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This paper, examines the possibility of adopting Oil- to- Cash scheme in Iraq. Here, a new opportunity is identified … drawbacks, West concludes that a cash transfer scheme could have positive and powerful political economy impacts too, including … and means to diversify the economy. While political implementation might prove difficult, analysis suggests that this …
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An outline of what would be ideally needed for a comprehensive set of national accounts is given. National governments and international agencies ought ideally to go even beyond green national accounts. Unfortunately though, that ideal cannot be met, at least not in the near future....
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The aim of this paper is to examine the driving forces behind China’s military modernization efforts followed by an assessment of the goals and foci of China’s military modernization at present and in the foreseeable future. The paper concludes with an analysis of the...
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Many aspects of the Iraq venture have turned out differently from what was purported before the war: there were no … weapons of mass destruction, no clear link between Al Qaeda and Iraq, no imminent danger that would warrant a pre-emptive war … of the War on the overall performance of the economy, taking into account both the effects of the expenditures themselves …
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Thomas Conroy, Jarice Hanson, eds. Constructing America's War Culture: Iraq, Media, and Images at Home. Lanham …
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While Iraq and future Iraq policy are constantly in the news, almost all the American facts-on-the-ground in that …
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The GCC states ((Bahrain, Kuwait, Saudi Arabia, Oman, Qatar and UAE) have embarked on establishing a civilian nuclear programme solely for peaceful proposes. However, the actual nature of the programme could shift from civilian to military if the non-proliferation regime collapses or suffers a...
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up to the Iraq war and afterwards, the Bush Administration and legislators in the US and UK exerted enormous pressure on …
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This paper investigates the impact of political leaders’ migration experience on the quality of their leadership. A database is constructed on the personal background of 932 politicians who were at the head of the executive power in a developing country over the 1960-2004 period. A...
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This booklet explains the SECC,2011, as it relates to rural India, and details the entire process in simple language. [Ministry of Rural Development]. URL:[http://rural.nic.in/sites/downloads/general/Caste_Census_book_indd.pdf].
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