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Political instability and economic development in Sub-Saharan Africa: Some recent evidence

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  • John Mbaku, 1988. "Political instability and economic development in Sub-Saharan Africa: Some recent evidence," The Review of Black Political Economy, Springer;National Economic Association, vol. 17(1), pages 89-111, June.
    • Handle: RePEc:spr:blkpoe:v:17:y:1988:i:1:p:89-111
    DOI: 10.1007/BF02900956
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    1. World Bank, 1983. "World Development Report 1983," World Bank Publications - Books, The World Bank Group, number 5966, April.
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    2. Kimenyi, Mwangi S. & Mbaku, John Mukum, 1996. "Rents, military elites, and political democracy," European Journal of Political Economy, Elsevier, vol. 11(4), pages 699-708, April.
    3. Abay, Kibrom A. & Wondale, Meseret & Korir, Josphat K. & Bachewe, Fantu Nisrane & Araya, Mesele & Breisinger, Clemens, 2025. "The landscape of youth engagement in labor markets in Africa: Are youth driving structural transformation?," GSSP working papers 2382, International Food Policy Research Institute (IFPRI).
    4. Abay, Kibrom A. & Wondale, Meseret & Korir, Josphat K. & Bachewe, Fantu Nisrane & Araya, Mesele & Breisinger, Clemens, 2025. "The landscape of youth engagement in labor markets in Africa: Are youth driving structural transformation?," IFPRI discussion papers 2382, International Food Policy Research Institute (IFPRI).
    5. Adefeso, Hammed, 2018. "Corruption, Political Instability and Development Nexus in Africa: A Call for Sequential Policies Reforms," MPRA Paper 85277, University Library of Munich, Germany.
    6. Zeeshan, Muhammad & han, Jiabin & Rehman, Alam & Ullah, Irfan & Hussain, Arif & Alam Afridi, Fakhr E., 2022. "Exploring symmetric and asymmetric nexus between corruption, political instability, natural resources and economic growth in the context of Pakistan," Resources Policy, Elsevier, vol. 78(C).
    7. Taiwo Akinlo & Omobola Hannah Arowolo & Taofeek Bidemi Zubair, "undated". "Political instability and economic growth in Nigeria," Review of Socio - Economic Perspectives 202209, Reviewsep.
    8. Gbemudia Richard Uzoma & Akachukwu Stanley Uche, 2025. "Determinants of Political Instability in ECOWAS (1991–2022)," Statistics, Politics and Policy, De Gruyter, vol. 16(3), pages 305-329.
    9. Bedford Umez, 1993. "Has social mobilization caused political instability in Africa? A granger-causality test," The Review of Black Political Economy, Springer;National Economic Association, vol. 22(1), pages 33-54, September.
    10. Mounir MARZOUGUI, 2016. "L’impact de l’instabilité politique sur la volatilité de l’inflation dans les pays en développement," Journal of Academic Finance, RED research unit, university of Gabes, Tunisia, vol. 7(1), June.
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