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State legitimacy and famines in Sub-Saharan Africa

Sutter, Camille - Volkswirtschaftliche Fakultät, … - 2011

Political Economy of famines mainly focuses on political regimes to understand the role of institutions. In this paper, we investigate a broader concept, state legitimacy, and its role on one specific development outcome, famine management. State legitimacy refers to the political history of a...

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Women in Development – Dissecting the Discourse

Vijayamohanan, Pillai N.; Asalatha, B. P.; Ponnuswamy, B. - Volkswirtschaftliche Fakultät, … - 2009

‘threatening’ planning for Women in Development (WID) to the more ‘confrontational’ gender planning with its aspiring goal of …The concept of women’s development has now become an integral part of the development discourses and policy initiatives …. This development has been informed by a remarkable though gradual shift in the perception about women, from the stature of …

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Perceived financial barriers and the start-up decision: An econometric analysis of gender differences using GEM data

Stephen, Roper; Jonathan M., Scott - Volkswirtschaftliche Fakultät, … - 2009

ability of UK women-owned firms to obtain external finance. In this paper we use an econometric approach to explore the effect … Entrepreneurship Monitor (GEM) UK 2004 database. Standardising for a range of individual characteristics, we find that women are around … barriers are linked negatively to the start-up decision, stronger perceptions of financial barriers among women are having a …

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Boosting scientific publications in Africa: which IPRs protection channels matter?

Asongu, Simplice A - Volkswirtschaftliche Fakultät, … - 2014

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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Designing Comprehensive Cluster Policies in Developing Countries: Perspectives for Morocco

Benner, Maximilian - Volkswirtschaftliche Fakultät, … - 2013

Cluster policy has arrived at the mainstream of economic policy since the early 1990. In many developing countries including those on the African continent, clusters on the regional and local levels have been promoted. The North African countries offer an interesting case because of their...

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Knowledge Economy Gaps, Policy Syndromes and Catch-up Strategies: Fresh South Korean Lessons to Africa

Asongu, Simplice A - Volkswirtschaftliche Fakultät, … - 2014

Africa’s overall knowledge index fell between 2000 and 2009. South Korea’s economic miracle is largely due to a knowledge-based development strategy that holds valuable lessons for African countries in their current pursuit towards knowledge economies. Using updated data (1996-2010), this...

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Software piracy and scientific publications: knowledge economy evidence from Africa

Asongu, Simplice - Volkswirtschaftliche Fakultät, … - 2014

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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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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Production efficiency in Peasant Agriculture: The Case of Mixed Farming System in the Ethiopian Highlands

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

An aggregate measure of production efficiency involving crop and livestock enterprises is examined in the Selale and Ada regions of Ethiopia using Data Envelopment Analysis (DEA). In general, farmers in regions more suitable to crop production (Ada) tend to attain higher production efficiency...

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Options for Export Diversification and Faster Export Growth in Ghana

Chandra, Vandana; Osorio Rodarte, Israel - Volkswirtschaftliche Fakultät, … - 2007

This paper discusses how Ghana’s path to a middle income status does not have to be paved with only manufactured products. There are multiple paths and processed natural resources-based products are not necessarily a curse, and if Ghana wants and it builds the requisite capacity, it can turn...

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