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Assessing the allocation of aid: developmental concerns and the self-interest of donors

Canavire-Bacarreza, Gustavo; Nunnenkamp, Peter; Thiele, … - In: The Indian economic journal 54 (2006) 1, pp. 26-51

within the group of multilateral donors. Post-conflict resolution, the third altruistic motive considered in the paper …

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Climate Change Adaptation, Development, and International Financial Support : Lessons from EU Pre-Accession and Solidarity Funds

Przyluski, Valentin - 2010

Funding adaptation requires adequate governance and there are different ways to organise and channel the funds to where it is most efficient and most necessary. This paper investigates this issue and studies the practical implementation of a development under conditionality, namely...

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Urban Cycling Tourism. How Can Bikes and Public Transport Ride Together for Sustainability?

Crotti, Daniele; Maggi, Elena; Pantelaki, Evangelia - 2022

In the last years, sustainable travels have included bike tourists visiting cities to enjoy cultural and urban environments. Yet, when considering cycling tourists’ intra-destination trips by motorized vehicles, the extent of greenhouse gas (GHG) emissions could reduce the sustainability of...

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A Tragic Solution to the Collective Action Problem : Implications for Corruption, Conflict and Inequality

Nieva, Ricardo - 2020

the enforcer in conflict increases the group probability of winning only if the prize valuation of the enforcer is lower … which have been shown to form together with conflict and inequality endogenously; otherwise, this occurs with non corrupt …

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Oil Revenues, Ethnic Fragmentation and Political Transition of Authoritarian Regimes

Cologni, Alessandro; Manera, Matteo - 2013

Natural resources are generally associated to negative effects on the political environment of a country. This paper explores the impact that oil revenues have on the establishment of a given political system. Based on previous literature, a political economy perspective is employed. A simple...

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Rent Seekers in Rentier States : When Greed Brings Peace

Bjorvatn, Kjetil; Naghavi, Alireza - 2010

Are natural resources a source of conflict or stability? Empirical studies demonstrate that rents from natural … source of conflict and the rentier state view which emphasizes the role of resource rents in promoting peace and stability … activate more interest groups in a power struggle. We demonstrate that the associated increased cost of conflict may in fact …

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Sharing R&D Investments in Breakthrough Technologies to Control Climate Change

Rubio, Santiago J. - 2016

This paper examines international cooperation on technological development as an alternative to international cooperation on GHG emission reductions. In order to analyze the scope of cooperation, a three-stage technology agreement formation game is solved. First, countries decide whether or not...

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Networks of Military Alliances, Wars, and International Trade

Jackson, Matthew O.; Nei, Stephen - 2015

We investigate the role of networks of alliances in preventing (multilateral) interstate wars. We first show that, in the absence of international trade, no network of alliances is peaceful and stable. We then show that international trade induces peaceful and stable networks: trade increases...

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Climate Change, Armed Conflicts and Resilience

D'Angeli, Mariagrazia; Marin, Giovanni; Paglialunga, Elena - 2022

In recent years, there has been rapid development of the literature linking climate change and armed conflicts. Although no conclusionary evidence has been found of a direct link between climate change and armed conflicts, still climate change has been addressed as an important trigger,...

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Tourism and Development : A Recent Phenomenon Built on Old (Institutional) Roots?

Pigliaru, Francesco; Di Liberto, Adriana; Brau, Rinaldo - 2010

Is tourism an opportunity for lagging countries in the elusive quest for growth (Easterly, 2002)‘ Recent empirical evidence suggests that the answer is a cautious yes. Aggregate cross-country data show that tourism specialization is likely to be associated with higher per capita GDP growth...

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