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Explaining Africa's (Dis)advantage

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  2. Hippolyte Fofack & Andrew Mold, 2021. "The AfCFTA and African Trade—An Introduction to the Special Issue," Journal of African Trade, Springer, vol. 8(2), pages 1-11, December.
  3. Mahdi Tajeddin & Michael Carney, 2019. "African Business Groups: How Does Group Affiliation Improve SMEs’ Export Intensity?," Entrepreneurship Theory and Practice, , vol. 43(6), pages 1194-1222, November.
  4. Carney, Michael & Shapiro, Daniel & Estrin, Saul & Liang, Zhixiang, 2018. "National institutional systems, foreign ownership and firm performance: the case of understudied countries," LSE Research Online Documents on Economics 87042, London School of Economics and Political Science, LSE Library.
  5. Liu, Tingting & Liu, Yu & Ullah, Barkat & Wei, Zuobao & Xu, Lixin Colin, 2021. "The dark side of transparency in developing countries: The link between financial reporting practices and corruption," Journal of Corporate Finance, Elsevier, vol. 66(C).
  6. Mathilde Maurel & Majda Seghir, 2014. "Working Paper - 208 - The Main Obstacles to Firms Growth in Senegal Implications for the Long-Run," Working Paper Series 2141, African Development Bank.
  7. Lisa Chauvet & Marin Ferry, 2021. "Taxation, infrastructure, and firm performance in developing countries," Public Choice, Springer, vol. 187(3), pages 455-480, June.
  8. Cull, Robert & Li, Wei & Sun, Bo & Xu, Lixin Colin, 2015. "Government connections and financial constraints: Evidence from a large representative sample of Chinese firms," Journal of Corporate Finance, Elsevier, vol. 32(C), pages 271-294.
  9. Chauvet, Lisa & Ehrhart, Hélène, 2018. "Aid and growth: evidence from firm-level data," Journal of Development Economics, Elsevier, vol. 135(C), pages 461-477.
  10. Kouamé, Wilfried A.K. & Tapsoba, Sampawende J.-A., 2019. "Structural reforms and firms’ productivity: Evidence from developing countries," World Development, Elsevier, vol. 113(C), pages 157-171.
  11. Chauvet, Lisa & Jacolin, Luc, 2017. "Financial Inclusion, Bank Concentration, and Firm Performance," World Development, Elsevier, vol. 97(C), pages 1-13.
  12. Ullah, Barkat, 2019. "Firm innovation in transition economies: The role of formal versus informal finance," Journal of Multinational Financial Management, Elsevier, vol. 50(C), pages 58-75.
  13. Lamessa T. Abdisa & Alemu L. Hawitibo, 2021. "Firm performance under financial constraints: evidence from sub-Saharan African countries," Journal of Innovation and Entrepreneurship, Springer, vol. 10(1), pages 1-17, December.
  14. George Clarke & Yue Li & Lixin Colin Xu, 2016. "Business environment, economic agglomeration and job creation around the world," Applied Economics, Taylor & Francis Journals, vol. 48(33), pages 3088-3103, July.
  15. Mohammad Abir Shahid Chowdhury & Shuai Chuanmin & Marcela Sokolová & ABM Munibur Rahman & Ahsan Akbar & Zahid Ali & Muhammad Usman, 2021. "Unveiling the Nexus between Access to Electricity, Firm Size and SME’s Performance in Bangladesh: New Evidence Using PSM," Energies, MDPI, vol. 14(20), pages 1-16, October.
  16. Bennett, John & Levy, Stephanie, 2018. "Family Ceremonies as a Constraint on Informal Sector Investment: The Case of Sénégal," IZA Discussion Papers 11529, Institute of Labor Economics (IZA).
  17. Kabinet Kaba & Justin Yifu Lin & Mary‐Françoise Renard, 2022. "Structural change and trade openness in sub‐Saharan African countries," The World Economy, Wiley Blackwell, vol. 45(7), pages 2101-2134, July.
  18. Mensah, Emmanuel & Owusu, Solomon & Foster-McGregor, Neil & Szirmai, Adam, 2018. "Structural change, productivity growth and labour market turbulence in Africa," MERIT Working Papers 2018-025, United Nations University - Maastricht Economic and Social Research Institute on Innovation and Technology (MERIT).
  19. Mohammad Amin, 2023. "Does competition from informal firms hurt job creation by formal manufacturing SMEs in developing and emerging countries? Evidence using firm-level survey data," Small Business Economics, Springer, vol. 60(4), pages 1659-1681, April.
  20. Victor Motta, 2017. "The impact of crime on the performance of small and medium-sized enterprises," Tourism Economics, , vol. 23(5), pages 993-1010, August.
  21. Shanika Thathsarani & Wei Jianguo & Mona Alariqi, 2023. "How Do Demand, Supply, and Institutional Factors Influence SME Financial Inclusion: A Developing Country Perspective," SAGE Open, , vol. 13(3), pages 21582440231, July.
  22. Amon Simba & Mahdi Tajeddin & Léo-Paul Dana & Domingo E. Ribeiro Soriano, 2024. "Deconstructing involuntary financial exclusion: a focus on African SMEs," Small Business Economics, Springer, vol. 62(1), pages 285-305, January.
  23. Luc Jacolin & Quentin Dufresne & Marin Ferry, 2025. "From Debt Reset to Growth Onset? Sovereign Debt Restructuring and Firm Performance in Developing Countries," Working papers 991, Banque de France.
  24. Marchand, Sébastien & Zerbo, Mouhamed, 2025. "Enhancing employment through log export ban: Insights from wood-processing firms in developing countries," Forest Policy and Economics, Elsevier, vol. 174(C).
  25. Christian Kabengele & Rüdiger Hahn, 2025. "Venture capital funding in Africa: a mixed-methods study of evolving ecosystems and financial discrimination," Journal of International Business Studies, Palgrave Macmillan;Academy of International Business, vol. 56(6), pages 777-794, August.
  26. Haroon Bhorat & Francois Steenkamp & Christopher Rooney, "undated". "Africa’s Manufacturing Malaise," UNDP Africa Policy Notes 2016-03, United Nations Development Programme, Regional Bureau for Africa.
  27. Yang, Gongyan & Yang, Yingqun & Tang, Tingfeng & Dai, Liyan, 2023. "Does China's aid boost firm performance in recipient countries?," Finance Research Letters, Elsevier, vol. 55(PB).
  28. Asit Bhattacharyya & Md Lutfur Rahman & Sue Wright, 2023. "Improving small and medium‐size enterprise performance: Does working capital management enhance the effectiveness of financial inclusion?," Accounting and Finance, Accounting and Finance Association of Australia and New Zealand, vol. 63(4), pages 3943-3969, December.
  29. Owusu, Solomon & Szirmai, Adam & Foster-McGregor, Neil, 2020. "The rise of the service sector in the global economy," MERIT Working Papers 2020-056, United Nations University - Maastricht Economic and Social Research Institute on Innovation and Technology (MERIT).
  30. Luigi Benfratello & Anna D’Ambrosio & Alida Sangrigoli, 2025. "Foreign direct investment, structural transformation and employment: evidence from Ghana," Review of World Economics (Weltwirtschaftliches Archiv), Springer;Institut für Weltwirtschaft (Kiel Institute for the World Economy), vol. 161(1), pages 373-412, February.
  31. Olayinka Oyekola & Olapeju C. Ogunmokun & Martha A. Omolo & Samuel Odewunmi, 2023. "Gender, Legal Origin, and Accounting Disclosure: Evidence from More Than 140,000 Firms," Discussion Papers 2313, University of Exeter, Department of Economics.
  32. Tong, Zefeng & Qi, Yu & Wei, Yongchang & Lin, Jiaying & Zhuang, Jingyi, 2023. "Returning the favor: Official consumption and government–company reciprocity," Journal of Asian Economics, Elsevier, vol. 89(C).
  33. Sawadogo, Rayangnewendé Frans, 2024. "Do fiscal rules shape private-sector investment decisions?," Journal of Macroeconomics, Elsevier, vol. 81(C).
  34. Lee, Chien-Chiang & Wang, Chih-Wei & Ho, Shan-Ju, 2020. "Financial inclusion, financial innovation, and firms’ sales growth," International Review of Economics & Finance, Elsevier, vol. 66(C), pages 189-205.
  35. Lu, Yi & Xie, Huihua & Xu, Lixin Colin, 2016. "Telecommunication externality on migration: Evidence from Chinese villages," China Economic Review, Elsevier, vol. 39(C), pages 77-90.
  36. King, Alan & Ramlogan-Dobson, Carlyn, 2015. "Is Africa Actually Developing?," World Development, Elsevier, vol. 66(C), pages 598-613.
  37. Lashitew, Addisu A., 2017. "The Uneven Effect of Financial Constraints: Size, Public Ownership, and Firm Investment in Ethiopia," World Development, Elsevier, vol. 97(C), pages 178-198.
  38. Vernet, Antoine & Khayesi, Jane N.O. & George, Vivian & George, Gerard & Bahaj, Abubakar S., 2019. "How does energy matter? Rural electrification, entrepreneurship, and community development in Kenya," Energy Policy, Elsevier, vol. 126(C), pages 88-98.
  39. Victor Motta, 2020. "Lack of access to external finance and SME labor productivity: does project quality matter?," Small Business Economics, Springer, vol. 54(1), pages 119-134, January.
  40. Daniel Shapiro & Saul Estrin & Michael Carney & Zhixiang (Steven) Liang, 2024. "Business Groups and Export Performance: The Role of Coordination Failures and Institutional Configurations," Journal of Management Studies, Wiley Blackwell, vol. 61(6), pages 2303-2337, September.
  41. McKenzie, David, 2011. "How can we learn whether firm policies are working in africa ? challenges (and solutions?) for experiments and structural models," Policy Research Working Paper Series 5632, The World Bank.
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