Growth of African Economies: Productivity, Policy Syndromes, and the Importance of Institutions

Augustin Fosu ()

No wp-2013-005, WIDER Working Paper Series from World Institute for Development Economic Research (UNU-WIDER)

Abstract: Recent evidence from an exhaustive political economy study of growth of African economies—the growth project of the African Economic Research Consortium (AERC) suggests that 'policy syndromes' have substantially contributed to the generally poor growth in sub-Saharan Africa during post-independence.

Keywords: Econometric models (Economic development); Macroeconomics; Social conflict (search for similar items in EconPapers)
Date: 2013
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Journal Article: Growth of African Economies: Productivity, Policy Syndromes and the Importance of Institutions (2013)
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