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Institutions and governance in Mozambique: A bird's eye view based on existing databases

Ferreira, Ines A. - 2024

Using publicly available databases and drawing on a wide range of indicators, this paper reviews the institutional …

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Dietsche, Evelyn - 2017

premised on the understanding that institutions matter for development. However, there is no straightforward answer to the … question of what exactly 'institutions' are, how they change, or how they can be made to change to become more supportive of an …

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The use of social accountability mechanisms by Syrian diaspora organizations providing aid in the Syrian crisis

Abdel-Samad, Mounah; Flanigan, Shawn - 2018

This paper presents data from a study of Syrian diaspora organizations providing assistance to conflict-affected Syrians in Europe, the Middle East, and North America. Using interview data from leaders in three Syrian diaspora non-profit organizations, this paper examines the social mechanisms...

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NGOs and the effectiveness of interventions

Usmani, Faraz; Jeuland, Marc; Pattanayak, Subhrendu - 2018

Interventions in remote, rural settings face high transaction costs. We develop a model of household decision-making to evaluate how non-governmental organizations (NGOs) address these implementation-related challenges and influence intervention effectiveness. To test our model's predictions, we...

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Gender matters: Private sector training in Vietnamese SMEs

Bjerge, Benedikte; Torm, Nina; Trifkovic, Neda - 2016

-provided training is generally seen as an important tool for bridging the skills gap between labour force and private sector demand. Yet … little is known about how successful such training may be in closing the gender wage gap. We use a matched employer …-employee panel dataset to assess why firms train and whether formal training affects wage outcomes in Vietnamese SMEs. Training is …

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Ground-truthing' Chinese development finance in Africa: Field evidence from South Africa and Uganda

Muchapondwa, Edwin; Nielson, Daniel; Parks, Bradley; … - 2014

A new methodology, Tracking Under-Reported Financial Flows (TUFF), allows us to systematically gather open-source information - e.g. news reports, case studies, project inventories from embassy websites, and grant and loan data published by recipient governments - about Chinese development...

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The governance of global value chains, the state, and small businesses: The case of timber in Myanmar

Rand, John; Castro Rodriguez, Paula; Tarp, Finn; … - 2019

We use the case of the timber industry in Myanmar to analyse how national regulatory frameworks and international ecological discourses affect forest management and small businesses. The state plays two roles in the timber industry in Myanmar: it is the main producer and legal source of raw...

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Implementing EU renewable energy policy at the subnational level: Navigating between conflicting interests

Lepesant, Gilles - 2016

The European Union (EU) has set targets for gradually reducing greenhouse gas emissions through 2050. One of the instruments involved is the 2009 Renewable Energy Directive, which specifies a 20 per cent renewable energy target for the EU by 2020. This paper reviews tensions and institutional...

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Does the political resource curse affect public finance? The vulnerability of tax revenue in resource-rich countries

von Haldenwang, Christian; Ivanyna, Maksym - 2017

This paper explores the extent to which government revenue is affected by external shocks, and whether these effects are different for resource-rich as compared with non-resource-rich countries. We are particularly interested in the fate of poorer countries, as we assume they will find it more...

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Entrepreneurial activity and civil war in Colombia: Exploring the mutual determinants between armed conflict and the private sector

Rettberg, Angelika; Leiteritz, Ralf; Nasi, Carlo - 2010

company-specific traits, institutions of production, and the nature of international markets have a significant impact on the …

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