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Effect of Inflation on Food Imports and Exports

Abraham E. Okpe, Fredrick Ikpesu
pp. 1-10
DOI: https://doi.org/10.1353/jda.2021.0075
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Does Health Insurance Reduce Catastrophic Health Expenditure in Sudan?

Ebaidalla M. Ebaidalla
pp. 11-25
DOI: https://doi.org/10.1353/jda.2021.0076
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The Role of Household Networks in Mutual Assistance and Emergency Relief: Evidence from Zimbabwe

Gift Dafuleya, Fiona Tregenna, Leila Patel
pp. 27-47
DOI: https://doi.org/10.1353/jda.2021.0077
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Do Foreign Aid and Concessional Debts Attract FDI Flows into Recipient Countries?

Lufei Teng
pp. 49-59
DOI: https://doi.org/10.1353/jda.2021.0078
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Do Remittances Stimulate Business Cycle in Nigeria?

Olubiyi Ebenezer Adesoji, Oluganna Eunice
pp. 61-77
DOI: https://doi.org/10.1353/jda.2021.0079
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Determinants of Choice of Seaports in Ecowas Countries

Daniel Sakyi, Alexander Bilson Darku, Mustapha Immurana
pp. 79-102
DOI: https://doi.org/10.1353/jda.2021.0080
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Stock Market Development and Economic Growth in Nigeria: Evidence from Vector Error Correction Model

Obinna Franklin Ezeibekwe
pp. 103-118
DOI: https://doi.org/10.1353/jda.2021.0081
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Food Inflation Dynamics in a Pacific Island Economy-A Study of Fiji: Causes and Policy Implications

Keshmeer Makun
pp. 119-132
DOI: https://doi.org/10.1353/jda.2021.0082
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Returns-To-Scale and Factor-Endowments-Induced Specialization: Agricultural Mechanization and Agricultural Transformation in Nepal

Hiroyuki Takeshima, Anjani Kumar
pp. 133-145
DOI: https://doi.org/10.1353/jda.2021.0083
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Foreign Direct Investments, Economic Growth and Regulatory Quality in Developing Countries

Sridevi Yerrabati
pp. 147-171
DOI: https://doi.org/10.1353/jda.2021.0084
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Is the Capital Market of Bangladesh Efficient?

Md. Habibour Rahman, Mahmud Salahuddin Naser, Md. Ezazul Islam, Md. Sakhawat Hossain
pp. 173-186
DOI: https://doi.org/10.1353/jda.2021.0085
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On the Determinants of Fertility: Evidence from Developing and Developed Countries

Salem Abo-Zaid
pp. 187-209
DOI: https://doi.org/10.1353/jda.2021.0086
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Remittances and Reverse Flows in Jamaica

Anupam Das, Leanora Brown, Adian McFarlane, Kaycea Campbell
pp. 211-233
DOI: https://doi.org/10.1353/jda.2021.0087
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Development Expenditure in Low-Income Indian States

Rashmi Rastogi, Sangeeta Chakravarty, Basanta K. Pradhan
pp. 235-247
DOI: https://doi.org/10.1353/jda.2021.0088
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Domestic Debt and Private Investment: The Case of a Small Open Economy

Dinci Jessica Penzin, Olajide Sunday Oladipo
pp. 249-267
DOI: https://doi.org/10.1353/jda.2021.0089
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Impact of Adopting Improved Seeds on Consumption Expenditure, Income, and Wealth Index Among Small Scale Sorghum Producers in Tanzania

Aloyce R Kaliba, Kizito Mazvimavi
pp. 269-296
DOI: https://doi.org/10.1353/jda.2021.0090
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Public Spending on Education and Learning Outcomes in Senegal

Aloysius Ajab Amin, Augustin Ntembe
pp. 297-314
DOI: https://doi.org/10.1353/jda.2021.0091
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FDI Driven Growth in Emerging Economies: Impact of Levels of Central Bank Independence

Hermann Sintim-Aboagye, Chandana Chakraborty
pp. 315-328
DOI: https://doi.org/10.1353/jda.2021.0092
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Effects of Violence on School Dropout: A Panel Data Analysis to Rio De Janeiro

Gabriel Caldas Montes, Leonardo Mendes
pp. 329-354
DOI: https://doi.org/10.1353/jda.2021.0093
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The Impact of Rural Electrification on Life-Line Consumers: Empirical Evidence from Bangladesh

Md. Zabid Iqbal, Nazneen Ahmed
pp. 355-375
DOI: https://doi.org/10.1353/jda.2021.0094
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Carbon Dioxide and Economic Growth: The Kuznets Curve Hypothesis and the Case for Sub-Saharan Sierra Leone

Mahmud A. Mansaray
pp. 377-397
DOI: https://doi.org/10.1353/jda.2021.0095
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The Role of Financial Development and Institutional Quality in Remittance-Growth Nexus in Asia

Abubakar Lawan Ngoma, Normaz Wana Ismail, Siong Hook Law
pp. 399-425
DOI: https://doi.org/10.1353/jda.2021.0096
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Economic Integration, Labor Markets and Regional Social Externalities in Central America

Luis Rene Caceres
pp. 427-454
DOI: https://doi.org/10.1353/jda.2021.0097
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Identifying the Binding Constraints of the Township Economy of South Africa

Thomas Bilaliib Udimal, Mduduzi Biyase
pp. 455-464
DOI: https://doi.org/10.1353/jda.2021.0098
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Toward a Cultural Understanding of Corruption: Social Construction of Corruption in Liberia

John E. Fallah, Mamoun Benmamoun
pp. 465-474
DOI: https://doi.org/10.1353/jda.2021.0099
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