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Aid Volatility and Structural Economic Transformation in sub-Saharan Africa

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  • Emmanuel Kumi
  • Muazu Ibrahim
  • Thomas Yeboah

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To what extent does Official Development Assistance (ODA) volatility affect sectoral growth in developing countries? Interrogating this question is crucial as sustained economic growth is a necessary condition for poverty reduction and other development outcomes. To this end, many SSA countries are highly dependent on ODA and it therefore comes as no surprise that the […]

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  • Emmanuel Kumi & Muazu Ibrahim & Thomas Yeboah, 2017. "Aid Volatility and Structural Economic Transformation in sub-Saharan Africa," Working Papers 121, Economic Research Southern Africa.
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    Keywords

    Other Macroeconomic Variables; Risk and Uncertainty; Social welfare; Sub-Saharan Africa;
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    JEL classification:

    • F35 - International Economics - - International Finance - - - Foreign Aid
    • O10 - Economic Development, Innovation, Technological Change, and Growth - - Economic Development - - - General
    • O14 - Economic Development, Innovation, Technological Change, and Growth - - Economic Development - - - Industrialization; Manufacturing and Service Industries; Choice of Technology
    • O47 - Economic Development, Innovation, Technological Change, and Growth - - Economic Growth and Aggregate Productivity - - - Empirical Studies of Economic Growth; Aggregate Productivity; Cross-Country Output Convergence
    • O55 - Economic Development, Innovation, Technological Change, and Growth - - Economywide Country Studies - - - Africa

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