Aid Grants vs. Technical Cooperation Grants: Implications for Inclusive Growth in Sub-Saharan Africa, 1984-2018

This paper aims to provide a composite index of inclusive growth in 32 sub-Saharan African countries between 1995 and 2014 by taking into account the importance of the informal sector. Following the principal component analysis methods, we find specifically that except for countries such as Djibouti, Burkina Faso, Mauritius, Nigeria and Zimbabwe, inclusive growth has trended upward over the study period. This trend is non-linear and is characterized by two sub periods. From 1995 to 2005, the composite index of inclusive growth is essentially negative. On the other hand, positive growth in value is recorded over the second sub-period from 2005 to 2014. Overall and on average, these countries have experienced inclusive growth. Moreover, we also note that in countries such as Burkina Faso, Mauritius and Nigeria, on the side-lines of the informal sector inclusive growth has a negative trend. However, when we integrate the informal sector, the trend of inclusive growth changes sign and becomes positive.

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The structural anatomy and institutional architecture of inclusive growth in sub-Saharan Africa

10.35188/unu-wider/2014/762-2 ◽

2014 ◽

Cited By ~ 1

Author(s):

Erik Thorbecke

Keyword(s):

Sub Saharan Africa ◽

Inclusive Growth ◽

Sub Saharan ◽

Institutional Architecture

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Foreign Direct Investment, Governance and Inclusive Growth in Sub-Saharan Africa

SSRN Electronic Journal ◽

10.2139/ssrn.3861251 ◽

2021 ◽

Author(s):

Isaac Kwesi Ofori ◽

Simplice Asongu

Keyword(s):

Foreign Direct Investment ◽

Direct Investment ◽

Sub Saharan Africa ◽

Inclusive Growth ◽

Sub Saharan

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Infrastructure and inclusive growth in sub-Saharan Africa: An empirical analysis

Progress in Development Studies ◽

10.1177/1464993420927507 ◽

2020 ◽

Vol 20 (3) ◽

pp. 187-207

Author(s):

Onesmus Mbaabu Mutiiria ◽

Qingjiang Ju ◽

Koffi Dumor

Keyword(s):

Energy Transport ◽

Growth Index ◽

Information And Communications Technology ◽

Sub Saharan Africa ◽

Inclusive Growth ◽

Income Disparities ◽

The Rich ◽

Sub Saharan ◽

Access And Affordability ◽

Infrastructure Services

This study provides an empirical assessment of infrastructure and inclusive growth in sub-Saharan Africa (SSA). An inclusive growth index has been constructed and then used to test the infrastructure–inclusive growth nexus. The study has also examined whether infrastructure has a distributive impact on income groups. The overall analysis employed panel data collected from 31 SSA countries over the period 2003–17. The study found a positive link between infrastructure and inclusive growth. These results were significant for energy, transport and information and communications technology (ICT) infrastructures. It was also found that poorer people gain more benefits from the listed infrastructures than the rich, which shows that infrastructure plays an important role in the distribution of income. The overall results imply that infrastructure is vital in reducing income disparities and enhancing shared prosperity in SSA. Policies for increasing access and affordability of infrastructure services are highly recommended to promote inclusion.

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