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Essays on finance and international trade in Sub-Saharan Africa

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I am also indebted to the hardworking Faculty of the University of Stellenbosch Business School (USB) for their immense contributions and inputs made into my work during the various colloquium presentations I have made at USB. I am also grateful to Mrs van Zyl Marietjie, Mrs Saayman Norma and Mrs Ashlene Appollis for the excellent administrative support they provided me during my study at Stellenbosch Business School. My gratitude also goes to the World Bank and the United Nations Conference on Trade and Development (UNCTAD) for giving me access to their various databases. My thanks also go to Mr Nigel Bell for accepting to proofread my work. I would like to thank my lovely mother, Madam Grace Yawa Abaye for her sacrifices in seeing me through school. My gratitude also goes to my humble and affable wife, Akofa and children, Fafa and Seme for their fortitude and moral support and to my siblings, Charles, Esenam, Eric, Edinam and Elikplim for their prayers. To my PhD colleagues, particularly, Raph Nordjo, Joseph Nyeadi, Lordina Amoah and the entire 2014 PhD Development Finance cohort at USB, I say thank you for your excellent support. I am also immensely indebted to my friends, Professor John

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