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How operational research influenced the scale up of antiretroviral therapy in Malawi
Harries, Anthony; Makombe, Simon; Schouten, Erik; Jahn, … - In: Health Care Management Science 15 (2012) 3, pp. 197-205
The national scale up of antiretroviral therapy in Malawi is based on a public health approach, with principles and … antiretroviral therapy was under-pinned by a very strong monitoring and evaluation system, which was used to audit the scale up …; iii) finding feasible ways of reducing the high early mortality in patients starting treatment in both Malawi and the sub …
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Chapter 5 The Economic Theory of Gift-Giving: Perfect Substitutability of Transfers and Redistribution of Wealth
Mercier Ythier, Jean - In: Handbook of the economics of giving, altruism and …, (pp. 227-369). 2006
This chapter reviews the theory of the voluntary public and private redistribution of wealth elaborated by economic analysis in the last forty years or so. The central object of the theory is altruistic gift-giving, construed as benevolent voluntary redistribution of income or wealth. The theory...
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Theory, General Equilibrium, and Political Economy in Development Economics
Acemoglu, Daron - In: Journal of Economic Perspectives 24 (2010) 3, pp. 17-32
I discuss the role of economic theory in empirical work in development economics with special emphasis on general equilibrium and political economy considerations. I argue that economic theory plays (should play) a central role in formulating models, estimates of which can be used for...
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Financial Institutions and the Wealth of Nations: Tales of Development
Tong, Jian; Xu, Cheng-Gang - C.E.P.R. Discussion Papers - 2004
Interactions between economic development and financial development are studied by looking at the roles of financial institutions in selecting R&D projects (including both imitation and innovation). Financial development is regarded as the evolution of the financing regimes. The effectiveness of...
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The Dragon Is Flying West: Micro-level Evidence of Chinese Outward Direct Investment
Chen, Wenjie; Tang, Heiwai - In: Asian Development Review 31 (2014) 2, pp. 109-140
Outward direct investment (ODI) from the People's Republic of China (PRC) is surging. A common perception is that it was driven by the country's resource-seeking and technology-seeking motives. Using a new, unique, and comprehensive dataset that covers close to 10,000 Chinese ODI deals from 1998...
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Climate mitigation and adaptation in Africa : evidence from patent data
Haščič, Ivan; Silva, Jérôme; Johnstone, Nick - 2012
This paper presents comparative data on innovation in selected climate change mitigation and adaptation technologies in the context of Africa. Such analysis informs policy aimed at encouraging international technology transfer and development of domestic innovation capacities. We present...
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New Tools for the Analysis of Political Power in Africa
Trebbi, Francesco; Rainer, Ilia - National Bureau of Economic Research (NBER) - 2012
The study of autocracies and weakly institutionalized countries is plagued by scarcity of information about the relative strength of different players within the political system. This paper presents novel data on the composition of government coalitions in a sample of fifteen post-colonial...
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How Is Power Shared In Africa?
Francois, Patrick; Trebbi, Francesco; Rainer, Ilia - National Bureau of Economic Research (NBER) - 2012
This paper presents new evidence on the power sharing layout of national political elites in a panel of African countries, most of them autocracies. We present a model of coalition formation across ethnic groups and structurally estimate it employing data on the ethnicity of cabinet ministers...
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Climate Mitigation and Adaptation in Africa: Evidence from Patent Data
Haščič, Ivan; Silva, Jérôme; Johnstone, Nick - Environment Directorate, Organisation de Coopération … - 2012
This paper presents comparative data on innovation in selected climate change mitigation and adaptation technologies in the context of Africa. Such analysis informs policy aimed at encouraging international technology transfer and development of domestic innovation capacities. We present...
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The influence of foreign bank entry on lending to small firms in Tanzania
Satta, Tadeo Andrew - In: Journal of Economic Policy Reform 7 (2004) 3, pp. 165-173
Developing countries have witnessed an increase in foreign bank participation during the last decade. Using bank level data for the period 1991-2001, we examine the influence of foreign banks on the financing of small firms in Tanzania. Despite dominating the banking sector, results suggest that...
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