Browsing RSCAS Working Papers by Subject "Africa"

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Browsing RSCAS Working Papers by Subject "Africa"

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    Title: Social Safety Nets: The Role of Education, Remittances and Migration  Author(s): NYARKO, Yaw; GYIMAH-BREMPONG, Kwabena Date: 2011-01-01 Type of Publication: Working Paper Series/Report no.: EUI RSCAS Abstract: We study the role of education as a social protection mechanism. We compare the effectiveness of direct cash handouts in comparison to education over the long-term in reducing the vulnerability to poverty. We also look at ...
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    Title: The Vulnerability of Sub-Saharan Africa to the Financial Crisis: The Case of Trade  Author(s): BERMAN, Nicolas; MARTIN, Philippe Date: 2010 Type of Publication: Working Paper Series/Report no.: EUI RSCAS Abstract: In the early stage of the 2008-2009 financial crisis, the conventional wisdom was that financial underdevelopment of sub Saharan African economies may have been a bless-ing in disguise because it insulated them from the ...
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    Title: Africa and the Global Economic Crisis: A Risk Assessment and Action Guide  Author(s): NAUDÉ, Wim Date: 2010 Type of Publication: Working Paper Series/Report no.: EUI RSCAS Abstract: It is increasingly apparent that, despite earlier hopes, the global economic crisis will have a significant impact on the economies of Sub-Saharan Africa. In order to co-ordinate and craft the most appropriate responses ...
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    Title: Regional Integration, Fragility and Institution Building: An Analytical Framework Applied to the African Context  Author(s): VERDIER, Thierry Date: 2010 Type of Publication: Working Paper Series/Report no.: EUI RSCAS Abstract: The purpose of this paper is to discuss how regional integration processes may contribute to statebuilding and promote exit from fragility for countries characterised by weak state institutions. After presenting a simple ...
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    Title: Trade Regionalisation and Openness in Africa  Author(s): IAPADRE, Lelio; LUCHETTI, Francesca Date: 2010 Type of Publication: Working Paper Series/Report no.: EUI RSCAS Abstract: The intensity of trade among countries belonging to the same region depends not only on the existence and effectiveness of a regional integration agreement, but also on other factors, which include the overall trade ...
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    Title: Multi-level Governance and Security: The Security Sector Reform Process in the Central African Republic  Author(s): BAGAYOKO-PENONE, Niagalé Date: 2010 Type of Publication: Working Paper Series/Report no.: EUI RSCAS Abstract: Analysing how the SSR process in CAR has been defined and then implemented, this article puts emphasis on the international interactions between institutional actors who may be geographically/territorially situated at ...
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    Title: The African Financial Development Gap  Author(s): ALLEN, Franklin; CARLETTI, Elena; CULL, Robert; QIAN, Jun 'QJ'; SENBET, Lemma Date: 2010 Type of Publication: Working Paper Series/Report no.: EUI ECO Abstract: Economic growth in Africa has long been disappointing. We document that the financial sectors of most sub-Saharan African countries remain significantly underdeveloped by the standards of other developing countries. We ...