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Togo : thorny transitions and misguided aid at the roots of economic misery

Kohnert, Dirk - 2011

regimes' propensity to change towards democratization and economic prosperity. They took Togo as model to test their approach … basic data deficiencies. It is open to question, whether Togo's expected economic consolidation and growth will be due to …

Persistent link: https://www.econbiz.de/10011334797

Donor's double talk undermines African agency : comparative study of civic agency in Burkina Faso and Togo ; the fabrication of public action in countries <<under an aid regime>> A...

Kohnert, Dirk - 2015 - Draft

democratic revolutions in autocratic regimes. The differing outcome of 'democratic revolutions' in Togo and Burkina Faso - both …

Persistent link: https://www.econbiz.de/10011346333

Togo : Thorny Transition and Misguided Aid at the Roots of Economic Misery

Kohnert, Dirk - 2008

regimes propensity to change towards democratization and economic prosperity. They took Togo as model to test their approach … basic data deficiencies. It is open to question, whether Togo s expected economic consolidation and growth will be due to …

Persistent link: https://www.econbiz.de/10014223608

Reforms, remoteness and risk in Africa: Understanding inequality and poverty during the 1990s

Christiaensen, Luc; Demery, Lionel; Paternostro, Stefano - 2003

This study traces the interactions between economic growth, income inequality and consumption poverty in a sample of African countries during the 1990s. It draws on the much-improved household data sets now available in the region. It finds that experiences have varied: some countries have seen...

Persistent link: https://www.econbiz.de/10010279121

EU-African economic relations : continuing dominance, traded for aid?

Kohnert, Dirk - 2008

Persistent link: https://www.econbiz.de/10003727308

EU-African economic relations : continuing dominance, traded for aid?

Kohnert, Dirk - 2008

fördern die Entwicklung und die Verhandlungsmacht der Staaten des subsaharischen Afrika gegenüber der EU. Aber gerade die …. Abgesehen von den Folgen des (Neo-)Kolonialismus, und trotz der unbestrittenen Demokratisierungsdefizite vieler afrikanischer … des subsaharischen Afrika bei. Angesichts der anhaltenden politischen und wirtschaftlichen Dominanz der EU und der …

Persistent link: https://www.econbiz.de/10008908173

Inequality, finance and pro-poor investment in Africa

Asongu, Simplice A.; Tchamyou, Vanessa S. - 2015

This study complements existing literature by investigating how investment-driven finance affects inequality in Africa. The empirical evidence is based on restricted and unrestricted Two-Stage Least Squares and a pre-crisis periodicity (1980-2002). Inequality is measured with estimated household...

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African agency and EU- African Economic Partnership Agreements

Kohnert, Dirk - 2014

This article provides a review of literature on African Agency and the drivers of change within EU–African trade politics in negotiations on Economic Partnership Agreements between the European Union and African governments.

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Country concepts and the rational actor trap : limitations to strategic management of international NGOs

Kohnert, Dirk - 2004

Growing criticism of inefficient development aid demanded new planning instruments of donors, including international NGOs (INGOs). A reorientation from isolated project-planning towards holistic country concepts and the increasing rationality of a result-orientated planning process were seen as...

Persistent link: https://www.econbiz.de/10011334861

Magic and witchcraft : implications for democratization and poverty-alleviating aid in Africa

Kohnert, Dirk - 1996

The belief in occult forces is still deeply rooted in many African societies, regardless of education, religion, and social class of the people concerned. According to many Africans its incidence is even increasing due to social stress and strain caused (among others) by the process of...

Persistent link: https://www.econbiz.de/10011334889