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IMF World Economic Outlook: The Great Lockdown

COVID-19 pandemic is inflicting high and rising human costs worldwide. Protecting lives and allowing health care systems to cope have required isolation,…...
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Citizen Voice and the Arts: Opportunities and Challenges for CitizenPolicy Engagement on Environmental Issues in Sahelian West Africa

izen and policy groups address environmental challenges in the Sahel, but rarely together. In Sahelian West Africa, including in Mauritania, Senegal, and Mali…...
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Factoring as a game changer: Empowering SMEs in the AfCFTA Context

African Continental Free Trade Area (AfCFTA) Agreement holds significant promise for driving trade and economic integration across the continent, especially…...
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Financial Sector Development in the IGAD Region

ancial development and domestic capital formation are principal driving forces behind any countrys sustainable growth, and effective financial institutions…...
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11th Africa Think Tank Summit Event Report

Summit provided a continental platform for dialogue, evidence sharing, and cocreation of actionable solutions to address persistent gaps between well…...
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INFLATION DIFFERENTIALS AMONG UGANDAN HOUSEHOLDS: 1997 - 2007

ce the structural adjustment days of the 1990s, targeting inflation to single digit rates has remained a predominant feature of Ugandas macroeconomic strategy…...
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EMPOWERING WOMEN IN TECHNOLOGY: Lessons from a successful woman entrepreneur in Kenya, Case Study No. 10

munication Technology (ICT) sector. This can be attributed to the willingness of African countries to realize the transformational potential of ICTs to boost…...
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RIGHTING RESOURCE-CURSE WRONGS IN UGANDA: THE CASE OF OIL DISCOVERY AND THE MANAGEMENT OF POPULAR EXPECTATIONS

s paper discusses the management of expectations associated with the recent discovery of commercializable oil in Uganda. Our motivation is simultaneously…...
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Costs and Trade-Offs in the Fight Against the COVID-19 Pandemic : A Developing Country Perspective

world is experiencing the worst pandemic crisis in one hundred years. By mid-April 2020, more than 80 percent of countries around the world had imposed…...
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Small and Medium Enterprises Amidst the Pandemic and Reopening: Digital Edge and Transformation

ng administrative universal firm registration data as well as primary offline and online surveys of small business owners in China, we examine (i) whether the…...