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The study of autocracies and weakly institutionalized countries is plagued by scarcity of information about the relative strength of different players within the political system. This paper presents novel data on the composition of government coalitions in a sample of fifteen post-colonial...
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accurate test. The results indicate that equality holds strongly for the most developed country in the sample (Zimbabwe), but … not at all for the least developed country (Tanzania). Moreover, the breakdown in correct remuneration in the two least …
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The connections between globalization and democracy are a classic question in international political economy and a … positive relationships running both ways between globalization and democracy, though exceptions obtain at particular times …
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We show that armed actors refrain from using their power to arbitrarily steal from an economy if, and only if, the armed actors' property rights over stealing from that economy are secure. By 2009, armed actors taxed, administered, and protected various villages in Democratic Republic of the...
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development quest. The sample includes seven developing countries—Botswana, Ghana, Nigeria, Zambia, India, Vietnam and Brazil —all …
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Tourism is a tradable service activity that could allow some African countries to generate significant growth. Tanzania …, Tanzania receives very few tourists and revenues from tourism. To explore the determinants of this performance, I conduct an … that hotels in the safari area in Tanzania are more expensive than comparable hotels, and that this difference in price …
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attainment that resulted from an intensive distribution of iodized oil capsules (IOC) in Tanzania. We look for evidence of … estimated effect on education. Cross-country regression estimates corroborate the results from Tanzania, indicating a strong …
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The purpose of this paper is to provide a historical perspective on the reform process initiated in Tanzania in 1986 … implemented. I am particularly interested in investigating how external aid affected Tanzania during the early years, and how it … special attention to three important episodes in Tanzania's economic history: (a) the exchange rate crisis of the late 1970's …
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At roughly 4% per annum, labor productivity in Tanzania has grown more rapidly over the past 12 years than at any other …-agricultural employment growth has occurred in the informal sector. Using Tanzania's first nationally representative survey of micro, small … economy-wide labor productivity growth in Tanzania between 2002 and 2012. However, virtually all of the labor productivity …
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One of the most cherished propositions in economics is that market competition by and large raises consumer welfare. But whether political competition has similarly virtuous consequences is far less discussed. This paper formulates a model to explain why political competition may enhance...
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