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- Ahlerup, Pelle, 1977, et al.
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Gold Mining and Education: A Long-run Resource Curse in Africa?
- 2020
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Ingår i: Journal of Development Studies. - : Informa UK Limited. - 0022-0388 .- 1743-9140. ; 56:9, s. 1745-1762
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Tidskriftsartikel (refereegranskat)abstract
- Combining Afrobarometer survey data with geocoded data on the discovery and shutdown dates of gold mines, we show that individuals who had gold mines within their district when they were in adolescence have significantly lower educational attainment as adults. Exploring mechanisms, we find that this effect is not driven by endogenous migration, nor a higher incidence of conflicts, nor by a lower provision of schools in mining districts. While data limitations prevent us from fully exploring other channels, prior work as well as suggestive evidence point towards a higher incidence of child labour in mining district as the main mechanism.
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- Ahlerup, Pelle, 1977, et al.
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Government Impartiality and Sustained Growth in Sub-Saharan Africa
- 2016
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Ingår i: World Development. - : Elsevier BV. - 0305-750X .- 1873-5991. ; 83:7, s. 54-69
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Tidskriftsartikel (refereegranskat)abstract
- Many studies suggest that one of the main reasons for Africa’s dismal growth performance over most of the 20th century is its degree of ethnic fragmentation. Yet, there is still insufficient knowledge about whether ethnic diversity necessarily entails large economic costs, or whether the implications of diversity depend, inter alia, on the government’s approach toward the ethnic question. We note that economic growth tends to increase average incomes, but it also affects the income distribution. Then, if growth is accompanied by growing economic inequality, the perception of the impartiality of the government toward different ethnic groups is likely to be important for whether growth can be sustained, or whether sparks of growth will evaporate because of rising political divisions and internal conflicts. In this paper, we study whether the degree of ethnic impartiality in the government’s policies is related to the emergence of sustained growth in sub-Saharan Africa, irrespective of the actual content of the policies. We measure perceptions about the impartiality of the government with survey data from the Afrobarometer covering 20 countries starting in the late 1990 s. Our main definition of sustained growth is when there is a GDP per capita growth rate of at least 2% for at least five consecutive years. Our empirical results suggest that countries whose governments are perceived as impartial are more likely to experience sustained growth. We conclude that in order to ensure economic development, it is not only important to choose the ‘‘right” policies, but also to implement these policies in a fair manner.
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- Ahlerup, Pelle, 1977, et al.
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Regional development and national identity in sub-Saharan Africa
- 2017
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Ingår i: Journal of Comparative Economics. - : Elsevier BV. - 0147-5967 .- 1095-7227. ; 45:3, s. 622-643
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Tidskriftsartikel (refereegranskat)abstract
- © 2016 Association for Comparative Economic Studies. We study how regional development affects identification with the nation state using a sample of 192 African regions in 16 countries. We measure national identification with survey data from the fourth wave of the Afrobarometer and proxy regional development with night lights data. To account for the endogeneity of regional development, we employ an instrumental variables approach and use a proxy for mineral resource wealth as our main instrument. Our results show that inhabitants of more prosperous regions are more likely to identify with their nation rather than their ethnic group. Regarding transmission channels, we find suggestive evidence consistent with the interpretation that national identification is higher in richer regions because of different cultural beliefs and a lower reliance on traditional ethnic networks. Overall, our research implies that African governments can foster national identification by ensuring that all parts of a country participate equitably in economic development.
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- Ahlerup, Pelle, 1977, et al.
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Tax Innovations and Public Revenues in Africa
- 2015
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Ingår i: Journal of Development Studies. - : Informa UK Limited. - 0022-0388 .- 1743-9140. ; 51:6, s. 689-706
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Tidskriftsartikel (refereegranskat)abstract
- We study the effect of two tax innovations – value added taxes (VAT) and autonomous revenue authorities (ARA) – on tax revenues in sub-Saharan Africa. The dataset consists of 47 countries over 1980–2010. We find that VATs have no effect on total tax revenues, neither in the short- nor in the long-run. ARAs lead to higher tax revenues in the short- and medium-run, but the effect dissipates over time. The main conclusion is that tax innovations are not a panacea to overcome the revenue shortages in African countries, but they are helpful in the short- and medium-run.
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- Baskaran, Thushyanthan, 1980, et al.
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Fiscal Capacity and the Quality of Government in Sub-Saharan Africa
- 2013
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Ingår i: World Development. - : Elsevier BV. - 0305-750X .- 1873-5991. ; 45, s. 92-107
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Tidskriftsartikel (refereegranskat)abstract
- Historical evidence from the industrialized world suggests that the expansion of the modern state’s capacity to tax eventually led to more democratic and less corrupt governments. Using a dataset that covers 31 sub-Saharan African countries over the 1990–2005 period, we study whether the positive effect of fiscal capacity on the quality of government prevails in contemporaneous sub-Saharan Africa as well. The results provide consistent evidence that within sub-Saharan Africa, fiscal capacity decreases corruption and increases democracy.
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- Bigsten, Arne, 1947, et al.
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African Firms in the Global Economy
- 2010
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Ingår i: Review of Market Integration. ; 2:2 & 3, s. 229-253
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Tidskriftsartikel (refereegranskat)
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- Bigsten, Arne, 1947, et al.
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Behåll budgetstödet, Carlsson
- 2012
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Ingår i: Svenska Dagbladet. - 1101-2412. ; :17 mars 2012
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Tidskriftsartikel (populärvet., debatt m.m.)
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- Bigsten, Arne, 1947, et al.
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Biståndet kan enkelt effektiviseras
- 2018
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Ingår i: Svenska Dagbladet.
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Tidskriftsartikel (populärvet., debatt m.m.)abstract
- Under 2018 beräknas Sverige ge 49 miljarder kronor i bistånd. Oftast betalas det ut i svenska kronor och därmed är värdet av finansieringen knutet till värdet av kronan. Då de flesta mottagare arbetar i andra valutor skapas en oförutsägbarhet kring resurserna i projekten, vilken påverkar effektiviteten och resultaten negativt.
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- Bigsten, Arne, 1947
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Biståndspolitiska ramverket riskerar att ta fokus från fattigdomsbekämpningen
- 2017
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Ingår i: OmVärlden. ; March
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Tidskriftsartikel (övrigt vetenskapligt/konstnärligt)abstract
- Sveriges nya biståndspolitiska ramverk riskerar att leda till att resurserna används mindre effektivt för fattigdomsbekämpning. Det övergripande målet bör även fortsättningsvis vara att eliminera den extrema fattigdomen till 2030. Det skriver Arne Bigsten, seniorprofessor i nationalekonomi som lett ett stort antal forskningsprojekt om utvecklingsfrågor.
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