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: Albania, Indonesia, Madagascar and Nepal. Simple descriptive statistics, correlation coefficients, contingency tables and …
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This study, relying on an economic-theoretical approach to index numbers, proposes a framework for incorporating environmental indicators to the measurement of human well-being. Furthermore this study also proposes an improvement index which alleviates the well-known deficiency of across-time...
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ecological dynamics, and consequently, on poverty. – poverty ; globalization ; environment ; ecosystem resilience ; institutions …
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Nigeria is governed by a federal system, hence its fiscal operations also adhere to the same principle, a fact which has serious implications on how the tax system is managed. The country’s tax system is lopsided, and dominated by oil revenue. It is also characterized by unnecessarily complex,...
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This paper analyses both global and regional approaches to solving problems of energy security and ecological imbalance by addressing specifically the problems of China's energy security. China's growing energy dependence has become a major concern for both economic and national security...
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This article analyzes the support for democracy in Chile from an economic, institutional and political perspective. It … to answer the question of why support for Chilean democracy is not connected with economic growth. The analysis generates … support for democracy, it does affect individuals' perceptions of economic performance, since the variable 'economic situation …
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of democracy or been transformed into another form of authoritarianism. This article formulates an analytical framework … regime. Although the external environment has completely changed over the last two decades, this had only a minor impact on …
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survived the transitions to democracy in Latin America. Focusing on the case of Bolivia, the research is based on relevant laws …
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Natural resources in sub-Saharan Africa suffer from a bad reputation. Oil and diamonds, particularly, have been blamed for a number of Africa's illnesses such as poverty, corruption, dictatorship and war. This paper outlines the different areas and transmission channels of how this so-called...
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the institutional context: while disagreements over the question of democracy and human rights between the EU and ASEAN … Auseinandersetzungen über Demokratie und Menschenrechte gar zu einem zeitweiligen Stillstand der Beziehungen EU-ASEAN geführt haben, schien …Whereas the European Union (EU) favors a formal, binding, output-oriented, and to some extent supranational approach to …
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