Abdilahi Ali

Central Bank of Somalia · Monetary, Financial & Regulatory Policy Group

Fault identification during warranty is quite complex because of sophisticated product design and distributed manufacturing. Various supply chain facilities located at diverse geographical locations are usually utilised to manufacture a particular product. If a fault occurs in one component of a product, it may be linked with other components which...

When the product family (PF) and the supply chain designs (SCD) are aligned and integrated, original equipment manufacturers (OEM) are more likely to improve their operational performance. In this paper, we propose a novel approach, which demonstrates how both the product and the supply chain can simultaneously be designed based on real-time data....

This article explores the factors that motivate firms to learn new management practices. The hypotheses are empirically tested using a representative sample of 3,676 small, medium and large firms from four South Asian countries and across all main sectors of economic activity. Given that we know little about the antecedents of the propensity to lea...

This paper examines the labour market dynamics of Ghana by specifically assessing: (1) the informal-formal earnings gaps in the country, and (2) whether informal sector employment is due to labour market segmentation (i.e. last resort) or comparative advantage (voluntary). Our findings indicate that there are significant formal/informal earnings ga...

This paper extends a two-period Overlapping Generations model of endogenous growth where the interactions between public infrastructure and human capital with R&D activities, and growth are studied. The paper makes two important contributions. First, it accounts for the spillover effect of the stock of ideas on learning which in turn promotes the p...

This study examines how pro-industry policies and environmental sustainability relate to industrial growth in countries with varying environmental records using a large panel dataset on 104 developing and developed countries over the period 2002–2012. Employing both the conditional and unconditional quantile regression estimators as well as the fix...

This paper re-examines whether migrant remittances ?crowd in? or ?crowd out? domestic investment in developing countries. Using recently developed panel cointegration techniques that account for cross-sectional dependence, structural breaks and regime shifts, the paper shows that remittances form a long-run equilibrium relation with domestic invest...

The objective of this chapter is two-fold: (1) to explore how pro-industry policies and environmental sustainability impact on industrial growth, and (2) to examine how industrial growth responds to pro-industry policies in countries with varying environmental records. In line with the so-called Porter Hypothesis, our findings indicate that a high...

The objective of this article is to explore the effects of crises and openness on a large sample of African countries. Focusing on sudden stops, currency, twin and sovereign debt crises, the article shows that crises are associated with growth collapses in Africa. In contrast, openness is found to be beneficial to growth. More specifically, consist...

This article explores whether the quality of the financial sector has an impact on the relationship between property rights institutions and private investment. Using dynamic panel techniques, we show that strong property rights promote increased private investment and that this positive effect is stronger in countries with poorer financial systems...

This paper examines whether migrant remittances “crowd in” or “crowd out” domestic investment in developing countries. Using recently developed panel cointegration techniques that account for cross sectional dependence, structural breaks and regime shifts, the paper shows that remittances form a long-run equilibrium relation with domestic investmen...

Primary commodity prices have been increasing, especially since the early 2000s and at an accelerated pace during 2007–08, with implications for food security in the developing world. Against this backdrop, much recent research has focussed on understanding the causes and consequences of food price increases. The objective of the present analysis i...

Imai, K. S., Gaiha, R., Thapa, G., Ali, A. (2012). Supply Response to Food Price Changes in Asian Countries. In M. Aoki, T. Kuran, & G. Roland (Eds.), Institutions and Comparative Economic Development. (pp. 313-332). Palgrave Macmillan.

The present study re-examines the effects of remittances on growth of GDP per capita using annual panel data for 24 Asia and Pacific countries. The results generally confirm that remittance flows have been beneficial to economic growth. However, our analysis also shows that the volatility of capital inflows such as remittances and FDI is harmful to...

This paper uses a dataset on 97 developing and emerging economies during the 1980-2004 period to explore the link between institutional quality and capital flight. The results suggest that countries with better institutions experience less capital flight. Unlike the previous studies, we also investigate the extent to which the impact of institution...

According to economic theory, capital-scarce less developed countries should be able to retain domestic capital, since the marginal returns should be rela-tively higher. Capital ight, the outow of (unrecorded) foreign exchange from poorer countries, seems to defy this logic. Drawing on insights from portfolio choice theory, this paper presents empi...