The United States role in Africa [sub-Saharan Africa]
In: Current history: a journal of contemporary world affairs, Band 60, S. 129-135
ISSN: 0011-3530
In: Current history: a journal of contemporary world affairs, Band 60, S. 129-135
ISSN: 0011-3530
In: African Political, Economic, and Security Issues
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
In: Population dynamics of Sub-Saharan Africa
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.
In: IMF Working Papers
In: IMF working paper 09/157
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
In: World Bank regional and sectoral studies
"Skills Development in Sub-Saharan Africa provides relevant and useful knowledge that should help African leaders and donor agencies find answers to this question. An update of a World Bank Policy Paper on technical and vocational education and training (TVET), this review assesses a decade's progress on TVET development and reform. The study puts into an African context the Bank's earlier work on TVET, explores issues and recent developments, and reviews recent literature and policy studies. Without being prescriptive, the book provides a comprehensive review of the challenges facing skills development in Africa today and the lessons learned over the past decade."--Jacket
In: Routledge Contemporary Africa
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
Infrastructure and Poverty in Sub-Saharan Africa analyzes the extent to which, how, and how fast the infrastructure needs of the poor have been met in Sub-Saharan Africa (SSA). Author Antonio Estache: Antonio Estache is Professor of Economics at Université libre de Bruxelles, Belgium, and a researcher at the European Centre for Advanced Research in Economics and Statistics, Belgium, and at the Centre for Economic and Policy Research, UK. Author Quentin Wodon: Quentin Wodon is an Adviser and Coordinator in the Education Global Practice at the World Bank.
In: Oxford scholarship online
In: Economics and Finance
In: UNU-WIDER studies in development economics
While the economic growth renaissance in sub-Saharan Africa is widely recognized, much less is known about progress in living conditions. This book comprehensively evaluates trends in living conditions in sixteen major sub-Saharan African countries, corresponding to nearly 75 per cent of the total population. Authors, all with extensive knowledge of the country in question, were charged with conducting a careful assessment of the full range of available evidence to provide a succinct storyline and systematic explanation for trends in living conditions. A striking diversity of experience emerges. While monetary indicators improved in many countries, others are yet to succeed in channelling the benefits of economic growth into the pockets of the poor. Some countries experienced little economic growth, and saw little material progress for the poor. At the same time, the large majority of countries have made impressive progress in key non-monetary indicators of well-being. Overall, the African growth renaissance earns two cheers, but not three. While gains in macroeconomic and political stability are real, they are also fragile. Growth on a per capita basis is much better than in the 1980s and 1990s, yet not rapid compared with other developing regions. Importantly from a pan-African perspective, key economies—particularly Kenya, Nigeria, and South Africa—are not among the better performers. Looking forward, realistic expectations are required. The development process is, almost always, a long hard slog. Nevertheless, real and durable factors appear to be at play on the subcontinent with positive implications for growth and poverty reduction in future.
In: Africa development forum series
In: Africa Development Forum
High fertility and declining mortality rates have led to a very young population in most Sub-Saharan African countries. The region?s labor force is expected to increase by 11 million people per year over the next 10 years. Most of this increase will be new entrants seeking their first job. While the younger generation is better educated than their parents, they often lack the means to translate that education into productive employment. Today, most work is in nonwage jobs on farms and in household enterprises. Even if greater economic activity were to create the conditions for robust growth and economic transformation, the private modern wage sector in low- and lower-middle-income countries could not absorb all the applicants. This report focuses on how to improve the quality of all jobs and to meet the aspirations of youth. It emphasizes that building a strong foundation for human capital development can play an important role in boosting earnings, and it argues that a balanced approach focused on building skills, raising productivity, and increasing the demand for labor is necessary. Youth Employment in Sub-Saharan Africa notes that many youth employment challenges are problems of employment in general. However, youth is a time of transition, and young people face particular constraints to accessing productive work. The report brings together original analysis of household and labor force surveys; it reviews the experience of a number of promising interventions across the continent; it draws from qualitative studies in several countries; and it surveys the most up-to-date evidence from rigorous evaluations of policies and programs. From this information base, the report provides guidance to policy makers on how to intervene along two dimensions?human capital and the business environment?and in three priority areas?agriculture, household
In: Africa
In: Policies for prosperity
In: Africa. Policies for prosperity
In: Oxford scholarship online
In: Economics and Finance
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 title 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.
In: IMF working paper WP/07/32
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
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.
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