African Public Economics is a peer‑reviewed scholarly journal published under the Pan‑African Research Journals (PARJ) platform, advancing African‑centred and global research.
Regional Production Networks in Eastern Africa
This article examines Regional Production Networks in Eastern Africa: Potential, Constraints, and Policy Support: Towards Sustainable Development Goals with a focused emphasis on Uganda within the field of Business. It is structured as a qualitative study that organises the problem, the strongest verified scholarship, and the main analytical implications in a concise publication-ready format. The paper foregrounds the most relevant institutional, policy, or theoretical dynamics for the African context and closes with a practical conclusion linked to the core argument.
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The European Union's Economic Partnership Agreements with Eastern Africa
This article examines The European Union's Economic Partnership Agreements with Eastern Africa: Trade Impacts and Development: Political Economy Dimensions with a focused emphasis on Egypt within the field of Business. It is structured as a policy analysis article that organises the problem, the strongest verified scholarship, and the main analytical implications in a concise publication-ready format. The paper foregrounds the most relevant institutional, policy, or theoretical dynamics for the African context and closes with a practical conclusion linked to the core argument.
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Economic Aspects of Post-Conflict Reconstruction
This article examines Economic Aspects of Post-Conflict Reconstruction: Resource Needs, Financing, and Prioritisation: Multi-Level Governance Perspectives with a focused emphasis on Morocco within the field of Business. It is structured as a theoretical framework article that organises the problem, the strongest verified scholarship, and the main analytical implications in a concise publication-ready format. The paper foregrounds the most relevant institutional, policy, or theoretical dynamics for the African context and closes with a practical conclusion linked to the core argument.
This article examines Work, Identity, and Dignity: Sociological Dimensions of Employment in African Contexts: Digital Transformation and Emerging Challenges with a focused emphasis on Eswatini within the field of Business. It is structured as a policy brief that organises the problem, the strongest verified scholarship, and the main analytical implications in a concise publication-ready format. The paper foregrounds the most relevant institutional, policy, or theoretical dynamics for the African context and closes with a practical conclusion linked to the core argument.
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Green Climate Fund and African Climate Finance
This article examines Green Climate Fund and African Climate Finance: Access, Disbursement, and Effectiveness: Perspectives from Eastern Africa with a focused emphasis on Senegal within the field of Business. It is structured as a mixed methods study that organises the problem, the strongest verified scholarship, and the main analytical implications in a concise publication-ready format. The paper foregrounds the most relevant institutional, policy, or theoretical dynamics for the African context and closes with a practical conclusion linked to the core argument.
The Effectiveness of Cash Transfer Programmes
This article examines The Effectiveness of Cash Transfer Programmes: Evidence from East African Countries: Digital Transformation and Emerging Challenges with a focused emphasis on Gambia within the field of Business. It is structured as a qualitative study that organises the problem, the strongest verified scholarship, and the main analytical implications in a concise publication-ready format. The paper foregrounds the most relevant institutional, policy, or theoretical dynamics for the African context and closes with a practical conclusion linked to the core argument.
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Smallholder Farmer Productivity in South Sudan
This article examines Smallholder Farmer Productivity in South Sudan: Constraints, Support Systems, and Potential: Lessons for Sub-Saharan Africa with a focused emphasis on South Sudan within the field of Business. It is structured as a qualitative study that organises the problem, the strongest verified scholarship, and the main analytical implications in a concise publication-ready format. The paper foregrounds the most relevant institutional, policy, or theoretical dynamics for the African context and closes with a practical conclusion linked to the core argument.
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Tax Progressivity and Redistribution in Low-Income African Countries
This article examines Tax Progressivity and Redistribution in Low-Income African Countries: A Feminist Political Economy Approach with a focused emphasis on Mauritius within the field of Business. It is structured as a working paper that organises the problem, the strongest verified scholarship, and the main analytical implications in a concise publication-ready format. The paper foregrounds the most relevant institutional, policy, or theoretical dynamics for the African context and closes with a practical conclusion linked to the core argument.
This article examines Procurement in Aid-Funded Projects: Accountability, Value for Money, and Local Contracting: Lessons from the COVID-19 Pandemic with a focused emphasis on South Africa within the field of Business. It is structured as a theoretical framework article that organises the problem, the strongest verified scholarship, and the main analytical implications in a concise publication-ready format. The paper foregrounds the most relevant institutional, policy, or theoretical dynamics for the African context and closes with a practical conclusion linked to the core argument.
Diaspora Remittances and Macroeconomic Stability in Post-Conflict Economies
This article examines Diaspora Remittances and Macroeconomic Stability in Post-Conflict Economies: Institutional Capacity and Political Will with a focused emphasis on Ghana within the field of Business. It is structured as a mixed methods study that organises the problem, the strongest verified scholarship, and the main analytical implications in a concise publication-ready format. The paper foregrounds the most relevant institutional, policy, or theoretical dynamics for the African context and closes with a practical conclusion linked to the core argument.
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Regional Development Disparities in South Sudan
This article examines Regional Development Disparities in South Sudan: Centre-Periphery Economic Inequalities: Power, Agency, and Structural Change with a focused emphasis on South Sudan within the field of Business. It is structured as a policy analysis article that organises the problem, the strongest verified scholarship, and the main analytical implications in a concise publication-ready format. The paper foregrounds the most relevant institutional, policy, or theoretical dynamics for the African context and closes with a practical conclusion linked to the core argument.
Platform Cooperativism and Digital Labour Rights in Africa
This article examines Platform Cooperativism and Digital Labour Rights in Africa: Decolonial Reflections with a focused emphasis on Uganda within the field of Business. It is structured as a action research study that organises the problem, the strongest verified scholarship, and the main analytical implications in a concise publication-ready format. The paper foregrounds the most relevant institutional, policy, or theoretical dynamics for the African context and closes with a practical conclusion linked to the core argument.
Economic Sanctions and Development Outcomes
This article examines Economic Sanctions and Development Outcomes: South Sudan Under International Pressure: Historical Antecedents and Contemporary Relevance with a focused emphasis on South Sudan within the field of Business. It is structured as a policy brief that organises the problem, the strongest verified scholarship, and the main analytical implications in a concise publication-ready format. The paper foregrounds the most relevant institutional, policy, or theoretical dynamics for the African context and closes with a practical conclusion linked to the core argument.
This article examines Kenya's Oil and Gas Sector: Political Economy of Resource Development and Revenue Expectations: A South Sudan Case Study with a focused emphasis on South Sudan within the field of Business. It is structured as a conference paper that organises the problem, the strongest verified scholarship, and the main analytical implications in a concise publication-ready format. The paper foregrounds the most relevant institutional, policy, or theoretical dynamics for the African context and closes with a practical conclusion linked to the core argument.
This article examines Regional Production Networks in Eastern Africa: Potential, Constraints, and Policy Support: Towards Sustainable Development Goals with a focused emphasis on Lesotho within the field of Business. It is structured as a conference paper that organises the problem, the strongest verified scholarship, and the main analytical implications in a concise publication-ready format. The paper foregrounds the most relevant institutional, policy, or theoretical dynamics for the African context and closes with a practical conclusion linked to the core argument.
This article examines Economic Aspects of Post-Conflict Reconstruction: Resource Needs, Financing, and Prioritisation: Multi-Level Governance Perspectives with a focused emphasis on Rwanda within the field of Business. It is structured as a action research study that organises the problem, the strongest verified scholarship, and the main analytical implications in a concise publication-ready format. The paper foregrounds the most relevant institutional, policy, or theoretical dynamics for the African context and closes with a practical conclusion linked to the core argument.
This article examines Green Climate Fund and African Climate Finance: Access, Disbursement, and Effectiveness: Perspectives from Eastern Africa with a focused emphasis on Equatorial Guinea within the field of Business. It is structured as a theoretical framework article that organises the problem, the strongest verified scholarship, and the main analytical implications in a concise publication-ready format. The paper foregrounds the most relevant institutional, policy, or theoretical dynamics for the African context and closes with a practical conclusion linked to the core argument.
This article examines Tax Progressivity and Redistribution in Low-Income African Countries: A Feminist Political Economy Approach with a focused emphasis on Kenya within the field of Business. It is structured as a ethnographic study that organises the problem, the strongest verified scholarship, and the main analytical implications in a concise publication-ready format. The paper foregrounds the most relevant institutional, policy, or theoretical dynamics for the African context and closes with a practical conclusion linked to the core argument.
Private Sector Development in Conflict-Affected States
This article examines Private Sector Development in Conflict-Affected States: Investment Climate and Business Environment: Fiscal Dimensions and Revenue Implications with a focused emphasis on Egypt within the field of Business. It is structured as a policy analysis article that organises the problem, the strongest verified scholarship, and the main analytical implications in a concise publication-ready format. The paper foregrounds the most relevant institutional, policy, or theoretical dynamics for the African context and closes with a practical conclusion linked to the core argument.
Agricultural Commodity Exchanges in East Africa
This article examines Agricultural Commodity Exchanges in East Africa: Ethiopia ECX, AFEX, and Market Development: A Subaltern Perspective with a focused emphasis on Ethiopia within the field of Business. It is structured as a working paper that organises the problem, the strongest verified scholarship, and the main analytical implications in a concise publication-ready format. The paper foregrounds the most relevant institutional, policy, or theoretical dynamics for the African context and closes with a practical conclusion linked to the core argument.
Traditional Biomass Energy and Indoor Air Pollution
This article examines Traditional Biomass Energy and Indoor Air Pollution: Health Impacts and Clean Cooking Solutions: A Subaltern Perspective with a focused emphasis on South Africa within the field of Business. It is structured as a policy analysis article that organises the problem, the strongest verified scholarship, and the main analytical implications in a concise publication-ready format. The paper foregrounds the most relevant institutional, policy, or theoretical dynamics for the African context and closes with a practical conclusion linked to the core argument.
Oil Dependency and Dutch Disease in South Sudan
This article examines Oil Dependency and Dutch Disease in South Sudan: Economic Diversification Imperatives: Institutional Capacity and Political Will with a focused emphasis on South Sudan within the field of Business. It is structured as a policy analysis article that organises the problem, the strongest verified scholarship, and the main analytical implications in a concise publication-ready format. The paper foregrounds the most relevant institutional, policy, or theoretical dynamics for the African context and closes with a practical conclusion linked to the core argument.
Diversification Imperatives Institutional
This article examines Oil Dependency and Dutch Disease in South Sudan: Economic Diversification Imperatives: Theoretical Framework and Empirical Analysis with a focused emphasis on South Sudan within the field of Business. It is structured as a qualitative study that organises the problem, the strongest verified scholarship, and the main analytical implications in a concise publication-ready format. The paper foregrounds the most relevant institutional, policy, or theoretical dynamics for the African context and closes with a practical conclusion linked to the core argument.
Commodity Price Volatility and Export Revenue
This article examines Commodity Price Volatility and Export Revenue: Managing Boom-Bust Cycles in Africa: Comparative Analysis Across East Africa with a focused emphasis on Senegal within the field of Business. It is structured as a working paper that organises the problem, the strongest verified scholarship, and the main analytical implications in a concise publication-ready format. The paper foregrounds the most relevant institutional, policy, or theoretical dynamics for the African context and closes with a practical conclusion linked to the core argument.
This article examines GDP Growth and Political Instability: Evidence from Conflict-Affected African Economies: Institutional Dimensions and Reform Pathways with a focused emphasis on Ghana within the field of Business. It is structured as a action research study that organises the problem, the strongest verified scholarship, and the main analytical implications in a concise publication-ready format. The paper foregrounds the most relevant institutional, policy, or theoretical dynamics for the African context and closes with a practical conclusion linked to the core argument.
Community-Based Health Insurance in East Africa
This article examines Community-Based Health Insurance in East Africa: Mutuelles, CHIFs, and Financial Protection: Towards Sustainable Development Goals with a focused emphasis on Tanzania within the field of Business. It is structured as a policy analysis article that organises the problem, the strongest verified scholarship, and the main analytical implications in a concise publication-ready format. The paper foregrounds the most relevant institutional, policy, or theoretical dynamics for the African context and closes with a practical conclusion linked to the core argument.
This article examines Mining Taxation in Africa: Revenue Capture, Investment Climate, and International Tax Competition: Accountability, Transparency, and Reform with a focused emphasis on Zimbabwe within the field of Business. It is structured as a policy brief that organises the problem, the strongest verified scholarship, and the main analytical implications in a concise publication-ready format. The paper foregrounds the most relevant institutional, policy, or theoretical dynamics for the African context and closes with a practical conclusion linked to the core argument.
Microfinance Institutions and Homeless Youth Inclusion in Comoros
Microfinance Institutions (MFIs) have emerged as a potential tool for addressing financial inclusion among homeless youth in Comoros, an African archipelago with limited formal housing and education infrastructure. Theoretical analysis will be employed to explore the mechanisms by which MFIs influence these outcomes, drawing on existing literature and local conditions in Comoros. The theoretical framework underscores the potential of MFIs as a lever for inclusive development among homeless youth in Comoros. Future research should focus on empirical validation of these theoretical insights, particularly through longitudinal studies that track the long-term effects of MFI interventions on homeless youth.
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Inclusive Financial Services Adoption by Rural Senegalese Women in Togo
Inclusive financial services have emerged as a critical tool for economic empowerment in rural communities across Africa. Rural Senegalese women face significant barriers to accessing formal financial institutions, which can hinder their ability to engage in productive activities and improve household welfare. The research employed qualitative methods including semi-structured interviews with 50 participants from selected rural communities. Data analysis focused on thematic coding and comparison of interview responses across different demographic groups. Senegalese women reported difficulties in accessing credit, often due to lack of collateral or formal identification documents. However, savings account usage was more widespread, particularly among those with higher levels of education. Business growth metrics showed a significant increase in income-generating activities among participants who used both credit and savings services. This study highlights the importance of addressing financial inclusion barriers for rural Senegalese women, especially related to accessing formal credit mechanisms. The integration of savings accounts into their financial practices can serve as a foundational step towards broader economic empowerment. Policy makers should consider implementing targeted interventions such as simplified loan application processes and community-based microfinance initiatives to enhance access to inclusive financial services for rural Senegalese women.
Challenges and Opportunities for Business in Post-Conflict African States
Post-conflict African states often face significant economic challenges that can hinder business development and growth. A mixed-methods approach combining qualitative interviews with a quantitative survey to gather insights from local entrepreneurs and economic stakeholders. The survey reveals that while legal frameworks have improved, regulatory compliance remains a major barrier for businesses in post-conflict Ghana. Additionally, access to finance is limited, particularly for small and medium-sized enterprises (SMEs). Post-conflict environments present both risks and opportunities for businesses, with specific challenges related to legal and financial systems. Policy recommendations include enhancing regulatory frameworks and improving access to finance through targeted government interventions and private sector partnerships.
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