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    Inflation-targeting in sub-Saharan Africa: why now? Why at all?

    Centre for Development Policy and Research, SOAS, 2008
    As only the second central bank in Sub-Saharan Africa, the Bank of Ghana has adopted an inflation-targeting regime.  This paper argues that this step is wrong and comes at a bad time as:
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    How market institutions shape urban food supply in Africa

    id21 Development Research Reporting Service, 2008
    As the urban share of Africa’s population increases, it is crucial to understand how food supply in cities is shaped by market institutions. This topic has received little attention from policymakers and researchers, however, despite the implications it has for people’s livelihoods and poverty.
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    Is poverty a driver for risky sexual behaviour? evidence from national surveys of adolescents in four African countries

    African journal of Reproductive Health, 2007
    This article, published in the African Journal of Reproductive Health provides evidence on the link between poverty and risky sexual behaviour. It examines the effect of wealth status on age at first sex, condom use, and multiple partners using data from more than 19,000 adolescents from Burkina Faso, Ghana, Malawi and Uganda.
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    Protecting the next generation in sub-Saharan Africa: learning from adolescents to prevent HIV and unintended pregnancy

    Alan Guttmacher Institute, 2007
    This report from the Guttmacher Institute presents key findings from nationally representative surveys conducted in 2004 among 12–19-year-olds in four African countries—Burkina Faso, Ghana, Malawi and Uganda—with the goal of guiding programmes, policies and investments aimed at improving adolescent sexual and reproductive health.
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    Social capital and political trust in West Africa

    Afro-Barometer, 2008
    A great deal of research has been reported on social capital in the advanced industrialised democracies,but not very much is known about the factors that influence social capital in the developing countries,particularly those of Africa. What are the factors that give rise to social capital? Do the factors that give
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    Ghana and the cocoa marketing dilemma: What has liberalisation without price competition achieved?

    Overseas Development Institute, 2007
    Recently, rural Ghana achieves impressive growth rates and poverty reduction thanks to the rebound of the cocoa sector. However, liberalisation remains partial:private licensed buying companies (LBCs) were created in 1993, but the Cocoa Board continues to define a floor price. Against this background, this brief presents the results of the Ghana Cocoa Farmers Survey (GCFS):
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    Private returns to education in Ghana: implications for investments in schooling and migration

    African Economic Research Consortium, 2008
    This study examines private returns to schooling in Ghana over a seven-year period, and the implications for school investments and migration.
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    Determinants of the capital structure of Ghanaian firms

    African Economic Research Consortium, 2008
    This study compares the capital structures of publicly quoted firms, large unquoted firms, and small and medium enterprises (SMEs) in Ghana. It finds that:
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    Political violence and state formation in post-colonial Africa

    International Development Centre, Open University, 2007
    This paper argues for the importance of understanding the political legacy of colonialism. Its author contends that colonialism in Africa left a legacy of dual citizenship - the civil and the customary - which reflected not different histories or different cultures, but a different political relationship between the colonial power and the populations defined as races and tribes.
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    Foreign direct investment in Sub-Saharan Africa: origins, targets, impact and potential

    African Economic Research Consortium, 2006
    Despite a considerable increase in foreign direct investment (FDI) inflows in real terms, Africa's share of global FDI fell by over a half since 1970.FDI accounts for just one fifth of all capital flows to Africa and the continent remains aid-dependent. As FDI is a key resource for growth and development, Africa must learn how to attract it.

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