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Studies on Economic Development and Growth in Selected African Countries

Part of the Frontiers in African Business Research Book Series

Editors: Heshmati, Almas

DOI: 10.1007/978-981-10-4451-9

ISBN: 978-981-10-4450-2

Publisher: Springer Singapore - Springer Journals

May 3, 2017

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An Assessment of the Contribution of Mineral Exports to Rwanda’s Total Exports

Mushimiyimana, Emmanuel

Pages: 237 –252

[ In 2012, the International Council on Mining and Metals (ICMM) proved that mineral exportsMineral export can be an alternative for increasing exports for agrarian, low- and middle-income countries and that in the past two decades their contribution to total exports increased from 30 to 60%....
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Testing the Balassa Hypothesis in Low- and Middle-Income Countries

Baylie, Fentahun

Pages: 253 –287

[This study analyses the long-run relationship between economic growth and real exchange rate for a group of 15 low- and middle-income countries for the period 1950–2011. Co-integration between growth and exchange rate is established by means of an augmented pooled mean group estimation method...
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Agricultural Tax Responsiveness and Economic Growth in Ethiopia

Azime, Hassen; Ramakrishna, Gollagari; Asfaw, Melesse

Pages: 291 –309

[Of late, the pattern of tax revenues and its nexus with economic growth in developing countries become an increasing concern for policy framers and researchers. Since tax revenue is one of the important sources of government revenue, a tax policy assumes significance as a vehicle for a viable...
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Improving Agricultural Productivity Growth in Sub-Saharan Africa

Akande, Olaide Rufai; Obekpa, Hephzibah Onyeje; Fani, Djomo-Raoul

Pages: 311 –330

[Improved agricultural productivityAgricultural productivity is central to achieving inclusive development, reducing poverty, and enhancing the living standards of most people in sub-Saharan Africa. Concerned by the declining state of agricultural productivity in this region, we pursue the...
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Determinants of Service Sector Firms’ Growth in Rwanda

Uwitonze, Eric; Heshmati, Almas

Pages: 331 –368

[The service sectorService sector is an avenue for economic transformationEconomic transformation as not all countries have a competitive edge in manufacturing. Findings from a micro-level research on the service sector confirm that ICT integration, firm’s age, the education of the owner, the...
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Labor-Use Efficiency in Kenyan Manufacturing and Service Industries

Rashidghalam, Masoomeh

Pages: 369 –380

[This study uses the labor-use requirement model to estimate labor-use efficiency of Kenyan manufacturing and service sectorsService sector. It also studies the determinants of labor-use efficiencyLabor-use efficiency. The data are obtained from the World Bank’s Enterprise Survey (ES). The...

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