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Determinants of Saving among Low-Income Individuals in Rural Uganda: Evidence from Assets Africa
Saving Sub-Saharan Africa Rural Uganda Theory Asset Building Institutional Theory
2013/1/31
Although research has shown that poor people in sub-Saharan Africa (SSA), including those living in rural areas save, little is known about the factors that influence saving and asset accumulation amo...
Re-Examining the Out-of-Africa Theory and the Origin of Europeoids (Caucasoids). Part 2. SNPs, Haplogroups and Haplotypes in the Y Chromosome of Chimpanzee and Humans
Y-Chromosome Mutations Haplotypes Haplogroups Primates Chimpanzees SNP Out-of-Africa
2013/1/31
Our consideration of human haplogroups, and our analysis of the dynamics of the Y-chromosome nucleotide flow from primates to humans during the evolution of genus Homo has shown that a common ancestor...
Poverty in Africa and the Forces of Change: Reflections on Rawls Difference Principle
Poverty Colonialism Leadership Rawls Values
2013/1/31
Africa is no doubt one of the continents endowed with resources necessary for the achievement of development in all areas. The pre-colonial era as crude as being described, was to a large extent chara...
Re-Examining the "Out of Africa" Theory and the Origin of Europeoids (Caucasoids) in Light of DNA Genealogy
Y Chromosome Mutations Haplotypes Haplogroups TMRCA STR SNP “Out of Africa”
2013/1/31
Seven thousand five hundred fifty-six (7556) haplotypes of 46 subclades in 17 major haplogroups were considered in terms of their base (ancestral) haplotypes and timespans to their common ancestors, f...
Evidence on the impact of minimum wage laws in an informal sector: Domestic workers in South Africa
Minimum wage informal sector Africa
2014/3/25
What happens when a previously uncovered labor market is regulated? We exploit the introduction of a minimum wage in South Africa and variation in the intensity of this law
to identify increases in w...
The Future of Traditional Customary Uses of Wildlife in Modern Africa: A Case Study of Kenya and Botswana
Wildlife Values Traditional Customary Wildlife Uses Socio-Cultural Uses Totems Traditional African Values
2013/1/30
This paper discusses the future of traditional customary uses of wildlife in Africa. The continent’s wildlife is as old as humanity or perhaps even older. Indeed wildlife has through the ages remained...
Credit Constraints and Productive Entrepreneurship in Africa
credit constraints productive entrepreneurship employment policies
2012/10/18
Limited access of entrepreneurs to credit constrains the creation and growth of private firms. In Africa, access to credit is particularly limited for small and medium enterprises (SMEs) due to unclea...
How Large Is the Private Sector in Africa? Evidence from National Accounts and Labor Markets
private sector size private sector development private consumption private investment national accoun ts private sector employment private sector earnings labor markets Africa
2012/10/17
In recent years, the private sector has been recognized as a key engine of Africa's economic development. Yet, the most simple and fundamental question remains unanswered: how large is the African pri...
Foreign Direct Investment, Black Economic Empowerment and Labour Productivity in South Africa
FDI spillover labour productivity black economic empowerment firm South Africa
2012/10/22
The impact of foreign direct investment (FDI) on domestically owned firms in developing countries has been widely debated in the literature. It has been argued that FDI provides access to advanced tec...
Do institutions and social cohesion enhance the effectiveness of aid? New Evidence from Africa
aid effectiveness institutions social cohesion Africa
2014/6/24
Using the Arellano-Bond dynamic panel GMM estimator, this paper explores the effects of aid, institutions, and social cohesion on per-capita income growth in 34 African countries, focusing in particul...
Sentry Box in the Backyard: Analysis of French Military Bases in Africa
Foreign Military Bases France and Africa Overseas Interest Military Presence International Military History
2015/8/20
Foreign military bases are the important means for power projection. In Africa, military bases represent the symbol of France’s sphere of influence, which have strengthened France’s protection of her ...
Xenophobic Attacks, Migration Intentions and Networks: Evidence from the South of Africa
violence risk household behaviour Mozambique
2012/10/24
We investigate how emigration flows from a developing region are affected by xenophobic violence at destination. Our empirical analysis is based on a unique survey among more than 1000 households, col...
A Generic Vegetation Growth Sub-model in a Large Human/Environment Interaction Model of East Africa
Human-Environment Interaction Computational Ecology Environmental Simulation Remote Sensing
2014/8/8
This paper describes a preliminary, lightweight and robust method for simulating vegetation growth that has basic validity in the face of remotely sensed vegetation data while being simple enough to r...
Growth, Colonization, and Institutional Development: In and Out of Africa
growth Africa history colonization institutions state fragility slavery
2012/10/25
This essay investigates the determinants of the growth performance of Africa. I start by illustrating a broader research agenda which accounts not only for basic economic and demographic factors, but ...
A Labor Market Approach to the Crisis of Health Care Professionals in Africa
labor market health care Africa
2012/11/1
This paper adopts a labor market economics perspective to understanding the crisis of health care professionals in Africa. Five challenges resulting from this crisis are identified: a production chall...