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Violent urbanization and homogenization of space and place : reconstructing the story of sectarian violence in Beirut

Yassin, Nasser - 2010

place) and territoriality in the course of waging sectarian violence. -- urbanization ; cities ; urban conflict ; Lebanon …

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Theorizing revolution in democracies : evidence from the 2019 uprisings in Lebanon and Iraq

Berman, Chantal E.; Clarke, Killian; Majed, Rima - 2023

Scholarly logic holds that revolutionary movements are unlikely to break out in democracies, where citizens may simply remove unpopular leaders through elections. And yet the twenty-first century has witnessed a global series of uprisings against regimes that are nominally democratic-in that...

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Measuring illicit financial flows : a gravity model approach to estimate international trade misinvoicing

Paz, Lourenço Senne - 2022

Illicit financial flows have recently attracted the attention of academia, practitioners, and multilateral organizations who consider them harmful to economic development. Some observers suggest that many of these flows occur via the misinvoicing of international trade transactions. This study...

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Trade effects of the East African Customs Union in Tanzania : application of a structural gravity model

Leyaro, Vincent - 2021

By measuring the effects of forming and joining a regional integration bloc using an augmented structural gravity model, this paper finds that the East African Community (EAC) and EAC Customs Union have significantly enhanced Tanzanian trade into EAC markets. Kenya has continued to be the main...

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Effects of foreign aid on income through international trade

Martínez-Zarzoso, Inmaculada - 2019

This paper presents a review of recent studies that estimate the trade effects of foreign aid. It also provides new results obtained using panel data techniques to estimate the direct effects of aid on international trade, accounting for countries' participation in free trade agreements, and the...

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Exchange rate regimes and trade : is Africa different?

Qureshi, Mahvash Saeed; Tsangarides, Charalambos G. - 2011

This paper revisits the link between exchange rate regimes and trade in the context of Africa's exchange rate arrangements. Applying an augmented gravity model that includes measures of currency unions and pegged regimes, the paper compares Africa's experience with that of the world. Our results...

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A re-examination of the relation between democracy and international trade : the case of Africa

Balding, Christopher - 2011

Scholars and policy makers believe that democracy will bring prosperity through integration into the global economy via increased international trade. This study tests two theories as to why democracies might trade more. First, political freedom may be correlated with economic freedom, thus...

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Thirty years in Africa's development : from structural adjustment to structural transformation?

Addison, Tony - 2015

been strong, yet poverty remains high. Underlying the shortage of good livelihoods and high social inequality is the lack …

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Child deprivation and income poverty in Ghana

Kofinti, Raymond Elikplim; Annim, Samuel Kobina - 2015

This study assesses temporal and spatial distribution of child deprivation and income poverty using the fifth and sixth … deprivation of children aged 7 to 17 years, and the outcomes were compared to the incidence of income poverty. The analyses reveal … areas; and differences in regional rankings of deprivation and income poverty. Distinct policies for child deprivation and …

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The growth-employment-poverty nexus in Latin America in the 2000s : Argentina country study

Cruces, Guillermo; Fields, Gary S.; Jaume, David; … - 2015

Argentina experienced a decline in the early years of the 2000s, from 2000 to 2002, in GDP and in most labour market indicators, followed by improvements in nearly all of them, tracing out a U-shaped pattern. The international crisis of 2008 impacted negatively only on the unemployment rate and...

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