UNDP Africa Economists Working Papers

Innovation on sustainable ICT technologies to realize affordable broadband connectivity for rural and underserved communities is a crucial component of the effort to achi [...]

The three major explanations of inflation include fiscal, monetary, and balance of payments aspects. While in the monetary aspect inflation is considered to be due to an [...]

Charting a solid path for Africa's future development requires a good understanding of the factors that shape the past and current growth processes. This calls for an obj [...]

The main objective of this paper therefore is to examine the economics of exchange rate management. To address the main focus of this paper therefore, it is structured in [...]

Nigeria is governed by a federal system, hence its fiscal operations also adhere to the same principle, a fact which has serious implications on how the tax system is man [...]

A critical analysis of the processes of adopting the various economic development policies revealed that they have been greatly influenced by resource push, environmental [...]

Over the past decade, large-scale land acquisition in Africa has become quite intense, especially in DRC, Ethiopia, Madagascar, Mozambique, Sudan, Tanzania and Zambia. Wh [...]

The economic landscape of most African countries depends essentially on the dynamics of climate change. Key sectors driving their economic performance and livelihoods suc [...]

The need to avert the negative effects of unemployment has made the tackling of unemployment problems to feature very prominently in the development objectives of many de [...]

Inequalities and poverty are important drivers of social exclusion, while conflict, social unrest and instability are its manifestation. The preponderance of conflicts in [...]