Estimated fixed costs of entry are positive, though not systematically higher in Africa compared to other continents, suggesting equally free entry in the presence of a minimum efficient scale that does not vary across continents. These results suggest that the small size of national markets rather ...
But this time they all seemed to be flying in formation, rather than each doing its separate thing — the moment brought to mind the 80s video game Galaga, with the enemy warships all flying in formation at the start of each new screen, compared to the ensuing swarm of every ship for ...
Unfortunately Africa is still unable to attract large investments into its construction sector as compared to other continents because investors view the continent mostly as a source of cheap mineral resources. In this paper, it is observed that the size of Africa's construction sector despite its ...
Africa has a cancer incidence rate of 132.1 per 100,000 population [2]. However, this figure is projected to double by 2040. [2] Furthermore, the ratio of cancer mortality in Africa when compared to its incidence rate (88.8
Deleterious mutations provide a compelling explanation for the repeated spread of AfricanH. pyloriinto other continents, as shown by the good qualitative match between our simulation results and the pattern of diversity within contemporaryH. pyloripopulations. First, we find elevated dN/dS values in ...
COVID-19 has now spread to all the continents of the world with the possible exception of Antarctica. However, Africa appears different when compared with all the other continents. The absence of exponential growth and the low mortality rates contrary to that experienced in other continents, and...
Compared to the high travel costs in neighbouring Central African countries, São Tomé and Príncipe offers much better value and is suitable for all types of travellers from budget to high-end.Budget travellers should count on spending between EUR €50-100 per day, while a mid-range budget...
Almost the entire world reserve of chromium is found in Southern Africa and, to a much lesser extent, in western and northeastern Africa. The highest concentrations are found in Zimbabwe, at Great Dyke. South Africa contains the largest deposits of chromite. As compared with these two sources,...
This leads to a rejection of our initial expectation of a negative relationship between government size and inclusive growth. Public debt, on the other hand, has a negative relationship with inclusive growth. This confirms References (57) F. Allen et al. The effects of the financial crisis on...
As the number two of the Earth's seven continents as far as size is concerned, It contains more countries than any of the other continents, a total of 52 to be exact.The continent comprises a surface area equal to 22 percent of all the land area worldwide, amounting to a total of ...