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Intro -- DEMOGRAPHIC CHANGE IN SUB-SAHARAN AFRICA -- Copyright -- Preface -- Contents -- 1 Introduction -- REFERENCES -- 2 Fertility Levels, Differentials, and Trends -- INTRODUCTION -- SOURCES AND QUALITY OF DEMOGRAPHIC DATA IN AFRICA -- METHODS FOR ESTIMATING TOTAL FERTILITY RATES -- CHARACTERISTICS OF AFRICAN FERTILITY -- Estimates of Total Fertility Rates -- Shape of the Fertility Distribution -- First Births -- Timing of Subsequent Births -- Socioeconomic Differentials in Achieved Family Size -- Place of Residence -- Level of Education -- RECENT EVIDENCE OF A FERTILITY DECLINE IN COUNTRIES PARTICIPATING IN THE DHS -- Group A: Countries in Which Fertility Declines Have Occurred -- Group B: Countries in Which Fertility May be Declining -- COMPARISON OF RECENT FERTILITY TRENDS IN AFRICA AND OTHER DEVELOPING REGIONS -- CONCLUSIONS -- REFERENCES -- 3 The Proximate Determinants of Fertility -- INTRODUCTION -- DATA -- FRAMEWORK -- Marriage or Union Patterns -- Contraception -- Postpartum Infecundability -- Pathological or Primary Sterility -- Summary of Model -- EMPIRICAL RESULTS -- National-Level Results for DHS Countries -- Marriage -- Contraception -- Postpartum Infecundability -- Pathological Sterility -- Interpreting the Results -- Summary -- Differentials for DHS Countries -- Age -- Residence -- Education -- Change Over Time: Comparison of WFS and DHS Results -- Kenya -- Senegal -- Sudan -- Ghana -- CONCLUSION -- TECHNICAL NOTES -- Data Sources -- Derivation of Indices -- Index of Marriage -- Measured Births Outside Marriage and Adjusted Index of Marriage -- Index of Contraception -- Index of Postpartum Infecundability -- Index of Sterility -- Effects of Indices -- APPENDIX -- REFERENCES -- 4 Recent Trends in Marriage Ages -- INTRODUCTION -- CONCEPTUAL AND MEASUREMENT ISSUES -- Definitions -- Problems of Recall and of Age Reporting.

Intro -- SUB-SAHARAN AFRICA: U.S. AND CHINESE ECONOMIC ENGAGEMENT -- SUB-SAHARAN AFRICA: U.S. AND CHINESE ECONOMIC ENGAGEMENT -- CONTENTS -- PREFACE -- Chapter 1 SUB-SAHARAN AFRICA: TRENDS IN U.S. AND CHINESE ECONOMIC ENGAGEMENT -- WHY GAO DID THIS STUDY -- WHAT GAO FOUND -- ABBREVIATIONS -- BACKGROUND -- U.S. and Chinese Economies -- Anticorruption Laws for U.S. and Chinese Firms -- U.S. and Chinese Government Agencies Engaged in Sub-Saharan Africa -- U.S. Government Entities -- Chinese Government Entities -- U.S. GOALS HAVE EMPHASIZED DEMOCRACY AND DEVELOPMENT IN SUB-SAHARAN AFRICA, WHILE CHINA'S POLICY UNDERSCORES MUTUAL BENEFIT AND NONINTERFERENCE -- U.S. Goals and Programs for Sub-Saharan Africa Include Focus on Development and Emphasis on Democracy and Economic Growth -- China's Stated Policy for Africa Emphasizes Mutual Benefit and Noninterference -- DATA SHOW GROWTH IN U.S. AND CHINESE TRADE WITH SUB-SAHARAN AFRICA SINCE 2001, BUT DATA ON CHINA'S GRANTS, LOANS, AND INVESTMENTS ARE LIMITED -- U.S. and Chinese Trade in Goods with Sub-Saharan Africa Increased from 2001 to 2011 -- Crude Oil and Other Natural Resources Have Dominated U.S. and Chinese Imports of Goods from Sub-Saharan Africa -- Chinese Exports of Machinery, Transport Equipment, and Manufactured Goods Exceeded U.S. Exports of Goods to Sub-Saharan Africa -- United States and China Have Several Common Trading Partners in Sub-Saharan Africa, but China's Reach Is Greater -- U.S. Trade in Services with Sub-Saharan Africa Is Estimated to Exceed 11 Billion per Year, but Data on China's Trade in Services with the Region Are Unavailable -- U.S. Government Grants and Loans to Sub-Saharan Africa Have Increased since 2001, but China Does Not Publish Data on Its Financing -- Reported U.S. Investment in Sub-Saharan Africa Exceeded China's Reported Investment for 2007 through 2011

This paper evaluates the nature and extent of, and possible responses to, two of the central challenges that globalization poses for revenue mobilization in Sub-Saharan Africa (SSA): from corporate tax competition, and from trade liberalization. It does so using a new dataset with features needed to meaningfully address these issues: a distinction between resourcerelated and other revenues, and a disentangling of tariff from commodity tax revenue. Countries' experiences vary quite widely, nonresource revenues have been essentially stagnant. Corporate tax revenues have held up, despite a reduct

List of figures List of tables List of boxes Acknowledgements List of acronyms 1 Introduction and overview 2 Defining green industrialisation 3 Policies and programmes for greening industry 4 Policies and programmes for greening services 5 Green industry indicators 6 Green industry assessments 7 Green industrialisation research Annex 1: composite indexes Annex 2: economic and technology policies Index

pt. I. Overview of the issue -- pt. II. The living arrangements of orphaned and vulnerable children in Sub-Saharan Africa -- pt. III. Responding to orphaned and vulnerable children : an overview of public and private initiatives -- pt. IV. The voices of the children -- pt. V. Making children matter.

Demographic Effects of Economic Reversals in Sub-Saharan Africa -- Copyright -- Preface -- Contents -- Executive Summary -- DIVERSITY OF ECONOMIC EXPERIENCES -- DATA AND METHODOLOGY -- HYPOTHESES -- FINDINGS -- 1 Introduction -- 2 Economic and Demographic Overview of Sub-Saharan Africa and the Seven Countries Studied -- ECONOMIC CHANGE IN SUB-SAHARAN AFRICA -- ECONOMIC EXPERIENCE OF THE SEVEN STUDY COUNTRIES -- DEMOGRAPHIC CHANGE IN SUB-SAHARAN AFRICA AND THE SEVEN STUDY COUNTRIES -- 3 Conceptual Framework and Hypotheses -- TYPES OF FLUCTUATIONS -- EFFECTS OF FLUCTUATIONS ON HOUSEHOLD RESOURCES -- EFFECTS OF CHANGES IN HOUSEHOLD RESOURCES ON DEMOGRAPHIC EVENTS -- SHORT-TERM VARIATION IN PREINDUSTRIAL EUROPE -- MEASURING SHORT-TERM VARIATION IN OTHER POPULATIONS -- THE RELEVANCE FOR AFRICA OF RESULTS FROM OTHER STUDIES -- 4 Methodology -- TYPES OF MODELS -- ECONOMIC VARIABLES AND SECULAR TRENDS -- CONTROL VARIABLES -- MEHTODOLOGY FOR ANALYSIS OF MARRIAGE AND BIRTHS -- METHODOLOGY FOR ANALYSIS OF CHILD MORTALITY -- HYPOTHESIS TESTING AND INTERPRETATION OF RESULTS -- 5 Country Results -- BOTSWANA -- Economic Experience -- Demographic Outcomes -- GHANA -- Economic Experience -- Independence Through 1974 -- 1974 to 1983 -- 1983 to 1988 -- Demographic Outcomes -- KENYA -- Economic Experience -- 1963 to 1973 -- 1973 to 1980 -- 1978 On -- Demographic Outcomes -- NIGERIA -- Economic Experience -- Demographic Outcomes -- SENEGAL -- Economic Experience -- Demographic Outcomes -- TOGO -- Economic Experience -- Demographic Outcomes -- UGANDA -- Economic Experience -- Demographic Outcomes -- 6 Cross-National Comparisons -- INFANT AND CHILD MORTALITY -- MARRIAGE -- FIRST BIRTH -- SECOND BIRTH -- CONCLUSION -- 7 Caveats and Conclusions -- APPENDIXES -- A Economic Data -- COUNTRY DATA -- Data on Gross Domestic Product, Terms of Trade, and Export Quantities -- GDP.

Low-income countries in sub-Saharan Africa present unique monetary policy challenges, from the high share of volatile food in consumption to underdeveloped financial markets. This book draws on the International Monetary Fund's research and practice to uncover how monetary policy in this region currently operates, and what changes should be made.

Intro -- KILLING SUB-SAHARANAFRICA WITH AID -- CONTENTS -- LIST OF TABLES -- INTRODUCTION -- WHO GIVES FOREIGN AID TOSUB-SAHARAN AFRICA AND WHY? -- THE TYPES OF AID SUB-SAHARAN AFRICA RECEIVES -- THE WORLD BANK AND IMF AID TO SUB-SAHARAN AFRICA -- IMF FUNDING -- THE EUROPEAN UNION'S AID TO SSA -- THE INSTRUMENTS OF EU AID TO SSA (TABLE 7) -- THE EU'S STRUCTURAL ADJUSTMENT SUPPORT -- THE EU'S NON-PROGRAMMED AID26 -- European Investment Bank (EIB) - Managed Resources -- THE STABEX SYSTEM OF COMPENSATORY AID -- SYSMIN -- ASSESSING FOREIGN AID -- ASSESSMENT OF PERFORMANCE OF FOREIGN AID TO SSA -- POVERTY ALLEVIATION PRESUMESECONOMIC GROWTH AND DEVELOPMENT -- ASSESSING FOREIGN AID -- INAPPROPRIATE STRATEGY FOR ADVANCINGECONOMIC GROWTH AND DEVELOPMENT -- MACRO-ECONOMIC OBJECTIVES -- ASSESSING FOREIGN AID -- INTEGRATION OF SSA ECONOMIESINTO THE WORLD ECONOMY -- THE EXPORT INCOME STABILIZATION SYSTEM (STABEX) -- ASSESSING FOREIGN AID -- THE EU'S SPECIAL TRADEPREFERENCES FOR ACP COUNTRIES -- FOREIGN PRIVATE INVESTMENT AND GLOBAL INTEGRATIONOF SSA ECONOMIES -- ASSESSING FOREIGN AID -- MISCELLANEOUS ASPECTS OF AID ANDGROWTH/DEVELOPMENT IN SSA -- DEMOCRACY AND HUMAN RIGHTS -- ASSESSING FOREIGN AID -- THE PSYCHOLOGICAL DIMENSION OF AID TO SSA -- SO WHAT IF AID IS WITHDRAWN? -- CAN AID WORK IN SSA? -- SPRINGING THE DEBT TRAP AS AID. -- REDRESSING CAPITAL FLIGHT ANDRETURNING AFRICA'S LOOTED WEALTH AS AID -- PRIVATE INVESTMENT AND TRADE AS AID -- MAKING AID WORK IN SSA -- DEVELOPING DOMESTIC AND REGIONAL MARKETS -- CONCLUSION -- REFERENCES -- INDEX.

This paper explores the sources of inflation in Sub-Saharan Africa by examining the relationship between inflation, the output gap, and the real money gap. Using heterogeneous panel cointegration estimation techniques, we estimate cointegrating vectors for the production function and the real money demand function to recover the structural output and money gaps for seventeen African countries. The central finding is that both gaps contain significant information regarding the evolution of inflation, albeit with a larger role played by the money gap. There is no significant evidence of asymmetr

Mobilizing more revenue is a priority for sub-Saharan African (SSA) countries. Countries have to finance their development agendas, and weak revenue mobilization is the root cause of fiscal imbalances in several countries. This paper reviews the experience of low-income SSA countries in mobilizing revenue in recent decades, with two broad aims: identify empirical norms of how much and how fast countries have been able to mobilize more revenue and empirical determinants (panel estimates) of revenue mobilization. The paper finds that (i) the frequency distribution of changes in revenue ratios fo