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Contraintes institutionnelles et règlementaires et le secteur informel à Djibouti

Mahamoud, Ismael - Volkswirtschaftliche Fakultät, … - 2008

in Djibouti by both the macroeconomic and microeconomic analysis. The review shows that institutional habits (corruption …

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Crime and conflicts in Africa: consequences of corruption?

Simplice A, Asongu; Oasis, Kodila-Tedika - Volkswirtschaftliche Fakultät, … - 2013

With earthshaking and jaw-breaking levels of corruption in the African continent, the question on the extent to which … corruption influences crime still remains unanswered. This paper assesses the effect of corruption (corruption-control) in 38 … African countries using updated data. We find that, crime is highly positively (negatively) correlated with corruption …

Persistent link: https://www.econbiz.de/10011112828

Liberalization and financial sector competition: a critical contribution to the empirics with an African assessment

Asongu, Simplice A - Volkswirtschaftliche Fakultät, … - 2013

This paper investigates how financial, trade, institutional and political liberalization policies have affected financial sector competition in Africa using updated data to appraise second generation reforms. The ‘freedom to trade’ and ‘economic freedom’ indices are employed. Hitherto,...

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Crop and Milk Production Structure of Smallholders in Ethiopia

Mariam, Yohannes; Coffin, Garth - Volkswirtschaftliche Fakultät, … - 1993

Radical changes took place with respect to several agricultural policies in Ethiopia in 1990-91. Different agricultural technologies were being delivered by several international agencies. Shifts in government policies and technological intervention would induce changes in the production...

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The Contribution of Non-Physical Resources and Strategic Household Decision-making to Environmental and Policy Risks

Mariam, Yohannes; Galaty, John; Coffin, Garth - Volkswirtschaftliche Fakultät, … - 1993

Physical resources such as land, labour and livestock, and nonphysical resources such as indigenous knowledge and institutions of producers in the grain surplus and deficit regions of the Central Highlands of Ethiopia are examined under situation of environmental and policy risks. Frequency...

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The long-term effects of development aid - Empirical studies in rural West Africa.

Bierschenk, Thomas; Elwert, Georg; Kohnert, Dirk - Volkswirtschaftliche Fakultät, … - 1991

This article is based on field studies in rural West Africa. It concentrates on the socio-structural effects of development aid in the long run, in contrast to numerous available evaluation reports on the short-run effects of development projects. The study reveals that superficial...

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Informality as Normality: On the Articulation of Shadow Economy and Society in Africa

Kohnert, Dirk - Volkswirtschaftliche Fakultät, … - 2000

There exists a longstanding discussion of the role of the informal economy in the development process of Third World countries, notably in Africa. Much of the controversy was concerned with the question whether the informal sector promotes development or should rather be considered as a barrier...

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Strategic Decision-Making: Adoption of Agricultural Technologies and Risk in a Peasant Economy

Mariam, Yohannes; Galaty, John; Coffin, Garth - Volkswirtschaftliche Fakultät, … - 1993

Descriptive and logit analysis were employed to investigate the impact of social, economic and technical factors on decisions to adopt new agricultural technologies in the Ada and Selale districts of Ethiopia. Peasants follow sequential adoption of technologies. In both study areas, priority is...

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Les enquêtes sur le secteur informel à Djibouti : une analyse comparative 1980-2001

Mahamoud, Ismael; Adair, Philippe - Volkswirtschaftliche Fakultät, … - 2006

The informal sector, according to ILO’s definition, nurtures to a large extent both the economic activities of the port as well as the overall economy of Djibouti. A comparative approach of two surveys carried out in 1980 (PECTA) and 2001 (PATARE) emphasizes the evolution of the various...

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New financial development indicators: with a critical contribution to inequality empirics

Asongu, Simplice - Volkswirtschaftliche Fakultät, … - 2013

The employment of financial development indicators without due consideration to country/regional specific financial development realities remains an issue of substantial policy relevance. Financial depth in the perspective of money supply is not equal to liquid liabilities in every development...

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