Journal of African Economies

1992 - 2012

Edited by Marcel Fafchamps

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2012, volume 21, issue suppl_2

Can Africa Industrialise?-super-† pp. -ii124

John Page

Firm Size and Structural Change: A Case Study of Ethiopia-super-† pp. -ii151

Måns Söderbom

Industrialisation and Economic Transformation in Africa: Introduction and Overview pp. -ii18

Olu Ajakaiye and John Page

Preface pp. -ii2

Olu Ajakaiye

Shifting Gears: Igniting Structural Transformation in Africa-super-† pp. -ii54

Célestin Monga

Industrialisation for Structural Transformation in Africa: Appropriate Roles for the State pp. -ii85

Ernest Aryeetey and Nelipher Moyo

2012, volume 21, issue suppl_1

From Financial Development to Economic Growth and Vice Versa: A Review of International Experience and Policy Lessons for Africa pp. -i106

Laurence Harris

Preface pp. -i2

Olu Ajakaiye

Financial Development and Economic Growth: Global and African Evidence pp. -i56

Victor Murinde

The Finance–Growth Thesis: A Sceptical Assessment-super-† pp. -i88

Thomas Barnebeck Andersen, Sam Jones and Finn Tarp

Finance and Economic Development in Africa: Introduction and Overview pp. -i9

Olu Ajakaiye and Finn Tarp

2012, volume 21, issue 2

Does the System of Allocation of Intergovernmental Transfers in Senegal Eliminate Politically Motivated Targeting? pp. 167-191

Emilie Caldeira

Wealthiest Is Not Always Healthiest: What Explains Differences in Child Mortality in West Africa? pp. 192-227

Amy Ickowitz

Economic Integration and the Two Margins of Trade: The Impact of the Barcelona Process on North African Countries' Exports pp. 228-265

Sami Bensassi, Laura Márquez-Ramos and Inmaculada Martínez-Zarzoso

Ostracism and Common Pool Resource Management in a Developing Country: Young Fishers in the Laboratory pp. 266-306

Wisdom Akpalu and Peter Martinsson

Determinants of Rural Income: The Role of Geography and Institutions in Kenya pp. 307-341

Maren Radeny and Erwin Bulte

2012, volume 21, issue 1

Tax Revenue Instability in Sub-Saharan Africa: Consequences and Remedies pp. 1-27

Christian Hubert Ebeke and Helene EHRHART

Anchoring to the Euro (and Grouped Together)? The Case of African Countries pp. 28-64

João Loureiro, Manuel M.F. Martins and Ana Paula Ribeiro

Ethnic Fractionalisation and Aid Effectiveness pp. 65-93

Roland Hodler and David S. Knight

Agglomeration, Growth and Regional Equity: An Analysis of Agriculture- versus Urban-led Development in Uganda pp. 94-123

Paul Dorosh and James Thurlow

An Assessment of the Effects of the 2002 Food Crisis on Children's Health in Malawi-super-† pp. 124-165

Renate Hartwig and Michael Grimm

2011, volume 20, issue suppl_3

Higher Education and Economic Development in Africa: Introduction and Overview pp. -iii13

Olu Ajakaiye and Mwangi S. Kimenyi

Estimating Returns to Higher Education: A Survey of Models, Methods and Empirical Evidence pp. -iii132

Abdoulaye Diagne and Bity Diene

Making Higher Education Finance Work for Africa-super-† pp. -iii154

Shantayanan Devarajan, Célestin Monga and Tertius Zongo

Preface pp. -iii2

Olu Ajakaiye

Contribution of Higher Education to Economic Development: A Survey of International Evidence pp. -iii49

Mwangi S. Kimenyi

Higher Education and Economic Development in Africa: A Review of Channels and Interactions-super-† pp. -iii79

Francis Teal

2011, volume 20, issue suppl_2

Is There a Case for Formal Inflation Targeting in Sub-Saharan Africa?-super-1 pp. -ii103

James Heintz and Leonce Ndikumana

Central Banking in Sub-Saharan Africa: Introduction and Overview pp. -ii15

Olu Ajakaiye and Stephen A. O'Connell

Should African Monetary Unions Be Expanded? An Empirical Investigation of the Scope for Monetary Integration in Sub-Saharan Africa-super-† pp. -ii150

Xavier Debrun, Paul Robert Masson and Catherine Pattillo

Preface pp. -ii2

Olu Ajakaiye

The Design and Effects of Monetary Policy in Sub-Saharan African Countries-super-† pp. -ii35

Mohsin Khan

Towards a Rule-based Approach to Monetary Policy Evaluation in Sub-Saharan Africa-super-† pp. -ii66

Stephen A. O'Connell

2011, volume 20, issue suppl_1

Causes, Consequences and Policy Implications of Global Food Price Shocks: Introduction and Overview pp. -i11

Christopher Adam and Olu Ajakaiye

Managing Food Security Implications of Food Price Shocks in Africa pp. -i141

Chris Ackello-Ogutu

Preface pp. -i2

Olu Ajakaiye

Political Economy of Recent Global Food Price Shocks: Gainers, Losers and Compensatory Mechanism-super-† pp. -i210

Bernadette Dia Kamgnia

Recent Global Food Price Shocks: Causes, Consequences and Lessons for African Governments and Donors-super-† pp. -i62

Philip Abbott and Adeline Borot de Battisti

On the Macroeconomic Management of Food Price Shocks in Low-income Countries-super-† pp. -i99

Christopher Adam

2011, volume 20, issue 5

Nutritional Gains from Extended Exposure to a Large-scale Nutrition Programme pp. 673-703

Emanuela Galasso, Nithin Umapathi and Jeffrey Yau

The Effects of the Coffee Trademarking Initiative and Starbucks Publicity on Export Prices of Ethiopian Coffee pp. 704-736

Aslihan Arslan and Christopher Phillip Reicher

Have Returns to Education Changed in Nigeria? Uncovering the Role of Democratic Reforms pp. 737-780

Ruth Osarenti Uwaifo Oyelere

Smallholder Diversification and Income Growth in Zambia pp. 781-822

Arne Bigsten and Sven Tengstam

A Tale of Cyclicality, Aid Flows and Debt: Government Spending in Sub-Saharan Africa pp. 823-849

Victor D. Lledó, Irene Yackovlev and Lucie Gadenne

2011, volume 20, issue 4

Capital Accumulation in Sub-Saharan Africa: Income-group and Sector Differences-super-† pp. 531-561

Nihal Bayraktar and Hippolyte Fofack

Is Agricultural Extension Helping the Poor? Evidence from Rural Mozambique pp. 562-595

Benedito Cunguara and Karl Moder

Randomised Controlled Trials or Structural Models (or Both, or Neither)? pp. 596-599

Marcel Fafchamps

How Can We Learn Whether Firm Policies Are Working in Africa? Challenges (and Solutions?) For Experiments and Structural Models-super-† pp. 600-625

David McKenzie

Randomisation and Its Discontents pp. 626-652

Glenn W. Harrison

Methodology Update: Randomised Controlled Trials, Structural Models and the Study of Politics-super-† pp. 653-672

Leonard Wantchekon and Jenny Guardado R.

2011, volume 20, issue 3

Growth, Stagnation or Retrogression? On the Accuracy of Economic Observations, Tanzania, 1961–2001 pp. 377-394

Morten Jerven

Income Shocks and Corruption in Africa: Does a Virtuous Cycle Exist? pp. 395-418

Maarten J. Voors, Erwin Bulte and Richard Damania

Fiscal and Monetary Determinants of Inflation in Low-Income Countries: Theory and Evidence from Sub-Saharan Africa-super-† pp. 419-462

Alfredo Baldini and Marcos Poplawski-Ribeiro

Poor, Multidimensionally Speaking: Evidence from South Africa pp. 463-504

Hasan Basarir

Economic Status and Coping Mechanisms of Individuals Seeking HIV Care in Uganda pp. 505-529

Sebastian Linnemayr, Brooke Stearns Lawson, Peter Glick and Glenn Wagner

2011, volume 20, issue 2

An Impact Study of the Economic Partnership Agreements in the Six ACP Regions pp. 179-216

Lionel Fontagné, David Laborde Debucquet and Cristina Mitaritonna

Sub-Saharan Growth Surprises: Being Heterogeneous, Inland and Close to the Equator Does not Slow Growth Within Africa-super-† pp. 217-262

Matthias M. Cinyabuguma and Louis Putterman

The Impact of European Settlement within French West Africa: Did Pre-colonial Prosperous Areas Fall Behind? pp. 263-311

Elise Huillery

Determinants and Macroeconomic Impact of Remittances in Sub-Saharan Africa pp. 312-340

Raju Jan SINGH, Markus Haacker, Kyung-woo Lee and Maëlan Le Goff

Differential Nutritional Responses across Various Income Sources Among East African Pastoralists: Intrahousehold Effects, Missing Markets and Mental Accounting pp. 341-375

Kira M. Villa, Christopher B. Barrett and David R. Just

2011, volume 20, issue 1

Educational Achievement and Socio-economic Background: Causality and Mechanisms in Senegal pp. 1-26

Christelle Dumas and Sylvie Lambert

Unions and the Gender Wage Gap in South Africa pp. 27-59

Daniela Casale and Dorrit Posel

The Virgin HIV Puzzle: Can Misreporting Account for the High Proportion of HIV Cases in Self-reported Virgins? pp. 60-89

Eva Deuchert

Parental Attitudes and Demand for Schooling in Ethiopia pp. 90-110

Sharada Weir

Budget Institutions and Fiscal Performance in Africa pp. 111-152

Sophia Gollwitzer

Ethiopian Agricultural Cooperatives in an Era of Global Commodity Exchange: Does Organisational Form Matter? pp. 153-177

Gian Nicola Francesconi and Nico Heerink