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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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Climatic shocks and food security : the role of foreign aid
Kinda, Somlanare Romulda - 2017
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David versus Goliath: fundamental patterns and predictions in modern wars and terrorist campaigns
Spagat, Michael; Johnson, Neil F.; Weezel, Stijn van - 2017
in a mass of new event data covering conflict in Africa and Asia from 1990 to 2014. Moreover, there are similar …
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Apocalypse now? : climate change and war in Africa
Weezel, Stijn van - 2018
of violent armed conflict, which focuses almost exclusively on linking annual variation in climatic conditions to … averaging is used to test whether variables measuring changes in local climate contribute consistently in explaining conflict … temperature is robustly linked to violent armed conflict: moving from low to high temperature levels corresponds to a 31% increase …
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Foreign direct investment and the ease of doing business
Corcoran, Adrian; Gillanders, Robert - 2012
This paper examines the effect that a country's business regulatory environment has on the amount of foreign direct investment it attracts. We use the World Bank's Ease of Doing Business ranking to capture the costs that firms face when operating in a country. Several interesting results emerge....
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Technology convergence and digital divides : a country-level evidence for the period 2000-2010
Lechman, Ewa - 2013
The paper, mostly empirical in nature, investigates issues on cross-national new information and communication technologies (ICTs) adoption patterns and growth directions. In the period of 2000-2010, a great number of countries underwent substantial changes on the field of ICTs implementation....
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Trade diversity and stages of development : evidence on EU countries
Parteka, Aleksandra - 2013
The paper presents the dynamics of trade diversity with respect to stages of development in the European context. The analysis focuses on EU27 countries observed across the years 1988-2010 and compared to a sample of 136 international economies at all levels of income per capita. We use product...
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Assessing the allocation of aid : developmental concerns and the self-interest of donors
Canavire, Gustavo; Nunnenkamp, Peter; Thiele, Rainer; … - In: The Indian economic journal 54 (2006) 1, pp. 26-51
Persistent link: https://www.econbiz.de/10003443510
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In the aftermath of large natural disasters, what happens to foreign aid?
Becerra, Oscar; Cavallo, Eduardo A.; Noy, Ilan - 2010
Persistent link: https://www.econbiz.de/10008857768