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Does aid support democracy? : a systematic review of the literature

Gisselquist, Rachel M.; Niño-Zarazúa, Miguel; … - 2021

literature on aid and democracy. It asks: Does aid-especially democracy aid-have positive impact on democracy? How? What factors … most influence its impact? In so doing, it considers studies that explicitly focus on 'democracy aid' as an aggregate … category, its subcomponents (e.g. aid to elections), and 'developmental aid'. Overall, the evidence suggests that i) democracy …

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How do human rights violations affect poverty and income distribution?

Apergēs, Nikolaos; Cooray, Arusha - 2019

The goal of this paper is to examine the impact of human rights on income distribution and poverty by exploring how both aid and trade can influence poverty and income distribution through human rights. The analysis employs data for 125 countries and uses a number of panel data methods. The...

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The corruption-growth relationship : do political institutions matter?

Saha, Shrabani; Sen, Kunal - 2019

Corruption is widely believed to negatively affect economic growth. However, many East and Southeast Asia countries either achieved or currently are achieving impressively rapid economic growth despite widespread corruption - the 'East Asian Paradox'. Is this negative relationship equally likely...

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Power ahead : meeting Ethiopia's energy needs under a changing climate

Block, Paul; Strzepek, Kenneth - 2011

Ethiopia is powering ahead with an ambitious energy development strategy, highly reliant on abundant hydropower … reducing vulnerability to variability. -- Ethiopia ; energy development ; hydropower ; climate change ; economics …

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A dynamic general equilibrium analysis of adaptation to climate change in Ethiopia

Robinson, Sherman; Strzepek, Kenneth; Willenbockel, Dirk - 2011

This study links a multi-sectoral regionalized dynamic computable general equilibrium model of Ethiopia with a system … change towards 2050. In the absence of externally funded policy-driven adaptation investments Ethiopia's GDP in the 2040s …

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The impact of climate change on pastoral production systems : a study of climate variability and household adaptation strategies in southern Ethiopian rangelands

Berhanu, Wassie; Fekadu Beyene - 2014

This paper examines the determinants and implied economic impacts of climate change adaptation strategies in the context of traditional pastoralism. It is based on a household level survey in southern Ethiopian rangelands. Pastoralists' perception of climate change in the region is found to be...

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Tenure insecurity, climate variability, and renting-out decisions among female smallholder farmers in Ethiopia

Akpalu, Wisdom; Bezabih, Mintewab - 2014

. The results, based on a survey of female landholders in Ethiopia, highlight the factors that explain renting-out decisions. …

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Foreign aid for capacity-building to address climate change : insights and applications

Victor, David G. - 2013

The paper examines the role of foreign aid in building capacity to address climate change. While the experience with this topic is relatively recent and not yet extensive, analogous questions have arisen in many other areas of foreign aid. It is likely that climate change aid programmes work...

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The effectiveness of foreign aid for sustainable energy and climate mitigation

Rogner, H.-Holger - 2013

Foreign aid and technology transfer are an essential means, especially for the least developed countries, towards meeting the Millennium Development Goals as well as facilitating adaptation to, and mitigation of, climate change. The deployment of technologies harvesting renewable energy flows...

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Leveraging global climate finance for sustainable forests : opportunities and conditions for successful foreign aid to the forestry sector

Pascual, Unai; Garmendia, Eneko; Phelps, Jacob; Ojea, Elena - 2013

Forest loss and degradation remains a leading environmental problem. The long history of sustainable forest management has often failed to meet expectations - constrained by funding, governance, capacity and competing interests. Initiatives from the climate change policy arena are opening new...

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