Report NEP-AFR-2014-06-02

This is the archive for NEP-AFR, a report on new working papers in the area of Africa. Christian Zimmermann issued this report. It is usually issued weekly.

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• Stephen Kingah, 2014. "Flockless Shepherd – Is South Africa’s Performance in African Security Governance Marginal?," RSCAS Working Papers 2014/47, European University Institute.
• Manoel Bittencourt, 2014. "Democracy and Education: Evidence from the Southern African Development Community," Working Papers 433, Economic Research Southern Africa.
• Mohajan, Haradhan, 2014. "Food and Nutrition Scenario of Kenya," MPRA Paper 56218, University Library of Munich, Germany, revised 23 May 2014.
• Piraino, Patrizio, 2014. "Intergenerational earnings mobility and equality of opportunity in South Africa," SALDRU Working Papers 131, Southern Africa Labour and Development Research Unit, University of Cape Town.
• Manoel Bittencourt, 2014. "Education and Fertility: Panel Time-Series Evidence from Southern Africa," Working Papers 431, Economic Research Southern Africa.
• Asongu Simplice, 2014. "Fresh Patterns of Liberalization, Bank Return and Return Uncertainty in Africa," Working Papers of the African Governance and Development Institute. 14/004, African Governance and Development Institute..
• John M. Luiz & Sugen Chetty, 2014. "The Experience of Private Investment in the South African Water Sector: The Mbombela Concession," Working Papers 429, Economic Research Southern Africa.
• Busse, Matthias & Erdogan, Ceren & Muehlen, Henning, 2014. "China's Impact on Africa - the Role of Trade, FDI and Aid," IEE Working Papers 206, Institut fuer Entwicklungsforschung und Entwicklungspolitik, Ruhr-Universitaet Bochum.
• Kodongo, Odongo & Ojah, Kalu, 2014. "The conditional pricing of currency and inflation risks in Africa's equity markets," MPRA Paper 56100, University Library of Munich, Germany.
• Asongu Simplice, 2013. "Mobile banking and mobile phone penetration: which is more pro-poor in Africa?," Working Papers of the African Governance and Development Institute. 13/033, African Governance and Development Institute..
• Anna S. Brink & Steven F. Koch, 2014. "User Fee Abolition in South Africa in 1994 and 1996: Differences-in-Differences," Working Papers 430, Economic Research Southern Africa.
• Manoel Bittencourt, 2014. "Primary Education and Fertility Rates in Southern Africa: Evidence from Before the Demographic Transition," Working Papers 432, Economic Research Southern Africa.
• Asongu Simplice, 2014. "On foreign aid distortions to governance," Working Papers of the African Governance and Development Institute. 14/003, African Governance and Development Institute..
• Tobias Lechtenfeld & Asmus Zoch, 2014. "Income Convergence in South Africa: Fact or Measurement Error?," Working Papers 10/2014, Stellenbosch University, Department of Economics.
• van Walbeek, Corne & Shai, Lerato, 2014. "Are the tobacco industry's claims about illicit trade credible?," SALDRU Working Papers 129, Southern Africa Labour and Development Research Unit, University of Cape Town.
• Susanne Fricke & Bianka Dettmer, 2014. "Backbone services as growth enabling factor - an Input-Output analysis for South Africa," Jena Economics Research Papers 2014-016, Friedrich-Schiller-University Jena.
• Asongu Simplice, 2014. "On the substitution of institutions and finance in investment," Working Papers of the African Governance and Development Institute. 14/005, African Governance and Development Institute..
• Vellios, Nicole & van Walbeek, Corne, 2014. "Determinants of smoking initiation in South Africa," SALDRU Working Papers 128, Southern Africa Labour and Development Research Unit, University of Cape Town.
• Asongu Simplice, 2013. "A note on the long-run neutrality of monetary policy: new empirics," Working Papers of the African Governance and Development Institute. 13/032, African Governance and Development Institute..
• Allen, Franklin & Senbet, Lemma W & Carletti, Elena & Valenzuela, Patricio & Cull, Robert, 2014. "Improving Access to Banking: Evidence from Kenya," CEPR Discussion Papers 9840, C.E.P.R. Discussion Papers.
• Gebreeyesus, M., 2014. "Firms' adoption of international standards: Evidence from the Ethiopian floriculture sector," MERIT Working Papers 2014-007, United Nations University - Maastricht Economic and Social Research Institute on Innovation and Technology (MERIT).
• Dinkelman, Taryn, 2014. "Mitigating long-run health effects of drought: Evidence from South Africa," CEPR Discussion Papers 9801, C.E.P.R. Discussion Papers.
• Milazzo, Annamaria, 2014. "Son preference, fertility and family structure : evidence from reproductive behavior among Nigerian women," Policy Research Working Paper Series 6869, The World Bank.
• Asongu Simplice, 2013. "Determinants of Health Professionals’ Migration in Africa: a WHO based Assessment," Working Papers of the African Governance and Development Institute. 13/034, African Governance and Development Institute..
• Judith Beatrice Auma Oduol & Dagmar Mithöfer, 2014. "Constraints to and Opportunities for Women’s Participation in High Value Agricultural Commodity Value Chains in Kenya," Working Papers 2014/11, Maastricht School of Management.
• Sørensen, Bent E & Kalemli-Özcan, Sebnem, 2014. "Misallocation, Property Rights, and Access to Finance: Evidence from Within and Across Africa," CEPR Discussion Papers 9859, C.E.P.R. Discussion Papers.
• Konte, M., 2014. "Gender difference in support for democracy in Sub-Saharan Africa: Do social institutions matter?," MERIT Working Papers 2014-009, United Nations University - Maastricht Economic and Social Research Institute on Innovation and Technology (MERIT).
• Muellbauer, John & Aron, Janine & Rankin, Neil & Creamer, Kenneth, 2013. "Exchange Rate Pass-Through to Consumer Prices in South Africa: Evidence from Micro-Data," CEPR Discussion Papers 9735, C.E.P.R. Discussion Papers.
• Brixiova, Zuzana & Ncube, Mthuli & Bicaba, Zorobabel, 2014. "Skills and Youth Entrepreneurship in Africa: Analysis with Evidence from Swaziland," IZA Discussion Papers 8192, Institute of Labor Economics (IZA).
• Collier, Paul & Venables, Anthony J., 2014. "Housing and urbanization in Africa : unleashing a formal market process," Policy Research Working Paper Series 6871, The World Bank.
• Merima Ali & Adnan Seric, 2014. "Diffusion of labor standards from origin to host countries: Cross county evidence from multinational companies in Africa," RSCAS Working Papers 2014/22, European University Institute.
• Batista, Catia & McIndoe Calder, Tara & Vicente, Pedro C., 2014. "Return Migration, Self-Selection and Entrepreneurship in Mozambique," IZA Discussion Papers 8195, Institute of Labor Economics (IZA).
• Sigei, Geoffrey & Bett, Hillary & Kibet, Lawrence, 2014. "Determinants of Market Participation among Small-scale Pineapple Farmers in Kericho County, Kenya," MPRA Paper 56149, University Library of Munich, Germany.
• Christophe Muller, 2014. "A Test of Separability of Consumption and Production Decisions of Farm Households in Ethiopia," AMSE Working Papers 1418, Aix-Marseille School of Economics, France, revised May 2014.
• García-Peñalosa, C. & Konte, M., 2014. "Why are women less democratic than men? Evidence from Sub-Saharan African countries," MERIT Working Papers 2014-010, United Nations University - Maastricht Economic and Social Research Institute on Innovation and Technology (MERIT).
• Asongu Simplice, 2013. "New financial development indicators: with a critical contribution to inequality empirics," Working Papers of the African Governance and Development Institute. 13/036, African Governance and Development Institute..
• Berman, Nicolas & Couttenier, Mathieu, 2014. "External shocks, internal shots: the geography of civil conflicts," CEPR Discussion Papers 9895, C.E.P.R. Discussion Papers.
• Adel Bosch & Steven F. Koch, 2014. "Using a Natural Experiment to Examine Tobacco Tax Regressivity," Working Papers 201424, University of Pretoria, Department of Economics.
• Gradstein, Mark & Brückner, Markus, 2013. "Effects of Transitory Shocks to Aggregate Output on Consumption in Poor Countries," CEPR Discussion Papers 9658, C.E.P.R. Discussion Papers.
• Prof dr Erik Stam & Felix Meier zu Selhausen, MSc MA, 2014. "Husbands and Wives. The powers and perils of participation in a microfinance cooperative for female entrepreneurs," Working Papers 2014/20, Maastricht School of Management.
• Atsede Tesfaye Hailemariam & Brigitte Kroon, 2014. "How Do Women Entrepreneurs Define Success? A Qualitative Study of Differences Among Women Entrepreneurs in Ethiopia," Working Papers 2014/09, Maastricht School of Management.
• Greg Fischer & Dean Karlan & Margaret McConnell & Pia Raffler, 2014. "To Charge or Not to Charge: Evidence from a Health Products Experiment in Uganda," Working Papers 1041, Economic Growth Center, Yale University.
• Posen, Jodie & van Walbeek, Corne, 2014. "The impact of Cigarette Excise Tax Increases and Harmonisation in the East African Community," SALDRU Working Papers 130, Southern Africa Labour and Development Research Unit, University of Cape Town.
• Asongu Simplice & Nguena Christian, 2014. "Equitable and Sustainable Development of Foreign Land Acquisitions: what have we learnt on policy syndromes and implications?," Working Papers of the African Governance and Development Institute. 14/001, African Governance and Development Institute..
• Karlan, Dean & Linden, Leigh, 2016. "Loose Knots:Strong versus Weak Commitments to Save for Education in Uganda," CEPR Discussion Papers 9832, C.E.P.R. Discussion Papers.
• Maria Laura Alzua & Juan Camilo Cardenas & Habiba Djebbari, 2014. "Community mobilization around social dilemmas: evidence from lab experiments in rural Mali," CEDLAS, Working Papers 0160, CEDLAS, Universidad Nacional de La Plata.
• Nour, S., 2014. "Structure of labour market and unemployment in Sudan," MERIT Working Papers 2014-016, United Nations University - Maastricht Economic and Social Research Institute on Innovation and Technology (MERIT).