Please use this identifier to cite or link to this item: https://hdl.handle.net/10419/80914 
Year of Publication: 
2013
Series/Report no.: 
WIDER Working Paper No. 2013/005
Publisher: 
The United Nations University World Institute for Development Economics Research (UNU-WIDER), Helsinki
Abstract: 
Recent evidence from an exhaustive political economy study of growth of African economies- the growth project of the African Economic Research Consortium (AERC) suggests that 'policy syndromes' have substantially contributed to the generally poor growth in sub-Saharan Africa during post-independence. The current article employs the unique data and insights generated by the growth project to further explore the importance of a 'syndrome-free' (SF) regime for growth in the region by examining: (i) the channels via which SF affects growth, total factor productivity (TFP) versus factors of production; and (ii) the role of institutions in mediating this impact, with special attention accorded the efficacy of the restraint on the executive branch of government in mitigating the potentially adverse effect of ethnicity.
Subjects: 
growth of African economies
productivity
policy syndromes
institutions
JEL: 
O11
O43
O55
ISBN: 
978-92-9230-582-6
Document Type: 
Working Paper

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