Journal of African Economies

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2000, volume 9, articles Supplement_1

Preface pp. 1-2

Augustin Fosu

Poverty, Inequality and Intrahousehold Allocation Issues in Sub-Saharan Africa: an Overview pp. 3-8

Augustin Fosu and Germano Mwabu

The State and Path of Poverty in Sub-Saharan Africa: some Preliminary Results pp. 9-40

Ali Abdel Gadir Ali and Erik Thorbecke

Comments on ‘The State and Path of Poverty in Sub-Saharan Africa: some Preliminary Results’ by Ali Abdel Gadir Ali and Erik Thorbecke pp. 41-44

Abebe Abebe

The Dynamics Of Poverty, Inequality and Economic Well-being: African Economic Growth in Comparative Perspective pp. 45-78

Gary Fields

Comments on ‘Dynamics of Poverty, Inequality and Economic Well-being: African Economic Growth in Comparative Perspective’ by Gary S. Fields pp. 79-82

Jean-Yves Duclos

Intrahousehold Allocations: a Review of Theories and Empirical Evidence pp. 83-143

John Strauss, Germano Mwabu and Kathleen Beegle

Comments on ‘Intrahousehold Allocations: a Review of Theories and Empirical Evidence’ by John Strauss, Germano Mwabu and Kathleen Beegle pp. 144-149

Duncan Thomas

2000, volume 9, articles 4

Dynamics of export performance, productivity and real effective exchange rate in manufacturing: the case of Cameroon pp. 411-429

L Söderling

Urban and rural differences in primary school attendance: an empirical study for Tanzania pp. 430-474

Samer Al-Samarrai and Barry Reilly

Wage misalignment in CFA countries: were labour market policies to blame? pp. 475-511

Martin Rama

Real wages, employment and macroeconomic policy in a structuralist model for South Africa pp. 512-546

B Gibson and D van Seventer

Book review. Structural adjustment reconsidered: economic policy and poverty in Africa. Sahn, Dorosh, Younger pp. 547-550

T Pinckney

2000, volume 9, articles 3

The economics of conflicts in Africa: an overview pp. 235-243

Ali Aag

Why are there so many civil wars in Africa? Understanding and preventing violent conflict pp. 244-269

E Elbadawi and N Sambanis

Economic incentives, natural resources and conflict in Africa pp. 270-294

J Herbst

Conflict resolution in Africa pp. 295-322

Khalil Mi

Policies for building post-conflict peace pp. 323-348

B Bigombe, P Collier and N Sambanis

Sierra Leone: ironic tragedy pp. 349-369

Davies Vab

An economic interpretation of conflict in Burundi pp. 370-409

F Ngaruko and Nkurunziza Jd

2000, volume 9, articles 2

Distribution policy under trade liberalisation in Zimbabwe: a CGE analysis pp. 101-131

M Chitiga

Financial intermediation and economic growth in Southern Africa pp. 132-160

Allen Ds and L Ndikumana

The costs of AIDS to three manufacturing firms in Côte d'Ivoire pp. 161-188

L Aventin and P Huard

Investment under credit rationing and uncertainty: evidence from South Africa pp. 189-212

David Fielding

Fulfilment of purchasing power parity conditions in Africa: the differential role of CFA and non-CFA membership pp. 213-234

Odedokun Mo

2000, volume 9, articles 1

Retail Margins, Price Transmission and Price Asymmetry in Urban Food Markets: The Case of Kinshasa (Zaire) pp. 1-23

Bart Minten and Steven Kyle

Retail margins, price transmission and price asymmetry in urban food markets: the case of Kinshasa (Zaire) pp. 1-23

B Minten and S Kyle

De-industrialisation in Sub-Saharan Africa: Myth or Crisis? pp. 24-43

Hossein Jalilian and John Weiss

De-industrialisation in sub-Saharan Africa: myth or crisis? pp. 24-43

H Jalilian and J Weiss

Participatory Appraisal Approaches versus Sample Survey Data Collection: A Case of Smallholder Farmers Well-being Ranking in Njombe District, Tanzania pp. 44-62

Andrew E Temu and Jean M Due

Participatory appraisal approaches versus sample survey data collection: a case of smallholder farmers well-being ranking in Njombe District, Tanzania pp. 44-62

Temu Ae and Due Jm

Does Purchasing Power Parity Hold in African Less Developed Countries? Evidence from a Panel Data Unit Root Test pp. 63-78

Mark Holmes

Does purchasing power parity hold in African less developed countries? Evidence from a panel data unit root test pp. 63-78

Mark Holmes

The Contribution of Income Components to Income Inequality in the Rural Former Homelands of South Africa: A Decomposable Gini Analysis pp. 79-99

Murray Leibbrandt, Christopher Woolard and Ingrid Woolard

The contribution of income components to income inequality in the rural former homelands of South Africa: a decomposable Gini analysis pp. 79-99

Murray Leibbrandt, C Woolard and I Woolard

1999, volume 8, articles 4

Aid Works--Let's Prove It! pp. 481-86

Eveline Herfkens

Aid Effectiveness in Africa: The Unfinished Agenda pp. 487-503

Carol Lancaster

Official Development Assistance to Africa: An Overview pp. 504-27

A A G Ali, C Malwanda and Y Suliman

Aid 'Dependency': A Critique pp. 528-45

Paul Collier

The Search for the Key: Aid, Investment and Policies in Africa pp. 546-77

David Dollar and William Easterly

External Aid: Help or Hindrance to Export Orientation in Africa? pp. 578-616

Ibrahim A Elbadawi

Uganda's Experience with Aid pp. 617-49

L A Kasekende and M Atingi-Ego

1999, volume 8, articles 3

Financial Liberalisation and Currency Demand in Zambia pp. 268-306

Christopher Adam

Economic Reform and the Stability of the Demand for Money in Tanzania pp. 307-44

John Randa

De-monetisation, Inflation and Coffee: The Demand for Money in Uganda pp. 345-85

N M Henstridge

Money Demand and Stabilisation in Zimbabwe pp. 386-421

Carolyn Jenkins

Money Demand in the West African Economic and Monetary Union--The Problems of Aggregation pp. 422-47

Philipp Rother

Interest, Credit and Liquid Assets in Cote d'Ivoire pp. 448-78

David Fielding

1999, volume 8, articles 2

The Sequencing of Agricultural Market Reforms in Malawi pp. 125-51

Mylene Kherallah and Kumaresan Govindan

Tying Governments' Hands in Commodity Taxation pp. 152-81

Ludger Schuknecht

Poverty Issues for Zero Rating VAT in South Africa pp. 182-208

Harold Alderman and Carlo del Ninno

Tourism and Welfare in Sub-Saharan Africa: A Theoretical Analysis pp. 209-27

Lein Lein Chen and John Devereux

North-South Trade: Is Africa Unusual? pp. 228-56

David Coe and Alexander Hoffmaister

1999, volume 8, articles 1

Ghana Government Fiscal Deficits: How Small or How Large? pp. 1-30

Joe Amoako-Tuffour

Information Service and Integration of Cereal Markets in Burkino Faso pp. 31-51

Boubie Bassolet and Clemens Lutz

Political Instability, Investment and Economic Growth in Sub-Saharan Africa pp. 52-86

Kwabena Gyimah-Brempong and Thomas L Traynor

How Instability Lowers African Growth pp. 87-107

Patrick Guillaumont, Sylviane Guillaumont Jeanneney and Jean Brun

Evaluating Participation in African Economic Integration Schemes: The Case of the North African Arab Maghreb Union (AMU) pp. 108-23

Abdelaziz Testas

1999, volume 8

Introduction: Institutions, Governance and the Political Economy of Development in SSA pp. 1-5

Jean-Paul Azam and Mathieu Meleu

Institutions for Macroeconomic Stability in Africa pp. 6-29

Jean-Paul Azam

A Positive Theory of Privatisation for Sub-Saharan Africa pp. 30-67

Jean-Jacques Laffont and Mathieu Meleu

The Quality of Governance: 'Second-Generation' Civil Service Reform in Africa pp. 68-106

Nadeem Ul Haque and Jahangir Aziz

Economic Implications of Civil Wars in Sub-Saharan Africa and the Economic Policies Necessary for the Successful Transition to Peace pp. 107-48

Nadir Abdel Latif Mohammed

Institutions, Governance and Political Economy of Development: Some Reflections pp. 149-67

Pranab Bardhan