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Aid Volatility and Structural Economic Transformation in sub-Saharan Africa: Does Finance Matter?

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  • Emmanuel Kumi
  • Muazu Ibrahim
  • Thomas Yeboah

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This paper departs from the traditional aid–economic growth studies through its examination of the impact of aid and its volatility on sectoral growth by relying on panel dataset of 37 sub-Saharan African (SSA) countries for the period 1980–2014. Findings from our system generalised methods of moments (GMM) show that, while foreign aid significantly drives economic […]

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  • Emmanuel Kumi & Muazu Ibrahim & Thomas Yeboah, 2017. "Aid Volatility and Structural Economic Transformation in sub-Saharan Africa: Does Finance Matter?," Working Papers 655, Economic Research Southern Africa.
    • Handle: RePEc:rza:wpaper:655
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    1. Simplice A. Asongu & Joseph Nnanna & Paul N. Acha-Anyi, 2021. "The Openness Hypothesis in the Context of Economic Development in Sub-Saharan Africa: The Moderating Role of Trade Dynamics on FDI," The International Trade Journal, Taylor & Francis Journals, vol. 35(4), pages 336-359, July.
    2. Asongu, Simplice & Ezeaku, Hillary, 2020. "Aid Grants vs. Technical Cooperation Grants: Implications for Inclusive Growth in Sub-Saharan Africa, 1984-2018," MPRA Paper 107528, University Library of Munich, Germany.
    3. Sumbal Fatima & Bateer Chen & Muhammad Ramzan & Qamar Abbas, 2020. "The Nexus Between Trade Openness and GDP Growth: Analyzing the Role of Human Capital Accumulation," SAGE Open, , vol. 10(4), pages 21582440209, November.

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    Keywords

    Other Macroeconomic Variables; Risk and Uncertainty; Social welfare; Sub-Saharan Africa;
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    JEL classification:

    • F35 - International Economics - - International Finance - - - Foreign Aid
    • O10 - Economic Development, Innovation, Technological Change, and Growth - - Economic Development - - - General
    • O14 - Economic Development, Innovation, Technological Change, and Growth - - Economic Development - - - Industrialization; Manufacturing and Service Industries; Choice of Technology
    • O47 - Economic Development, Innovation, Technological Change, and Growth - - Economic Growth and Aggregate Productivity - - - Empirical Studies of Economic Growth; Aggregate Productivity; Cross-Country Output Convergence
    • O55 - Economic Development, Innovation, Technological Change, and Growth - - Economywide Country Studies - - - Africa

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