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Humanity over economy : biopolitical responses to the COVID-19 pandemic in Ghana

McKeown, James - 2022

This study posits that pandemics should be regarded as complex, open-ended phenomena that cannot be reduced to biology and epidemiology. The research assesses Ghana's effectiveness in governing the COVID-19 pandemic contrary to apocalyptic predictions. This paper critiques Ghana's responses to...

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Character or context : what explains behavioural dishonesty in low-income countries?

Ferreira, Ines A.; Jones, Sam; Mouco, Jorge - 2020

temperature, humidity, and the number of participants in the room, are associated with large differences in dishonesty-for example …

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Temperature, climate change, and household financial behaviour : evidence from Viet Nam

Awaworyi Churchill, Sefa; Trong Anh Trinh; Danquah, Michael - 2023

We examine the impact of temperature shocks and climate change on household financial behaviour in Viet Nam. To do so …, we first estimate the effect of temperature on household borrowing and savings using Vietnamese longitudinal data that … matches satellite reanalysis temperature data with household information over the period 2008 to 2016. We find that an …

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Capital flight and foreign direct investment in Africa : an investigation of the role of natural resource endowment

Ndikumana, Léonce; Sarr, Mare - 2016

This paper aims to provide theoretical and empirical insights into the puzzling simultaneous rise in foreign direct investment (FDI) inflows in Africa and capital flight from the continent over the past decades. It specifically explores two questions: Is FDI a potential driver of capital flight?...

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Investigating the fiscal resource curse : what's China got to do with it?

Chachu, Daniel Ofoe; Nketiah-Amponsah, Edward - 2020

The term fiscal resource curse refers to countries' inability to raise taxes from a broad base in the presence of natural resources. We employ a novel instrumental variable strategy to estimate the causal effect of resource revenues on non-resource tax effort by exploiting the so-called 'China...

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

Haldenwang, Christian von; Ivanyna, Maksym - International Centre for Tax and Development - 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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Political economy and governance

Dietsche, Evelyn - 2017

This paper reviews the political economy of extractive resources and the associated resources sector governance agenda. The consensus that good sector governance improves the developmental impacts of extractive resources exploitation is premised on the understanding that institutions matter for...

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Donor-supported approaches to improving extractives governance : lessons from Nigeria and Ghana

Buckley, Joanna; McCulloch, Neil; Travis, Nick - 2017

Donor interest in the extractives sector is based upon the premise that it represents an opportunity to improve a country’s development prospects. However, in many cases the presence of extractive resources is associated with poor economic performance. As a result, some donors are trying a...

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Construction and public procurement in Uganda

Colonnelli, Emanuele; Ntungire, Nicole - 2018

As it transitions to an oil-producing country, Uganda's investments in infrastructure and physical capital will increasingly depend on the ability of the construction sector to respond to surges in demand and transform investment effort into outcomes. Using administrative and survey data, this...

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The role of governance and international norms in managing natural resources

Cust, James - 2017

The governance of natural resource wealth is widely considered to constitute a key determinant in whether the extraction of natural resources proves to be a blessing or a curse. What is meant by governance can span a wide range of components, while the steps to achieving good governance remain...

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