The Quality of Growth in Africavan de Walk, NicolasForeign Affairs
This study examines the short and long-run impact of financial development, institutional quality and globalization on economic growth on a sample of 40 Africa countries. It also examines whether the relationships differ across sub-groups of countries namely low-income, lower-middle-income and upper...
Mutsa is an executive at Nedbank, one of South Africa’s largest banking groups. He was previously a partner at McKinsey and served banks in a dozen African countries, mostly on capturing growth opportunities. Mutsa is the coauthor of several McKinsey reports on African economies and financial ...
To help those struggling with extreme poverty access essentials like food, shelter, and health care, policymakers must improve affordability in addition to fostering economic growth. By creating quality jobs and reducing the costs of basic goods and services, companies are well positioned to drive inc...
Over the last three decades, there has been increasing disparity in savings across regions and income groupings globally. In this paper, we investigate whether the quality of institutions explains the saving disparities in Sub-Saharan Africa (SSA). Utilizing comprehensive panel data and spanning the...
In France, quality of life is much more important than efficiency. You can tell this by cafés life. French cafés are always crowded.20.When do these people work? The French take their 35-hour workweek seriously — so seriously th...
Inequality and the Impact of Growth on Poverty: Comparative Evidence for Sub-Saharan Africa'. Journal of Development Studies, 45 (5): 726-45.Fosu, A. K. (2009), "Inequality and the impact of growth on poverty: Comparative evidence for Sub-Saharan Africa", Journal of Development Studies, ...
Poor areas receive support in developing food processing and accelerating the integrated growth of agriculture, industry, and the tertiary sector so that poor households will benefit more from the appreciation earnings of complete industrial and value c...
We acted on the requirements of responding effectively to Covid-19, maintaining economic stability, and ensuring security in development, and intensified macro regulation. As a result, we stabilized the economy, steadily enhanced development quality, and maintained overall social stability, securing new...
Electricity access statistics used to track progress against the Sustainable Development Goal 7.1 set by the United Nations have significant uncertainties, which may bring into question the electrification status of at least 87.2 million people in sub-Saharan Africa. Consequently, we call for a re-eva...