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From drug trafficking to state capture : the dynamics of criminal governance, political violence, and crime diversification

Gutiérrez-Romero, Roxana - 2025

This article develops and tests a theory of criminal governance, examining how drug trafficking organizations (DTOs) use bribery and violence to dominate resource-rich regions and counter state interventions. The study draws on data on over 500 political assassinations and 156 lethal attacks on...

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Why are Mexican politicians being assassinated? : the role of oil theft and narcocracy and the electoral consequences of organized crime

Gutiérrez-Romero, Roxana; Iturbe, Nayely - 2023

When does organized crime resort to assassinating politicians? In narcocracies, criminal groups co-opt political elites through bribery in exchange for protection to traffic illegal drugs. When criminal groups compete, they may also resort to political violence to influence which candidate wins...

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Linked in by foreign direct investment : the role of firm-level relationships in knowledge transfers in Africa and Asia

Newman, Carol; Page, John M.; Rand, John; Shimeles, Abebe; … - 2018

relatively few linkages between MNEs and domestic firms in sub-Saharan Africa compared with Asia. However, when linkages are … present in sub-Saharan Africa, they raise the likelihood of direct knowledge/technology transfers from MNEs to domestic firms …

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The practice of industrial policy : lessons for Africa ; co-ordination through an Asian lens

Lin, Justin Yifu; Vũ-Minh-Khương - 2014

African countries are facing great opportunities but also formidable challenges in accelerating economic growth and sustaining a high level of economic performance. The experiences of East Asian countries may offer valuable insights for African leaders and governments in making concerted efforts...

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Policing reforms and economic development in African states : understanding the linkages ; empowering change

Marenin, Otwin - 2013

achieving security, yet the experience of changing policing systems in Africa is disappointing. Only South Africa and a few post … policing reform literature and African case studies, are suggested. -- Africa ; policing ; economic development ; policing …

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Socio-economic development in South Asia : the past 50 years

Osmani, Siddiqur Rahman - 2018

The story of South Asia is a topsy-turvy one. Soon after independence from British rule, the region seemed to have a much better prospect than many other parts of the Third World; the prospects soon dimmed, however, as South Asia crawled while East and Southeast Asia galloped away. But a large...

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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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Hidden hostility : donor attention and political violence

Anderson, Siwan; Francois, Patrick; Rohner, Dominic; … - 2022

interaction in a simple strategic model and empirically test the predictions using fine-grained data for Africa. The theory …

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Do civil wars shape citizens' attitudes towards taxation? : micro-level evidence from Africa

Belmonte, Alessandro; Bove, Vincenzo; Di Salvatore, Jessica - 2025

this question in the context of Africa, a region where civil wars have frequently undermined state capacity. We move from … mobilize revenues (i.e. tax compliance and tax morale) in Sub-Saharan Africa. We combine subnational data on civil wars in … Africa with Afrobarometer surveys to assess whether civil wars make citizens (1) more compliant with taxation and (2) more …

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Community organization and armed group behaviour : evidence from Colombia

Gáfaro, Margarita; Ibáñez, Ana María; Justino, Patricia - 2022

This paper investigates how armed groups affect the organization of local communities during armed conflict in Colombia. We estimate the effect of communities' exposure to armed groups with an econometric specification that takes into account individual and municipality-year fixed effects and an...

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