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nationalism in Africa and elsewhere shows remarkable differences both in its roots and its impact, compared with that of the …, Sara, Daniel Hammett, and Paul Nugent (eds.) (2007), Making Nations, Creating Strangers. States and Citizenship in Africa … National Identity in Africa. Oxford, New York: Oxford University Press, ISBN 9780199286751, 448 pages …
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We analyze the effect of the Statistical Capacity on government effectiveness/efficiency, using a cross-sectional and panel data for a sample of 48 countries African for a period of 2003-2008.The results show that Statistical Capacity positively affects government effectiveness/efficiency. The...
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This paper reviews the status of Agricultural Biotechnology in Sub-Saharan Africa. It addresses the potential economic … benefits to Sub-Saharan Africa and the effect biotechnology policies may have on growth, production and poverty reduction. The … property rights (IPRs) and market concentration on the development and diffusion of biotechnology in Sub-Saharan Africa is …
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This paper evaluates whether natural resource exports revenue of Mongolia reduces the interest rate spread using single-sector model and studies the cases that decreased their interest rate spread successfully. The results suggest that the difference in quality of natural resource’s...
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Biodiversity is a huge variety of ecosystems, species and genes, which represent the natural capital. The biodiversity values make up the natural heritage that must be used by the present generations without jeopardizing the chance of the next generations to enjoy the same living conditions. The...
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Recent development trends of environmental taxation in Ukraine in context of the 2011 Tax Reform are analysed. Institutional, fiscal and security challenges for green taxes evolution during economic downturn and recession are summarized. Further modernization outlook for environment-oriented...
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A positive economic growth is one crucial macroeconomic objective of every nation. Many countries have formed regional as well as international trading blocs in an attempt to enhance economic growth and maximise welfare of each member state, the AFTZ member states are not an exception. This...
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Polygyny rates are higher in Western Africa than in Eastern Africa. The African slave trades explain this difference …. More male slaves were exported in the trans-Atlantic slave trades from Western Africa, while more female slaves were … exported in the Indian Ocean and Red Sea slave trades from Eastern Africa. The slave trades led to prolonged periods of …
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'brain drain' from Africa even more, while mil-lions of unskilled irregular migrants compete with the growing army of …
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The ``land abundance'' view of African history uses sparse population to explain economic institutions. I provide supporting evidence from the Egba of Nigeria. I use early colonial court records to show that Egba institutions fit the theory's predictions. Before 1914, the Egba had poorly defined...
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