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The beginning of the year 2020 witnessed an unprecedented global health crisis caused by the Coronavirus Disease 2019 (COVID-19). Outbreaks of the respiratory illness were first reported in Wuhan City, Hubei Province of China (WHO, 2020a). The outbr…
African Economic Research Consortium (AERC)
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COVID-19 is a highly contagious and deadly disease caused by the SARS-CoV-2 virus which is transmitted through respiratory droplets containing the virus. Governments around the world, including the East African Community (EAC), put in place public h…
Evious K. Zgovu
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COVID-19 has had serious implications globally for social, economic areas and public health. Equally, the pandemic has proved quite challenging to many countries in East Africa. Recognizing that swift and decisive responses to the pandemic are neede…
Lanoi Maloiy
Violet Wawire
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This paper undertook an exploratory study of the effects of COVID-19 on the economies of the East African Community (EAC) Partner States, and the respective policy choices undertaken by each Partner State. The rationale of the study was to identify …
Ibrahim Mike Okumu
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Tourism is one of the largest foreign exchange earners and fastest-growing sectors in the East African Community (EAC). According to the EAC Secretariat, tourist arrivals in the EAC region increased from 3.5 million persons in 2006 to about 7 millio…
D. Muoki
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The study assessed the impact of COVID-19 pandemic on light manufacturing within the EAC Partner States. At the EAC regional level, interventions to industrialize the region are in place and the role of manufacturing in terms of its share to GDP is …
Godfrey Walakira
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South Sudan is experiencing exponential rise in COVID-19 cases. The country is already struggling with the negative shock of the pandemic coupled with the climate shock, economic decline, political transition and crash in global oil prices that has …
John Peter Malish
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The COVID-19 pandemic has hit the countries around the East African region in different ways with its impact varying across the countries. Also, each country has adopted its approach to dealing with this health crisis, even though they share common …
Lucas Katera
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The objective of this study is to analyse the impact of COVID-19 measures on the health sector. We have investigated the level of preparedness of Kenya’s health system for COVID-19 pandemic using selected indicators of preparedness, analyzed the lev…
Tabitha Wagithi Kiriti Nganga, Dr
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The measures taken to combat COVID-19 pandemic were sudden and unexpected. The long closure of schools, though intended to combat COVID-19, may have led to unintended consequences on the education sector. This study analyses the impact of COVID-19 m…
Tabitha Wagithi Kiriti Nganga, Dr
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The pandemic has enormous economic and social consequences. The extent of these consequences in each country is related to its epidemiological situation (number of confirmed cases in relation to the total population), its initial economic situation,…
Willy Marcel Ndayitwayeko
Rédempteur Ntawiratsa
Désiré Nkurunziza
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When the world reopens for business, the EAC needs to be ready to speedily bounce back and effectively re-engage in the global value chains and trade informed by lessons from the exogenous shock. The EAC needs to view this moment as reset time with …
Evious K. Zgovu
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The COVID-19 pandemic coupled with government measures to contain it, has affected many economies and exposed the level of economic vulnerabilities across countries. This study uses macro- and firm-level data to examine the implications of COVID-19 …
Francis Mwesigye
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This paper examines both the correlates of land conflict and the effects of this conflict on crop yields, farmers’ investments in permanent trees and crops. The productivity effects of land conflict are estimated at the town-level, taking into accou…
Akama Erick Maiko
Genesis Bhenda Kollie
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This paper investigates how banking sector competition, measured from the consumer’s perspective as well as from financial intermediary pricing behaviour, affects financial inclusion in a developing country like Ghana. Financial inclusion in Ghana h…
Agyapomaa Gyeke-Dako
Vera Fiador
Elikplimi Komla Agbloyor
Joshua Abor
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Unequal asset ownership accompanies other socioeconomic inequalities so that the disparity in physical possessions, particularly land, is worth a rigorous analysis. The case in point is the inverse relationship that has been reported across countrie…
John Kamau Gathiaka
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The persistent nature of external deficits in sub-Saharan Africa (SSA) is a major concern. This paper examines the extent to which migration from SSA to OECD countries affects the dynamics of external balances in SSA countries. Based on panel regres…
Dramane Coulibaly
Blaise Gnimassoun
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The productivity of firms is the result of many factors, including their ability to innovate. For most authors, innovation can be diversified into product, process, organization and marketing innovation. The objective of this work is to highlight th…
Tsambou André Dumas
Ndokang Esone Ludwick
Nganguem Armelle Olive
Zobo Aline
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The ICT revolution is already a reality for firms in developed countries and in many developing ones, especially that there is now solid evidence of how it has improved productivity and growth. But at the same time, the ICT penetration rate is still…
Ariel Herbert Fambeu
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Access to electricity leads to overall economic growth through improved agricultural and firm productivity, public service delivery, and enhanced household investment in human capital, net income, and general quality of life. Yet more than 540 milli…
Edwin Muchapondwa
Marc Jeuland
Abebe Shimeles
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