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Gender difference in support for democracy in Sub-Saharan Africa: Do social institutions matter?
Konte M. - United Nations University-Maastricht Economic Research … - 2014
-Saharan Africa. This gender difference in politics has been found in numerous studies and may hinder the much needed legitimation of … democracy in this region. This paper addresses the question of whether this observed gender gap is due to the omission of social … institutions related to gender inequality, something that affects womens daily life and deprives them of autonomy at home. We …
Persistent link: https://www.econbiz.de/10010774752
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Why are women less democratic than men? Evidence from Sub-Saharan African countries
García-Peñalosa C.; Konte M. - United Nations University-Maastricht Economic Research … - 2014
gender gap in democratic attitudes, there have been no attempts to explain it. In this paper we try to understand why females … controlling for individual policy priorities does not offset the gender gap, but those women who are interested in politics are … development and political rights. Keywords Support for democracy, gender gap, policy priorities, institutions …
Persistent link: https://www.econbiz.de/10010856297
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The effects of remittances on support for democracy in Africa: Are remittances a curse or a blessing?
Konte M. - United Nations University-Maastricht Economic Research … - 2015
We examine the effect of remittances on the legitimacy of democracy in Africa, testing whether remittance recipients are less likely to support democracy than are non-recipients. We hypothesise that the effect of remittances on support for democracy varies across groups of individuals sharing...
Persistent link: https://www.econbiz.de/10011206930
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Assessing risk discourses: Nano S&T in the Global South
Kanerva, Minna - United Nations University-Maastricht Economic Research … - 2009
Nano science and technology (nano S&T) has potential to change our lives for the better, but at the same time, it causes also a significant amount of concern in terms of related health, environmental, ethical and societal risks. It is increasingly recognized that addressing these concerns...
Persistent link: https://www.econbiz.de/10010712088
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Absorptive Capacity and Export Diversification in Sub-Saharan African Countries
Habiyaremye, Alexis; Ziesemer, Thomas - United Nations University-Maastricht Economic Research … - 2006
This paper examines the extent to which dependence on primary commodities in Sub-Saharan African(SSA) countries can be explained by low levels of absorptive capacity (the ability to acquire, internalize and utilize knowledge developed elsewhere). We examine the individual and combined effects of...
Persistent link: https://www.econbiz.de/10010712003
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Estimating the rate of return to education in Sudan
Nour, Samia - United Nations University-Maastricht Economic Research … - 2011
men and women defined by gender, second, positive and significant rate of return to education and correlations between … explaining differences defined by gender and second for industrial firms and explaining differences defined by firm size and …
Persistent link: https://www.econbiz.de/10010856494
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Dynamics of biosciences regulation and opportunities for biosciences innovation in Africa: Exploring regulatory policy brokering
Kingiri, Ann; Hall, Andy - United Nations University-Maastricht Economic Research … - 2011
Knowledge brokering has been explored in the innovation literature to understand how different innovation tasks are organised toward technological development. This paper reflects upon the role of different organisations as knowledge brokers in regulatory policy processes towards putting...
Persistent link: https://www.econbiz.de/10010856347
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China's economic embrace of Africa: An international comparative perspective
Broich T.; Szirmai A. - United Nations University-Maastricht Economic Research … - 2014
This paper discusses the entry of China into the game of foreign finance in Africa. It analyses the scope, destination and sectoral distribution of Chinese financial flows and trade in comparison with Western patterns and trends of aid, foreign direct investment FDI and trade. Chinas foreign aid...
Persistent link: https://www.econbiz.de/10010856361
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Remittances provide resilience against disasters in Africa
Naudé, Wim; Bezuidenhout, Henri - United Nations University-Maastricht Economic Research … - 2012
How responsive are remittances to various disasters, both natural and human-made? And would remittances be affected by systemic financial crises (such as the 2008/09 financial crisis)? Using panel data on 23 Sub-Saharan African (SSA) countries over the period 1980 to 2007, we find that...
Persistent link: https://www.econbiz.de/10010856380
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Economic restructuring and total factor productivity growth: Tunisia over the period 1983-2001
Ghali, Sofiane; Mohnen, Pierre - United Nations University-Maastricht Economic Research … - 2010
In this paper we aim to measure and decompose the growth of frontier total factor productivity (TFP) in Tunisia over the period 1983-2001. We define frontier TFP growth as the shift of the economy's production frontier, which we obtain by solving for each year a linear program, a sort of...
Persistent link: https://www.econbiz.de/10010856394