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Welcome Address: The New Partnership For Africa's Development: An African Renaissance?, A. O. Agholor Dec 2003

Welcome Address: The New Partnership For Africa's Development: An African Renaissance?, A. O. Agholor

Economic and Financial Review

This is a Welcome Address by Mr. A. O. Agholor, Branch Controller, CBN Benin Branch to participants at the In- House Seminar Themed: " The new Partnership for Africa's Development: an African renaissance?" for CBN Executive Staff, Asaba, October 20 - 24, 2003.


Keynote Address: The New Partnership For Africa's Development: An African Renaissance?, Ernest C. Ebi Dec 2003

Keynote Address: The New Partnership For Africa's Development: An African Renaissance?, Ernest C. Ebi

Economic and Financial Review

This is a Keynote Address by Mr. Ernest Ebi, Deputy Governor. (Policy) Central Bank of Nigeria to participants at the In- House Seminar Themed: " The new Partnership for Africa's Development: an African renaissance?" for CBN Executive Staff, Asaba, October 20 - 24, 2003.


Opening Address: The New Partnership For Africa's Development: An African Renaissance?, M Okunfolami Dec 2003

Opening Address: The New Partnership For Africa's Development: An African Renaissance?, M Okunfolami

Economic and Financial Review

This is an Opening Address by Mr. M Okunfolami, Director, Human Resources Department, Central Bank of Nigeria to participants at the In- House Seminar Themed: " The new Partnership for Africa's Development: an African renaissance?" for CBN Executive Staff, Asaba, October 20 - 24, 2003.


Special Remarks: The New Partnership For Africa's Development: An African Renaissance?, O. J. Nnanna Dec 2003

Special Remarks: The New Partnership For Africa's Development: An African Renaissance?, O. J. Nnanna

Economic and Financial Review

This is a special remark by Dr. O. J. Nnanna Director of Research, Central Bank of Nigeria, to participants at the In- House Seminar Themed: " The new Partnership for Africa's Development: an African renaissance?" for CBN Executive Staff, Asaba, October 20 - 24, 2003.


Determinants Of Access To Credit And Loan Amount: Household-Level Evidence From Urban Ethiopia, Abi Kedir Jul 2003

Determinants Of Access To Credit And Loan Amount: Household-Level Evidence From Urban Ethiopia, Abi Kedir

International Conference on African Development Archives

Household level analysis of credit rationing is restricted to rural data sets collected mainly from South East Asia. In Africa, credit constraints are often investigated using firm level data. Empirical evidence on determinants of credit constraints and amount borrowed by urban households is almost non-existent from Sub-Saharan Africa. Using an extended direct approach, we analyzed the Fourth Round Ethiopian Urban Household Survey (2000) to separate households that do not have access to credit from those who do. We find a high percentage (i.e. 26.6%) of credit-constrained households, the majority of which constitute discouraged borrowers. A probit model and a tobit …


Empirical Analysis Of Economic Growth, Winford Henderson Masanjala Jan 2003

Empirical Analysis Of Economic Growth, Winford Henderson Masanjala

LSU Doctoral Dissertations

International evidence on growth rates in per capita incomes reveals persistent differences in development patterns among nations, and shows that the world distribution of per capita income is multi-modal with several basins of attraction. This dissertation investigates the factors underlying these international variations in both the level and rate of growth of per capita incomes. The first essay examines whether nonlinearities in the aggregate production function can explain parameter heterogeneity in the Solow (1956) growth regressions. The choice of and alternative specification of the production function is justified by showing that cross-country level regressions are more consistent with the more …