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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

Cover -- Contents -- I. Introduction -- II. International and Regional Initiatives Supporting Gender Budgeting -- III. Countries with Prominent Gender Budgeting Efforts -- A. Uganda -- B. Rwanda -- IV. Other Examples of Gender Budgeting in Sub-Saharan Africa -- V. Conclusions and Lessons for Improving Gender Budgeting in the Region -- References -- Figures -- 1. Sub-Saharan African Countries Included in this Review -- 2. GDI, Time-Consistent Version -- 3. Uganda: Trends in Gender Inequality in Uganda and a Comparator Country Group -- 4. Uganda: Trends in School Enrollment

U.S. Trade and Investment Relationship with Sub-Saharan Africa: The African Growth and Opportunity Act /Vivian C. Jones -- The Global Economic Crisis: Impact on Sub-Saharan Africa and Global Policy Responses / Alexis Arieff, Martin A. Weiss, Vivian C. Jones -- Impact of the Global Financial Crisis on Sub-Saharan Africa / Import-Export Bank of the United States

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.

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

"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

Provides an extensive examination of the major conflicts in the volatile region of sub-Saharan Africa and their ramifications throughout the continent and beyond.

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

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

This paper investigates the role of creditor rights and information sharing in explaining why some financial markets in sub-Saharan Africa have remained shallow. The paper finds that while financial liberalization and macroeconomic stability promote financial deepening, they are not enough. For countries with similar financial liberalization efforts, those with stronger legal institutions and information sharing have deeper financial development. This result is consistent with a growing body of research for other regions of the world. The main policy implications are that (1) creditor rights l

Cover -- Title -- Copyright -- Contents -- List of figures -- List of tables -- Notes on contributors -- Acknowledgements -- List of abbreviations -- 1 Introduction: youth entrepreneurship in sub-Saharan Africa -- PART I National studies of youth entrepreneurship -- Introduction to Part I -- 2 Youth entrepreneurship trends and policies in Uganda -- 3 Youth entrepreneurship in Ghana: current trends and policies -- 4 Measuring and promoting youth entrepreneurship in Zambia -- Concluding comments to Part I -- PART II Youth entrepreneurship in urban settlements -- Introduction to Part II -- 5 Young entrepreneurs in Lusaka: overcoming constraints through ingenuity and social entrepreneurship -- 6 Youth entrepreneurship in Kampala: managing scarce resources in a challenging environment -- 7 Prospects and challenges of youth entrepreneurship in Nima-Maamobi, a low-income neighbourhood of Accra -- Concluding comments to Part II -- PART III Youth entrepreneurship in rural areas -- Introduction to Part III -- 8 Mobile rural youth in northern Ghana: combining near and distant opportunity spaces -- 9 Rural youth entrepreneurship in eastern Uganda -- 10 Rural youth in northern Zambia: straddling the rural-urban divide -- Concluding comments to Part III -- PART IV Youth entrepreneurship in specific sectors -- Introduction to Part IV -- 11 Young entrepreneurs in the mobile telephony sector in Ghana -- 12 Youth entrepreneurship in a small-scale gold mining settlement in Ghana -- 13 Young female entrepreneurs in Uganda: handicraft production as a livelihood strategy -- 14 Employment in the tourism industry: a pathway to entrepreneurship for Ugandan youth -- Concluding comments to Part IV -- PART V Stimulating youth entrepreneurship -- Introduction to Part V -- 15 Social capital among young entrepreneurs in Zambia.