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Transparency in Resource Governance: The Pitfalls and Potential of “New Oil” in Sub-Saharan Africa
Alstine, James Van - In: Global Environmental Politics 14 (2014) 1, pp. 20-39
An international agenda has evolved over the past decade to establish hard and soft rules to govern the impacts of the extractive industries. The international community and some resource-rich states have increasingly embraced norms such as transparency in resource governance. This paper...
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The Long-Run Effects of the Scramble for Africa
Michalopoulos, Stelios; Papaioannou, Elias - C.E.P.R. Discussion Papers - 2011
We examine the long-run consequences of the scramble for Africa among European powers in the late 19th century and … more prolonged and more devastating civil wars. Third, we identify sizeable spillovers; civil conflict spreads from the … sizable causal impact of the scramble for Africa on warfare. …
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The legacy of historical conflict : evidence from Africa
Besley, Timothy; Reynal-Querol, Marta - 2012
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Middleman minorities and ethnic violence : anti-Jewish pogroms in the Russian Empire
Grosfeld, Irena; Sakalli, Seyhun Orcan; Zhuravskaya, … - In: The review of economic studies : RES 87 (2020) 1, pp. 289-342
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Climate, ecosystem resilience and the slave trade
Fenske, James; Kala, Namrata - C.E.P.R. Discussion Papers - 2013
African societies exported more slaves in colder years. Lower temperatures reduced mortality and raised agricultural yields, lowering slave supply costs. Our results help explain African participation in the slave trade, which predicts adverse outcomes today. We use an annual panel of African...
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The role of weather on schooling and work of youngaAdults in Madagascar
Marchetta, Francesca; Sahn, David E.; Tiberti, Luca - In: American journal of agricultural economics 101 (2019) 4, pp. 1203-1227
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Young People, Agriculture, and Transformation in Rural Africa: An “Opportunity Space” Approach
Sumberg, James; Okali, Christine - In: Innovations: Technology, Governance, Globalization 8 (2013) 1-2, pp. 259-269
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Fertilizer by Phone: Esoko Enhances African Farmers' Livelihoods through Innovations in Data Access (Innovations Case Narrative: Esoko)
Davies, Mark - In: Innovations: Technology, Governance, Globalization 7 (2012) 4, pp. 27-41
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“Rubber will not keep in this country”: Failed development in Benin, 1897–1921
Fenske, James - In: Explorations in Economic History 50 (2013) 2, pp. 316-333
Although Nigeria's Benin region was a major rubber producer in 1960, the industry faltered before 1921. I use labor scarcity and state capacity to explain why rubber did not take hold in this period. The government was unable to protect Benin's rubber forests from over-exploitation. Plantations...
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Foreign Direct Investment in Sub-Saharan Africa: The Land-Energy Nexus
Giovannetti, Giorgia; Ticci, Elisa - In: QA - Rivista dell'Associazione Rossi-Doria (2013) 2
his paper explores recent patterns of foreign direct investments (FDI) in land in Sub-Saharan Africa (SSA), with the … acquisitions, especially for biofuel projects, but Africa’s increasing attractiveness in this sector is not without risks. Our Zero …
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