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Hodge, R. Anthony - 2017

Since the early 1990s, at least 45 initiatives have been mounted to improve the environmental and social performance of the mining industry across the world. Many changes in the formal legal and regulatory systems have also been introduced. However, no systematic approach has been adopted to...

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The role of participation in sustainable community development programmes in the extractives industries

McDonald, Catherine - 2017

A major challenge for almost all extractives activity is that benefits accrue predominantly at the national level while disruptions are invariably highly localized close to the resource. Recently, extractives companies have intensified efforts to correct this imbalance. The aim of this paper is...

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On the political and social consequences of economic inequality : civic engagement in Colombia

Justino, Patricia; Arjona, Ana; Cárdenas Campo, Juan Camilo - 2019

This paper investigates the impact of inequality on individual civic engagement at the community level, whether this impact persists over time, and what mechanisms may shape the relationship between inequality and civic engagement. The results show that inequality in Colombia is associated with...

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Does the African middle class defend democracy? : evidence from Kenya

Cheeseman, Nic - 2014

Barrington Moore's famous line 'no bourgeoisie, no democracy' is one of the most quoted claims in political science …

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Aid and governance in vulnerable states : Bangladesh and Pakistan since 1971

Khan, Mushtaq H. - 2013

Bangladesh and Pakistan had very divergent experiences with aid after 1971. Politics in Pakistan was less inclusive in terms of opportunities for intermediate class political entrepreneurs. In this context, the significant role of military aid to Pakistan had very negative effects on its...

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The impact of democracy on economic growth in sub-Saharan Africa, 1982 - 2012

Masaki, Takaaki; Van de Walle, Nicolas - 2014

Does democracy promote economic growth? There is still an ongoing debate over the economic implications of democracy … 43 countries in sub-Saharan Africa for the period of 1982-2012, we find strong evidence that democracy is positively …

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South Africa's emerging black middle class : a harbinger of political change?

Mattes, Robert - 2014

South Africa has seen a significant increase in the size of the black middle class in the post-apartheid period, but the attitudinal consequences of indicators of the middle class, as of 2011, are inconsistent and modest in size. While members of the middle class are no more likely to hold...

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Good institutions and tax revenue outcomes in resource-rich countries : when "good" is not enough

Chachu, Daniel Ofoe - 2021

find evidence of a mitigating role for 'constraints on executive power' and 'democracy'. Other covariates found to be …

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Aid's impact on democracy

Niño-Zarazúa, Miguel; Horigoshi, Ana; Gisselquist, … - 2022

democratic governance. The analysis distinguishes between developmental aid and democracy aid, and examines democracy aid to …-operation and Development's (OECD) Creditor Reporting System (CRS) data on foreign aid and indices of democracy from the Varieties … of Democracy project, employing a combination of a maximum likelihood estimation and structural equation modelling (ML …

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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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