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SOUTHMOD presented at a UNU-WIDER conferenceUNU-WIDER organized a two-day online conference on the impact of COVID-19 pandemic in Africa on 11-12 February 2021. The preliminary results of an ongoing SOUTHMOD study were presented on the second day of the conference. The conference Development...
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Development challenges in Africa in the wake of the COVID-19 pandemic
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Resource rents in the diamond industry 2014–19: Rents, issues, methods, and data availabilityThe focus of this study is rent in the diamond industry...
resource rent diamond TaxResearch Brief
Technology, tourism, malls, and metros: Promises and pitfalls of tradable services in AfricaThere is growing recognition around the world that tradable services can play a valuable role in economic development. Africa is no exception, with the need for multiple routes to growth, particularly vis-à-vis the COVID-19 pandemic...
Africa International trade South AfricaWorking Paper
Building malls or metros?: South Africa’s exports of tradable urban services to the rest of AfricaService industries are increasingly important in international trade and offer additional paths to economic development. There are many opportunities to expand trade in services between South Africa and other African countries...
Africa International trade South AfricaBackground Note
COVID-19 and socioeconomic impact in Africa: The case of KenyaThe COVID-19 pandemic has now spread to over 180 countries, including several countries in sub-Saharan Africa. 1 Kenya reported its first COVID-19 case on 13 March 2020...
COVID-19 Pandemic AfricaBlog
When COVID-19 comes to Africa
There is no telling how long it will take to bring the COVID-19 coronavirus under control, or how many people will be affected...
COVID-19 Global health AfricaJournal Article
Linked-in by FDI: The role of firm-level relationships for knowledge transfers in Africa and AsiaThis study combines evidence from interviews in seven countries with (i) government institutions responsible for attracting foreign direct investment (FDI), (ii) 102 multinationals (MNEs), and (iii) 226 domestic firms linked to these foreign affiliat...
Foreign Direct Investment Technology transfer AfricaWorking Paper
Does sorting matter for learning inequality?: Evidence from East AfricaInequalities in children’s learning are widely recognized to arise from variations in both household- and school-related factors...
Africa Inequality of opportunities SortingBook Chapter
Who should get what, how and why?: DfID and the transnational politics of social cash transfers in sub-Saharan AfricaFrom the book: The Politics of Social Protection in Eastern and Southern Africa
Africa Policy transfer PoliticsLearning
Industrial Policy in the 21st Century – the Challenge for Africa
Learning Industrialization Africa's Economic Development Journal Article
Legal Empowerment of the Poor through Property Rights Reform: Tensions and Trade-offs of Land Registration and Titling in Sub-Saharan AfricaPart of Journal Special Issue Legal Empowerment and Group-Based Inequality
Property Land RightsBook Chapter
Rwanda: From devastation to services-first transformationFrom the book: Industries without Smokestacks
Africa Economic growth ExportsBook Chapter
Agro-processing and horticultural exports from AfricaFrom the book: Industries without Smokestacks
Africa Agro-processing TradeBook Chapter
Tourism global value chains and AfricaFrom the book: Industries without Smokestacks
Tourism Africa Global value chainsBook Chapter
New technologies create opportunitiesFrom the book: Industries without Smokestacks
Africa Industrialization Technology