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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 ... -
Supporting Jobs for Young Women and Men in Africa: A Framework for Country-Level Analysis
(African Economic Research Consortium, 2022-04)Generating jobs for a growing population is a critical challenge that Africa faces. An additional 20 million young people will enter the working age population each year over the next decade. Africa has managed to ... -
Structural Change, Productivity, and Jobs Creation: Evidence from Tunisia
(African Economic Research Consortium, 2022-04)Today over 22 percent of Tunisian population is between the age of 15 and 29, and fully 47 percent of the population is under 30. This significant youth bulge could have been a good opportunity for Tunisia to benefit ... -
The Impact of Conflict on State Capacity in Nigeria
(African Economic Research Consortium, 2022-01)Nigeria has witnessed incessant incidents of conflict-related violence in recent years. This paper seeks to investigate how conflicts affect state capacity in term of growth in GDP per capita and tax per GDP ratio, and ... -
Youth Employability and Peace-Building in Post-Conflict Côte d’Ivoire: Evidence from a Randomized Controlled Trial
(2022-01)This paper investigates the impact of alternative economic opportunities for the youth in consolidating positive peace. Using data from randomized control trial from a cash- for-work program for unskilled youngsters, ... -
Identifying Binding Constraints on Growth in the Context of Fragility: The Case of South Sudan
(African Economic Research Consortium, 2022-01)The central premise of this study is that violent conflict is the primary binding constraint to economic growth, and an obstacle to transition from fragility to stability in South Sudan. The study looks at the determinants ... -
Identifying Binding Constraints on Growth in the Context of Fragility: The Case of South Sudan
(2022-01)The central premise of this study is that violent conflict is the primary binding constraint to economic growth, and an obstacle to transition from fragility to stability in South Sudan. The study looks at the determinants ... -
Economic Costs of Civil Conflicts: The Case of Burundi
(2022)This study examines the effects of episodes of civil conflicts in Burundi on its economic performance. The study applies the regression method using Extreme Bound Analysis, and the Synthetic Control method. Our main ... -
Crop Commercialization and Nutrient intake among Farming Households in Uganda
(African Economic Research Consortium, 2021-08)Agricultural commercialization is seen as a pathway towards rural economic transformation as it is expected to enhance a wide array of household welfare indicators. This study examines the channels through which household ... -
Export Efficiency and Diversification in Ghana
(2021-03)Ghana needs to expand its export base to generate sufficient foreign exchange earnings for economic transformation. There is, therefore, a need to examine the efficiency of the existing export basket and explore new ... -
Women’s Empowerment in Agriculture and Child Nutritional Outcomes in Rural Burkina Faso
(2021-08)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 ... -
Investigating the Sources of Asymmetric Growth and Inflation Shocks in the WAEMU Region
(2021-08)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 ... -
Inclusive Growth in sub-Saharan Africa: Do Financial Depth and Inclusion Matter?
(African Economic Research Consortium, 2021-08)This study attempts to contribute to the existing literature by exploring the effect of financial inclusion and depth on inclusive growth for 26 sub-Saharan Africa countries. Using the random effects panel regressions, ... -
WTO Trade Facilitation Measures and the Extensive Margin of Exports in the Tripartite: COMESA – EAC – SADC
(African Economic Research Consortium, 2021-08)This study uses a gravity model for the year 2015 to analyze the impact of the World Trade Organization’s (WTO) Trade Facilitation Agreement (TFA) on extensive margin of exports (export diversification proxied by the ... -
The Impact of Land Conflict on Land Productivity: Evidence from Liberia
(African Economic Research Consortium, 2022-03)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 ... -
Landownership Inequality and Inequality in Education Attainment in Kenya
(2022-03)Unequal asset ownership accompanies other socioeconomic inequalities so that the disparity in physical possessions, particularly land, is worth a rigorous analysis. The case in point is the inverse relationship that ... -
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 ... -
Banking Industry Competition and Stability in Zimbabwe
(African Economic Research Consortium, 2021-08)The study investigates the impact of changes in banking industry competition on the industry's stability in Zimbabwe using a sample of eighteen banks for the period 2009-2017. The period of study coincides with an era ... -
Mobile Money Payment: An Antidote to Petty Corruption?
(African Economic Research Consortium, 2021-08)Using a two-period panel comprising firm-level data from the 2007 and 2013 World Bank Enterprise Surveys, this paper investigates the impact of mobile money use on bribe payments in Kenya. Results based on a matched ... -
Fiscal Policy and Monetary Integration in the ECOWAS
(African Economic Research Consortium, 2021-03)Those with dissenting views regarding the structure of monetary union arrangement in the ECOWAS often argue that the macroeconomic convergence criteria have hampered the ability of countries in the region to stabilize ...
