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Is investment in Africa too low or too high? : macro and micro evidence / Shantayanan Devarajan, William R. Easterly, Howard Pack.

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Book
Government document
Author/Creator:
Devarajan, Shantayanan, 1954-
Contributor:
World Bank. Development Research Group. Macroeconomics and Growth.
World Bank. Development Research Group. Public Economics.
Easterly, William, 1957-
Pack, Howard.
Series:
Policy research working papers ; 2519.
World Bank e-Library.
Policy research working paper ; 2519
Language:
English
Subjects (All):
Capital movements--Africa.
Capital movements.
Investments--Africa.
Investments.
Rate of return--Africa.
Rate of return.
Saving and investment--Africa.
Saving and investment.
Other Title:
Is investment in Africa too low or too high?
Policy research working paper vol. 2519
Place of Publication:
Washington, D.C. : World Bank, Development Research Group, Public Economics and Macroeconomics and Growth, 2001.
System Details:
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Summary:
Many analysts decry the level of investment in Africa, saying it is too low. But there is no evidence, in cross-country data or in microeconomic data from Tanzania, that private and public capital is productive in Africa. In that sense, investment in Africa may be viewed as too high.
Notes:
Title from title screen as viewed on Sept. 24, 2002.
Includes bibliographical references (p. 24-26).
Publisher Number:
10.1596/1813-9450-2519

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