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Cover -- Contents -- I. Introduction -- II. Brief Literature Review -- III. Stylized Facts -- IV. Empirical Analysis -- V. Unbundling Governance -- VI. Non-Linearity -- VII. Concluding Remarks -- Appendix -- References -- FIGURES -- 1. Corruption Perceptions and Governance in SSA and the World -- 2. Governance and Corruption Perceptions and Level of Development -- 3. Governance and Corruption Perceptions and Growth -- 4. Corruption Perceptions and Fiscal Outcomes -- 5. Sample Distribution of Governance and Corruption Perceptions -- 6. SSA Sample Attributes -- 7. Overall Effect of Governance on Growth in SSA -- 8. Overall Effect of Governance on Growth in SSA Controlling for Endogeneity -- 9. Overall Effect of Governance on Growth Across Regions -- 10. Overall Effect of Governance on Growth Across Country Groups -- 11. Overall Effect of Governance on Growth in SSA Controlling for Other Factors -- 12. Overall Effect of Governance on Growth Using 3-Year and 1-Year Averages -- 13. Overall Effect of Governance and Corruption Perceptions on Growth -- TABLES -- 1. Correlation Between Governance and Corruption Perceptions in SSA, 1995-2015 -- 2. Summary of Variables and Data Sources -- 3. Summary Statistics of Main Variables Used in the Regressions -- 4. Governance and Growth in SSA: OLS Regressions -- 5. Governance and Growth in SSA: Baseline System GMM Regressions -- 6. Alternative Measures of Governance: System GMM Regressions -- 7. Governance Channels and Growth: System GMM Regressions -- 8. Corruption Perceptions and Growth in SSA: System GMM Regressions -- 9. Governance and Corruption Perceptions: Non-linear Models

Stemming from a 2012 conference entitled Brain Degenerations and Emerging Mental Health Challenges in Sub-Saharan Africa, this book is aimed at both the general practitioner interested in CNS disorders, and the specialist who would like to know more about CNS pathology in Africa. By employing a broad defi nition of what brain degeneration means, the authors are able to touch upon everything from dementias and CNS malignancy to traumatic brain injury and CNS infective processes. This book draws from and builds upon the original conference presentations, and incorporates the most up-to-date sc

Investment in secondary schooling in Sub-Saharan Africa has been neglected since the World Conference on Education for All at Jomtien. The World Education Forum in Dakar began to recognize the growing importance of post-primary schooling for development. Only 25 percent of school-age children attend secondary school in the region-and fewer complete successfully, having consequences for gender equity, poverty reduction, and economic growth. As universal primary schooling becomes a reality, demand for secondary schools is increasing rapidly. Gaps between the educational levels of the labor force

This book examines HIV/AIDS vulnerabilities, impacts and responses in the socioeconomic and cultural context of Sub-Saharan Africa. With contributions from social scientists and public health experts, the volume identifies gender inequality and poverty as the main causes of the HIV epidemic in sub-Saharan Africa.

Sub-Saharan Africa is a critical development priority-it has some of the world's poorest countries and during the past two decades the number of poor in the Region has doubled, to 300 million-more than 40 percent of the Region's population. Africa remains behind on most of the Millennium Development Goals (MDGs) and is unlikely to reach them by 2015. With some of the world's poorest countries, Africa is a development priority for the donor community. A major drag on Africa's development is the underperformance of the critical agriculture sector, which has been neglected both by donors and governments over the past two decades. The sector faces a variety of constraints that are particular to agriculture in Africa and make its development a complex challenge. Poor governance and conflict in several countries further complicate matters. IEG has assessed the development effectiveness of World Bank assistance in addressing constraints to agricultural development in Africa over the period of fiscal 1991-2006.