Analysis for Africa

John Malcolm Dowling and Chin-Fang Yap
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John Malcolm Dowling: University of Hawaii

Chapter 3 in Happiness and Poverty in Developing Countries, 2013, pp 125-204 from Palgrave Macmillan

Abstract: Abstract We begin the discussion of Africa with a review of health, income and education of African economies in general. Despite having a much smaller total population base, Africa has made more modest strides in human resource development than Asia. There are many reasons for this, which have been discussed by the academic community and international development agencies including the United Nations, the World Bank and the African Development Bank. At the risk of oversimplification, there are a few fundamental causes of slow growth and limited progress in poverty alleviation. Africa has been unable to create enough jobs to bring large numbers of families out of poverty. The labor supply has been increasing rapidly despite efforts to reduce family size and increase awareness. There has been slow growth in labor productivity as well as total factor productivity.

Keywords: Life Satisfaction; Foreign Direct Investment; Health Poor; Total Factor Productivity; Civil Service (search for similar items in EconPapers)
Date: 2013
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DOI: 10.1057/9781137292292_3

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