Affter nearly a quarter of century of structural adjustment and liberalization, a discussion of labor institutions in Africa still seems unrealistic. Such institutions concern only the formal sector, which...
Affter nearly a quarter of century of structural adjustment and liberalization, a discussion of labor institutions in Africa still seems unrealistic. Such institutions concern only the formal sector, which...
This note summarizes the Investment Climate Assessment (ICA) undertaken in Mali in 2004. The objective of the ICA was to analyze the current business climate in Mali using a survey of a representative...
Since 1994, Senegal has experienced a steady average gross domestic product growth of 4.7 percent, a performance superior to the overall growth in Sub-Saharan Africa (which averaged 3.2 percent between...
Since 1994, Benin 's gross domestic product growth performance has been superior to that of Sub-Saharan Africa, averaging 4.9 percent. The main driver of this growth is an economywide increase in total...
Labor costs in Francophone Africa are considered high by the standards of low-income countries, at least in the formal sector. Are they a brake on industrialization, or the result of successful enterprise...
State formation in Africa is a transition process starting from an institutional endowment of ethnic division. Ethnic capital in Africa ensures the provision of many services that a modern state has taken...
Drawing on evidence from Africa - especially Ethiopia and Uganda - the authors of this volume draw conclusions about economic policy in the aftermath of civil war. A sample of conclusions follows. Civil...
This study shows that, although it is exempt from the pecuniary burden of taxation, the Moroccan agriculture is not exempt from all economic burden of the various taxes and levies. In fact, it bears a...