Economic Complexity and Diversification & Implications

Paper Session

Tuesday, July 16, 2024

3:30 PM – 5:30 PM (GMT)

Seminar Room 2 Chair: Michael Adu Okyere, Clean Air Task Force

The Role of Natural Resource Abundance in Explaining the Effects of FDI on Manufacturing in Africa: Is There a Crowding-Out Effect?

Kirsi Zongo*, University of Thomas Sankara
Souleymane Diarr, West African Economic and Monetary Union
Sampawendé Jules Tapsoba, International Monetary Fund

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A Comparative Analysis of Economic Diversification and Complexity in African Countries Versus Other Global South Regions: Assessing the Significance of Export Diversification and Economic Complexity

Christian Nsiah*, Baldwin Wallace University
Bichaka Fayissa, Middle Tennessee State University
Herman Sahni, Baldwin Wallace University

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The Dynamic Influence of Economic Complexity, Export Quality and Consumption Patterns on The Ecological Footprint in Sub-Saharan Africa

Kevin Wanjala*, Cooperative University of Kenya

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Non-linear Effects of Export Diversification on Income Inequality in Selected African countries: Does Human Capital Development Matter?

Camara Kwasi Obeng*, University of cape Coast
Michael Tutu Boadu, University of cape Coast

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Discussant(s)
Ikechukwu Asogwa, Michael Okpara University of Agriculture
William Asiedu, National Graduate Institute for Policy Studies
Ahmad Hassan Ahmad, Loughborough University

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Meeting ID: 916 9928 7446 and Passcode: 566917