1.
Determinants of Bank Profitability: Macroeconomic Evidence from Nigeria
Number of pages: 34
Posted: 19 Aug 2008
Last Revised: 03 Sep 2008
Working Paper Series
Deakin University
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4,812
2.
An African Success Story: Botswana
Number of pages: 46
Posted: 14 Nov 2001
Working Paper Series
Massachusetts Institute of Technology (MIT) - Department of Economics, Massachusetts Institute of Technology (MIT) - Entrepreneurship Center and Harvard University - Department of Government
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4,306
3.
On the Determinants of Foreign Direct Investment to Developing Countries: Is Africa Different?
Number of pages: 24
Posted: 11 Sep 2001
Working Paper Series
University of Kansas - Department of Economics
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On the Determinants of Foreign Direct Investment to Developing Countries: Is Africa Different?
Number of pages: 24
Posted: 11 Sep 2001
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3,723
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3,723
4.
Foreign Direct Investment in Africa: The Role of Natural Resources, Market Size, Government Policy, Institutions and Political Instability
Number of pages: 24
Posted: 09 May 2005
Working Paper Series
University of Kansas - Department of Economics
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Foreign Direct Investment in Africa: The Role of Natural Resources, Market Size, Government Policy, Institutions and Political Instability
Number of pages: 24
Posted: 09 May 2005
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3,336
Foreign Direct Investment in Africa: The Role of Natural Resources, Market Size, Government Policy, Institutions and Political Instability
The World Economy, Vol. 29, No. 1, pp. 63-77, January 2006
Number of pages: 15
Posted: 12 Apr 2006
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30
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3,336
5.
The Poverty of 'Development Economics'
IEA Hobart Paper No. 144
Number of pages: 272
Posted: 02 Apr 2005
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University of California, Los Angeles (UCLA) - Department of Economics
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3,080
6.
Does Religion Influence Views Toward Homosexuality: An Empirical Study of 16 Countries
Number of pages: 22
Posted: 25 Jun 2016
Working Paper Series
Fayetteville State University - Department of Accounting
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1,948
7.
On the Effect of Foreign Aid on Corruption
Economics Bulletin, 32(3), pp. 2174-2180. (2012)
Number of pages: 9
Posted: 10 Sep 2014
Last Revised: 01 Apr 2015
Working Paper Series
African Governance and Development Institute
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1,675
8.
Entrepreneurship, Education and the Fourth Industrial Revolution in Africa
IZA Discussion Paper No. 10855
Number of pages: 25
Posted: 10 Jul 2017
Working Paper Series
University College Cork - Cork University Business School
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1,641
9.
The Economic Consequences of Hiv/Aids in Southern Africa
IMF Working Paper No. 02/38
Number of pages: 41
Posted: 29 Jan 2006
Working Paper Series
International Monetary Fund (IMF) - Research Department
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1,511
10.
Tax Revenue in Sub-Saharan Africa: Effects of Economic Policies and Corruption
IMF Working Paper No. 98/135
Number of pages: 25
Posted: 15 Feb 2006
Working Paper Series
International Monetary Fund (IMF)
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1,503
11.
The Relationship between Religion and Views Toward Homosexuality: An Empirical Study of 98 Countries
Number of pages: 13
Posted: 25 Jun 2016
Working Paper Series
Fayetteville State University - Department of Accounting
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1,373
12.
Analyzing the Impact of Globalization on Economic Development in Developing Economies: An Application of Error Correction Modelling (ECM) To Nigeria
Applied Econometrics and International Development, Vol. 6, No. 3, 2006
Number of pages: 10
Posted: 25 Aug 2008
Accepted Paper Series
affiliation not provided to SSRN, affiliation not provided to SSRN and affiliation not provided to SSRN
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1,365
13.
Putting Regulation Before Responsibility: The Limits of Voluntary Corporate Social Responsibility
Cornell International Law Journal, Vol. 40, p. 171, 2007
Number of pages: 30
Posted: 01 Feb 2005
Last Revised: 02 Oct 2009
Accepted Paper Series
Loyola University Chicago School of Law
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1,268
14.
Doing Well by Doing Good: The Impact of Foreign Aid on Foreign Public Opinion
Quarterly Journal of Political Science, Vol 9, Issue 1, pp. 87-114, March 2014
Number of pages: 51
Posted: 01 Dec 2013
Last Revised: 20 Jun 2015
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School of Politics & International Relations - Australian National University, Dartmouth College - Department of Government and Australian National University (ANU) - Crawford School of Public Policy
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1,201
15.
The Effects of Poverty on the Susceptibility to Crime in South Africa
Number of pages: 44
Posted: 26 Oct 2008
Last Revised: 29 Aug 2014
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University of Washington - Economics
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1,163
16.
Budget Deficits, External Debt and Economic Growth in Nigeria
Applied Econometrics and International Development, Vol. 6, No. 3, 2006
Number of pages: 27
Posted: 25 Aug 2008
Accepted Paper Series
affiliation not provided to SSRN and affiliation not provided to SSRN
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1,095
17.
Access to Bank Credit in Sub-Saharan Africa: Key Issues and Reform Strategies
IMF Working Paper No. 05/166
Number of pages: 39
Posted: 03 Mar 2006
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International Monetary Fund (IMF)
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1,048
18.
Has Homosexuality Become More Accepted Over Time? A Longitudinal Study of 98 Countries
Number of pages: 14
Posted: 25 Jun 2016
Working Paper Series
Fayetteville State University - Department of Accounting
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1,035
19.
Economic Growth in Egypt: Constraints and Determinants
World Bank MENA Working Paper No. 42
Number of pages: 36
Posted: 28 Dec 2005
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World Bank and World Bank
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Economic Growth in Egypt: Constraints and Determinants
World Bank MENA Working Paper No. 42
Number of pages: 36
Posted: 28 Dec 2005
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1,032
Economic Growth in Egypt: Constraints and Determinants
Journal of African Development, Vol. 9, No. 1, pp. 31-66
Posted: 22 Sep 2007
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1,032
20.
An Empirical Examination of Why Mobile Money Schemes Ignite in Some Developing Countries but Flounder in Most
University of Chicago Coase-Sandor Institute for Law & Economics Research Paper No. 723
Number of pages: 52
Posted: 18 Mar 2015
Last Revised: 26 Mar 2015
Working Paper Series
University College LondonGlobal Economics Group and Global Economics Group
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987
21.
Privatization in Africa: What Has Happened? What is to Be Done?
FEEM Working Paper No. 127.05, Center for Global Development Working Paper No. 25
Number of pages: 45
Posted: 16 Nov 2005
Working Paper Series
Center for Global Development
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935
22.
Development Assistance and Economic Growth: A Case Study of Botswana
Number of pages: 15
Posted: 28 Feb 2008
Working Paper Series
National Graduate Institute for Policy Studies (GRIPS) and Musashi University
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909
23.
The Modern Impact of Precolonial Centralization in Africa
Number of pages: 62
Posted: 16 Nov 2005
Working Paper Series
Bocconi University - Department of Finance and Securities and Exchange Commission (SEC)
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891
24.
The Marketing of Rebellion: Insurgents, Media, and International Activism
THE MARKETING OF REBELLION: INSURGENTS, MEDIA, AND INTERNATIONAL ACTIVISM, Cambridge University Press, 2005
Number of pages: 10
Posted: 14 Jun 2006
Accepted Paper Series
Duquesne University
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842
25.
FinTech and the COVID-19 Pandemic: Evidence from Electronic Payment Systems
Number of pages: 41
Posted: 04 Aug 2020
Last Revised: 10 Apr 2021
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Ryerson University- Ted Rogers School of Management
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838
26.
The Characteristics and Determinants of FDI in Ghana
Number of pages: 23
Posted: 01 Dec 2008
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London School of Economics & Political Science (LSE), Ruhr-University Bochum and University of Ghana - Institute of Statistical, Social and Economic Research (ISSER)
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834
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Foreign Direct Investment (FDI): Determinants and Growth Effects in a Small Open Economy
The International Journal of Business and Finance Research, Vol. 4, No. 4, pp. 75-88, 2010
Number of pages: 14
Posted: 03 Jul 2011
Accepted Paper Series
CUNY York College
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Monetary Growth and Exchange Rate Depreciation as Causes of Inflation in African Countries: An Empirical Analysis
IMF Working Paper No. 91/67
Number of pages: 49
Posted: 15 Feb 2006
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affiliation not provided to SSRN
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808
29.
Why Ethnic Fractionalization? Polarization, Ethnic Conflict and Growth
UPF Economics and Business Working Paper No. 660
Number of pages: 44
Posted: 10 Aug 2003
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Universitat Pompeu Fabra - Faculty of Economic and Business Sciences and Universitat Pompeu Fabra - Faculty of Economic and Business SciencesWorld Bank - Development Research Group (DECRG)
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The New Partnership for Africa's Development (Nepad): Opportunities and Challenges
IMF Working Paper No. 03/69
Number of pages: 35
Posted: 28 Jan 2006
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International Monetary Fund (IMF) - African Department and International Monetary Fund (IMF)
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31.
Market Intelligence: Making Market Research Work for Microfinance
Accion's InSight Series, No. 7, October 2003
Number of pages: 18
Posted: 09 Aug 2005
Accepted Paper Series
ACCION International
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712
32.
Trade Liberalisation, Growth and Poverty in Senegal: A Dynamic Microsimulation Cge Model Analysis
CIRPEE Working Paper No. 05-12
Number of pages: 31
Posted: 15 May 2005
Last Revised: 16 Jul 2018
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Université Laval - Département d'Économique, Université Cheikh Anta Diop, Partnership for Economic Policy (PEP) and Université Laval - Département d'Économique
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692
33.
The Social Dimension of Regional Integration in ECOWAS
International Labour Office Working Paper No. 49
Number of pages: 64
Posted: 24 Jul 2006
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affiliation not provided to SSRN
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34.
Poverty Dynamics, Violent Conflict and Convergence in Rwanda
MICROCON Research Working Paper No. 4
Number of pages: 62
Posted: 05 Apr 2008
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University of Sussex - Institute of Development Studies and Université Libre de Bruxelles (ULB) - Solvay Brussels School of Economics and Management
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Poverty Dynamics, Violent Conflict and Convergence in Rwanda
MICROCON Research Working Paper No. 4
Number of pages: 62
Posted: 05 Apr 2008
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Poverty Dynamics, Violent Conflict, and Convergence in Rwanda
Review of Income and Wealth, Vol. 59, Issue 1, pp. 66-90, 2013
Number of pages: 25
Posted: 05 Feb 2013
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3
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655
35.
Voluntary Disclosure Practices Among Listed Companies in Nigeria
Advances in Accounting, Forthcoming
Number of pages: 42
Posted: 10 Jan 2010
Last Revised: 18 Jun 2011
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De Montfort University - Leicester Business School
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Intégration régionale et échanges commerciaux : Une analyse empirique dans les pays de la Communauté Economique des Etats de l’Afrique de l’ouest (Regional Integration and Trade: An Empirical Analysis in the Countries of the Economic Community of West African States)
Number of pages: 28
Posted: 26 Jun 2019
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Afridev Research Consulting
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628
37.
Bank Privatization and Performance: Empirical Evidence from Nigeria
Number of pages: 37
Posted: 09 Feb 2005
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City University London - Sir John Cass Business School, World Bank - Development Research Group (DECRG) and Nigeria Governors' Forum
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619
38.
In Which Countries is Homosexuality Most (and Least) Acceptable? A Ranking of 98 Countries
Number of pages: 11
Posted: 25 Jun 2016
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Fayetteville State University - Department of Accounting
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613
39.
Agricultural Trade Reform and the Doha Development Agenda
Number of pages: 40
Posted: 08 Jul 2005
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University of Adelaide - Centre for International Economic Studies (CIES) and International Food Policy Research Institute (IFPRI)
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Agricultural Trade Reform and the Doha Development Agenda
Number of pages: 40
Posted: 08 Jul 2005
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Agricultural Trade Reform and the Doha Development Agenda
The World Economy, Vol. 28, No. 9, pp. 1301-1327, September 2005
Number of pages: 27
Posted: 31 Oct 2005
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13
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40.
Economic Growth in Sub-Saharan Africa
Number of pages: 38
Posted: 23 Nov 2005
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Brigham Young University - Department of Economics
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576
41.
Could Africa Be Like America?
Number of pages: 54
Posted: 25 Jun 2002
Working Paper Series
University of Oxford
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569
42.
Climatic Change and Rural-Urban Migration: The Case of Sub-Saharan Africa
CORE Discussion Paper No. 2006/46
Number of pages: 28
Posted: 22 Aug 2006
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European Commission, JRC - IPTS, Universite du Luxembourg and Ecole Polytechnique, Paris - Department of Economic Sciences
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559
43.
Assessing the Impact of Acp/Eu Economic Partnership Agreement on West African Countries
Number of pages: 29
Posted: 07 Oct 2004
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Ruhr-University Bochum and Hamburg Institute of International Economics (HWWI) - World Economy
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547
44.
Africa's Export Structure in a Comparative Perspective
Number of pages: 78
Posted: 26 Dec 1998
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University of Oxford and United Nations - Conference on Trade and Development (UNCTAD)
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539
45.
Governance of Nongovernmental Organizations: A Framework and Application to Poverty Programs in East Africa
Number of pages: 34
Posted: 02 Dec 2004
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George Washington University - Department of Economics
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523
46.
An Impact Study of the EU-ACP Economic Partnership Agreements (EPAs) in the Six ACP Regions
Number of pages: 91
Posted: 03 Aug 2008
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University of Paris 1 Panthéon SorbonneParis School of Economics, International Food Policy Research Institute (IFPRI) and Centre d'Etudes Prospectives et d'Info. Internationales (CEPII)
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511
47.
Trends in Human Development and Human Poverty in Namibia
Number of pages: 31
Posted: 23 Nov 2007
Last Revised: 08 Feb 2011
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United Nations Development Programme
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510
48.
A VECM and Cointegration Analysis on the Impact of Structural Adjustments on Manufacturing Growth in Malawi: Do Institutional Reforms Matter?
Number of pages: 39
Posted: 21 Nov 2007
Working Paper Series
World Bank
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508
49.
Beyond Retribution and Impunity: Responding to War Crimes of Sexual Violence
Number of pages: 67
Posted: 02 Sep 2004
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University of Virginia School of Law
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498
50.
The Political Economy of Central Bank Independence and the Challenges for Development in African Economies
Number of pages: 23
Posted: 20 Jul 2011
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University of Chester
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495
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