Mustafa Yenice

Sub-Saharan African Migration

Patterns and Spillovers

Amid rapid population growth, migration in sub-Saharan Africa has been increasing briskly over the last 20 years. Up to the 1990s, the stock of migran...

The Impact of Fiscal Consolidations on Growth in Sub-Saharan Africa

This paper examines the output effects of changes in public expenditure and revenue in sub-Saharan African countries during 1990–2016. Fiscal multip...

Growth Breaks and Growth Spells in Sub-Saharan Africa

This paper examines the growth performance of sub-Saharan African countries since 1960 through the lens of growth turning points (accelerations and de...

Regional Spillovers in Sub-Saharan Africa

Exploring Different Channels

After close to two decades of strong economic activity, overall growth in sub-Saharan Africa decelerated markedly in 2015–16 as the largest economie...

The Sovereign-Bank Nexus in Emerging Markets in the Wake of the COVID-19 Pandemic

The COVID-19 pandemic has brought the relationship between sovereigns and banks—the so-called sovereign-bank nexus—in emerging market economies to...

Competition, Competitiveness and Growth in Sub-Saharan Africa

Does greater product market competition improve external competitiveness and growth? This paper examines this question by using country-and firm-level...

The Economic Consequences of Conflict in Sub-Saharan Africa

Sub-Saharan Africa has been marred by conflicts during the past several decades. While the intensity of conflicts in recent years is lower than that o...