on Tax Revenue in Côte d’Ivoire
(African Economic Research Consortium, 2021-11-12)Using Gill’s (2000) conceptual framework, the present study is an institutional analysis aimed at explaining the low level of tax revenue in Côte d’Ivoire. It is based on data collected from the DPPSE of the country’s ... -
Access to Credit for the Small and Medium-Sized Enterprises in Senegal
(African Economic Research Consortium, 2021-10-27)While they represent more than 80% of Senegal’s industrial fabric, and against a backdrop of excess bank liquidity, only less than 18% of small- and medium-sized enterprises (SMEs) in the country have access to credit. ... -
Impact of Climate Variability on Crop Diversification in West African Countries
(African Economic Research Consortium, 2021-10-27)This paper analyses the impact of climate variability on cereal, root and tuber crops diversification for selected West Africa countries during the period 1965-2014. Crop diversification index, lumping together cereal, ... -
The Impact of Land Conflict on Land Productivity: Evidence from Liberia
(African Economic Research Consortium, 2021-10-04)This paper examines both the correlates of land conflict and the effects of this conflict on crop yields, farmers’ investments in permanent trees and crops. The productivity effects of land conflict are estimated at ...
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