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Title: | Special issue on the African Economic Conference 2008: globalization, institutions and African economic development |
Editor: | Ndikumana, L. |
Year: | 2010 |
Periodical: | African Development Review (ISSN 1467-8268) |
Volume: | 22 |
Issue: | 1 |
Pages: | 1-264 |
Language: | English |
Geographic terms: | Africa Ethiopia Tanzania Uganda |
Subjects: | globalization capital movements rural poverty credit business cycles small enterprises educational cooperation African Development Bank conference papers (form) 2008 |
External link: | https://onlinelibrary.wiley.com/doi/10.1111/afdr.2010.22.issue-1/issuetoc |
Abstract: | This volume of African Development Review contains eight selected papers which were presented at the annual African Economic Conference held in Addis Ababa in November 2008. The papers share a common theme, viz. the challenges facing Africa in today's globalized economy in the context of ongoing financial and economic crisis. Contents: Introduction (Léonce Ndikumana and John C. Anyanwu); Capital flight repatriation: investigation of its potential gains for sub-Saharan African countries (Hippolyte Fofack and Léonce Ndikumana); Développement financier, croissance économique et productivité globale des facteurs en Afrique sub-saharienne (Brou Emmanuel Aka); Do international remittances affect poverty in Africa? (John C. Anyanwu and Andrew E.O. Erhijakpor); Rural poverty dynamics and impact of intervention programs upon chronic and transitory poverty in northern Ethiopia (Fredu Nega et al.); Constraints in access to and demand for rural credit: evidence from Uganda (Paul Mpuga); Trade intensity and business cycle synchronicity in Africa (Sampawende Jules-Armand Tapsoba); Small enterprise growth and the rural investment climate: evidence from Tanzania (Tidiane Kinda and Josef L. Loening); African education challenges and policy responses: evaluation of the effectiveness of the African Development Bank's assistance (Albert-Enéas Gakusi). [ASC Leiden abstract] |