Trade liberalisation, economic growth and poverty level in sub-Saharan Africa (SSA)

Exports, Trade Liberalization and Economic Growth in Sub-Saharan Africa

The Impact of Trade Liberalisation on Export Growth and Import Growth in Sub-Saharan Africa

This empirical paper adopts panel data methodologies to investigate the impact of trade liberalisation on export growth and import growth across 28 Sub-Saharan African countries from 1981 to 2010. The results show that trade liberalisation increases the growth of exports; however, imports grow faster by approximately two percentage points which gives a prima facie evidence that the trade balanc...

Trade Causes Growth in Sub-Saharan Africa

The Policy Research Working Paper Series disseminates the findings of work in progress to encourage the exchange of ideas about development issues. An objective of the series is to get the findings out quickly, even if the presentations are less than fully polished. The papers carry the names of the authors and should be cited accordingly. The findings, interpretations, and conclusions expresse...

Investment in Agricultural Water for Poverty Reduction and Economic Growth in Sub-Saharan Africa

iii FOREWORD This report summarizes the results of a Collaborative Programme of a group of international development agencies – AfDB, FAO, IFAD, IWMI and the World Bank – to review the experience of agricultural water investment in sub-Saharan Africa to date and to identify the conditions for successful investment in sustainable, cost-effective agricultural water development. IWMI and the World...

Fiscal Policy and Poverty Reduction in Some Selected Sub-Saharan Africa Countries

The equally uncharacterized nature of government role in Sub Saharan African (SSA) region on the issue of poverty reduction have surged the modest research of this study. The issue on poverty is a continuous cause and need remedies so much and fast. This study examined the effect of fiscal policy on poverty reduction in Sub-Saharan Africa from 1999 to 2016. Pool Mean Group (PMG) was employed to...