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renewable energy development and the mediating effects of governance on that relationship. For this purpose, the Ordinary Least … robust across alternative specifications of natural resources and governance, except for forest resources, which have a …. Second, governance interacts with natural resource rents to generate positive effects across different governance …
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This study assesses the effect of globalisation on governance in 51 African countries for the period 1996-2011. Ten … bundled and unbundled governance indicators and four globalisation variables are used. The empirical evidence is based on … Generalised Method of Moments. The following findings are established. First, on political governance, only social globalisation …
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This paper examines interconnections between law, politics and the quality of government in Africa. We investigate whether African democracies enjoy relatively better government quality compared to their counterparts with more autocratic inclinations. The empirical evidence is based on...
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Large-scale agricultural land acquisitions have been covered substantially in recent literature. Despite the wealth of theoretical and empirical studies on this subject, there is no study that has reviewed existing literature in light of concerns over sustainable and equitable management. This...
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This paper is an extension of the debate on the nexus between the strength of IPRs and prospects for knowledge economy. It assesses the relationships between software piracy and scientific publications in African countries for which data is available. The findings which reveal a positive nexus...
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, which affects governance and through governance the knowledge economy. The claim addresses one weakness of previous research … effects on peace and stability, and peace and stability affect governance differently depending on what kind of globalization … induces it. For instance, the effects on governance induced by globalization defined as trade are stronger than those …
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This paper examines how Africa's share in the contribution to global scientific knowledge can be boosted with existing Intellectual Property Rights (IPRs) mechanisms. The findings which broadly indicate that tight IPRs are correlated with knowledge contribution can be summarized in two main...
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The Kangoye (2013, TDE) findings on the negative nexus between foreign aid unpredictability and governance could … (2012, JDS) literature, we first confirm Kangoye's findings. Then extend the concept of governance from corruption to … Kangoye. It follows that in the presence of foreign aid uncertainty, governments could be constrained to improve governance …
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Large-scale agricultural land acquisitions have been covered substantially in recent literature. Despite the wealth of theoretical and empirical studies on this subject, there is no study that has reviewed existing literature in light of concerns over sustainable and equitable management. This...
Persistent link: https://www.econbiz.de/10011409817
Crimes and conflicts are seriously undermining African development. This article assesses the best governance tools in … population density. Justifications for the edge of corruption-control (as the most effective governance tool) and policy …
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