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A re-examination of the relation between democracy and international trade: The case of Africa
Balding, Christopher - 2011
Scholars and policy makers believe that democracy will bring prosperity through integration into the global economy via … trade more. Second, democracy implies higher quality governance either through institutions or policy-making procedures. I …, importers and exporters. I find the theory that democracy, and many of its components, promotes international trade unconvincing …
Persistent link: https://www.econbiz.de/10010280181
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Towards a political economy framework for wind power: Does China break the mould?
Davidson, Michael R.; Kahrl, Frederich; Karplus, Valerie J. - 2016
We propose a general taxonomy of the political economy challenges to wind power development and integration, highlighting the implications in terms of actors, interests, and risks. Applying this framework to three functions in China's electricity sector - planning and project approval, generator...
Persistent link: https://www.econbiz.de/10011532366
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China and India: Country role models of development success?
Santos-Paulino, Amelia U. - 2010
The paper discusses views on China and India as country role models. In so doing the article recounts the economic and political reforms pursued by the two countries. The paper also outlines the outstanding reforms and the bottlenecks that could jeopardize economic performance and development...
Persistent link: https://www.econbiz.de/10010280165
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Foreign aid in dangerous places: The donors and Mali's democracy
van de Walle, Nicolas - 2012
Mali long seemed a model, low-income democracy. Yet, in a few short weeks in early 2012, more than half of the … elements of vertical accountability that are necessary for democracy. On the other hand, aid was not very successful at …
Persistent link: https://www.econbiz.de/10010319848
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The changing dynamics of foreign aid and democracy in Mozambique
Manning, Carrie; Malbrough, Monica - 2012
This study explores the effects of foreign aid on democracy in Mozambique during the last decade. Aid for democracy …. Emphasis has moved from building central government institutions to bolstering local governance, and from a focus on democracy …
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Does foreign aid promote democracy? Aid, democracy, and instability from trade
Kangoye, Thierry - 2011
instability, namely terms-of-trade instability, on the quality of democracy. We take advantage of previous empirical findings …, aggregate aid flows can potentially dampen the effects of terms-of-trade instability on the quality of democracy. An empirical …
Persistent link: https://www.econbiz.de/10010280182
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China's growth miracle in the context of Asian transformation
Lin, Justin Yifu - 2018
Myrdal did not cover China in his Asian Drama. If he did, he would have been most likely pessimistic about China, as he was about other Asian countries in his book. However, China has achieved miraculous growth since the transition from a planned economy to a market economy at the end of 1978....
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Trust as state capacity: The political economy of compliance
Besley, Timothy; Dray, Sacha - 2022
This paper explores the link between trust in government, policy-making, and compliance. It focuses on a specific channel whereby citizens who are convinced that a policy is worthwhile are more motivated to comply with it. This in turn reduces the government's cost of implementing a policy and...
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Corruption and assortative matching of partners in international trade
Cooray, Arusha; Jha, Chandan Kumar; Panda, Bibhudutta - 2020
While the effects of corruption on bilateral trade have been relatively well explored, its effect on the composition of trading partners has not been studied. In this paper, we argue that corruption in a country is likely to impose asymmetric costs on its trading partners depending on their...
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Into the void: Governing finance in Central and Eastern Europe
Pistor, Katharina - 2010
Twenty years after the fall of the iron curtain - which for decades had separated East from West - most countries of Central and Eastern Europe are now members of the European Union; some have even adopted the euro. Nonetheless, these countries have also remained exceptionally vulnerable to...
Persistent link: https://www.econbiz.de/10010280228