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A major policy challenge facing African countries is how to achieve and sustain a higher rate of economic growth that will help them reduce poverty while also being both socially inclusive and environmentally sustainable (Acemoglu 2009; Barro 1997; Barro and Sala-i-Martin 2004; Heshmati et al. 2015; Kim and Heshmati 2014).
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Heshmati, A. (2018). Introduction to Determinants of Economic Growth in Africa and Summary of the Contributions. In: Heshmati, A. (eds) Determinants of Economic Growth in Africa. Palgrave Macmillan, Cham. https://doi.org/10.1007/978-3-319-76493-1_1
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