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Displaced Populations, Humanitarian Assistance and Hosts: A Framework for Analyzing Impacts on Semi-urban Households
Alix-Garcia, Jennifer; Bartlett, Anne; Saah, David - In: World Development 40 (2012) 2, pp. 373-386
This paper presents a framework for understanding the impacts of civil war, displaced populations, and humanitarian assistance on host populations in semi-urban areas. Our model shows that under conditions of conflict where populations flow from rural to urban areas and food aid follows, changes...
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A tale of industrial stagnation from Africa
Dagdeviren, Hulya; Mahran, Hatim - In: International Review of Applied Economics 24 (2010) 4, pp. 495-510
-known explanation is that resource endowments in Africa favour land not labour, which results in high wages, especially in comparison … with 'labour abundant' Asian economies. This paper examines the validity of this view on the basis of the case of Sudan. We …
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WORLD DEVELOPMENT, 2000-2010: PRODUCTION, INVESTMENT AND SAVINGS IN 21 AREAS OF AMERICA, AFRICA, ASIA-PACIFIC, EUROPE AND EURASIA
GUISAN, Maria-Carmen - In: Regional and Sectoral Economic Studies 14 (2014) 2
countries. We analyze the evolution of investment and savings in 132 countries of America, Africa, Asia-Pacific, Europe and …
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POBREZA, ODM Y COOPERACIÓN INTERNACIONAL AL DESARROLLO EN ÁFRICA Y ASIA
GUISÁN, MARÍA-CARMEN; EXPÓSITO, PILAR - In: Estudios Economicos de Desarrollo Internacional 10 (2010) 1, pp. 85-102
Analizamos la evolución de la disminución de la pobreza en África y Asia, con especial atención al papel de la …, health expenditure and indicators of development and poverty reduction in Africa and Asia, with special attention to the role …
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FROM BILATERAL TRADE TO MULTILATERAL PRESSURE: A SCENARIO OF EUROPEAN UNION RELATIONS WITH SUDAN
SIDDIG, KHALID H. A. - In: Middle East Development Journal (MEDJ) 03 (2011) 01, pp. 55-73
sanctions on Sudan. The idea of the paper is motivated by the deteriorating relations between Sudan and the EU arising from the … employed in this paper. The simulation bans importation into the EU from Sudan as well as exportation to Sudan from the EU. The …. Domestic output in MENA, Egypt, Kenya, and Ethiopia in some sectors will fall due to the EU sanctions on Sudan, reflecting the …
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Together in the middle: Back-channel negotiation in the Irish peace process
Dochartaigh, Niall Ó - In: Journal of Peace Research 48 (2011) 6, pp. 767-780
This article examines the development of cooperative relationships in back-channel communication and their impact on intraparty negotiation. It draws on extensive newly available evidence on back-channel communication in the Irish peace process to expand the range of detailed case studies on a...
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China’s Policy on the Middle East Peace Process after the Cold War
Chaziza, Mordechai - In: China Report 49 (2013) 1, pp. 161-175
This article focuses on China’s policy towards the peace process in the Middle East after the end of the Cold War and the American influence on Chinese policy. China has always charted its policy on the Arab-Israeli peace process to be ‘balanced diplomacy’, maintaining...
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Will democracy bring peace to Myanmar?
Nilsen, Marte - In: International Area Studies Review 16 (2013) 2, pp. 115-141
related to various possible outcomes of the elections in 2015. The argument of the article is that democratization does not in …
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The Persistency of the India–Pakistan Conflict: Chances and Obstacles of the Bilateral Composite Dialogue
Wojczewski, Thorsten - In: Journal of Asian Security and International Affairs 1 (2014) 3, pp. 319-345
This article investigates the underlying causes for the persistency of the India–Pakistan conflict and, on this basis, the chances and obstacles of the bilateral composite dialogue initiated in 2004. In particular, it wants to provide a theoretically grounded account of the factors that...
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Africa does not need IFRS
Sy, Aida; Tinker, Tony - In: African Journal of Accounting, Auditing and Finance 2 (2013) 1, pp. 1-8
standardise reporting practices throughout the globe. There are several reasons why this vision may not hold, and therefore Africa …
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