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The centre cannot hold : patterns of polarization in Nigeria
Clementi, Fabio; Dabalen, Andrew L.; Molini, Vasco; … - 2014
Our hypothesis is that Nigeria is going through a process of economic polarization. An analysis of this type is new for … Nigeria; the limited availability of comparable data has hindered an investigation that requires data series not too close in …
Persistent link: https://www.econbiz.de/10010433391
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Ethnic inequality, the federal character principle, and the reform of Nigeria's presidential federalism
Suberu, Rotimi T. - 2022
The federal character principle is Nigeria's primary formula for mitigating horizontal inequality and conflict in this …
Persistent link: https://www.econbiz.de/10013387480
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The economywide impacts and risks of Malawi's farm input subsidy programme
Arndt, Channing; Pauw, Karl; Thurlow, James - 2014
We estimate the impact of Malawi's Farm Input Subsidy Programme using an economywide approach. We find potentially …
Persistent link: https://www.econbiz.de/10010381377
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Falling oil prices and sustainable energy transition : towards a multilateral agreement on fossil-fuel subsidies
Asmelash, Henok Birhanu - 2016
that the Friends of Fossil-Fuel Subsidy Reform are in a position to take the lead and that the ball is in the court of the …
Persistent link: https://www.econbiz.de/10011447374
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An exploration of the association between fuel subsidies and fuel riots
McCulloch, Neil; Natalini, Davide; Hossain, Naomi; … - 2021
Between 2005 and 2018, 41 countries had at least one riot directly associated with popular demand for fuel. We make use of a new international dataset on fuel riots to explore the effects of fuel prices and price regimes on fuel riots. In line with prior expectations, we find that large domestic...
Persistent link: https://www.econbiz.de/10012650759
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The potential of extractive industries as anchor investments for broader regional development
Östensson, Olle - 2020
The paper reviews what we know about the possibilities of designing and implementing policy measures that raise the contribution of the extractive industries' production/consumption links to economic growth and wellbeing, and reviews how policies pursued by various governments have succeeded. It...
Persistent link: https://www.econbiz.de/10012240373
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Subsidized labour and firms : investment, profitability, and leverage
Marcelin, Isaac; Brink, Daniel; Fadiran, David Oluwatosin; … - 2019
fiscal policies, the results suggest that well-designed youth wage subsidy policy schemes have the potential to enhance the …
Persistent link: https://www.econbiz.de/10012025744
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Fuel subsidies and income redistribution in Ecuador
Jara, H. Xavier; Lee, Po Chun; Montesdeoca, Lourdes; … - 2018
domestic gas subsidy tends to be progressive, whereas gasoline and diesel subsidies tend to be regressive. Our simulations show … that eliminating all fuel subsidies would increase poverty and inequality due to the importance of domestic gas subsidy for … loss following fuel subsidy elimination. …
Persistent link: https://www.econbiz.de/10011938142
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Energy subsidies, international aid, and the politics of reform
McCulloch, Neil - 2017
Energy subsidy reform is critical to achieving the Sustainable Development Goals and tackling climate change. This … and supporting energy subsidy reforms. I find that, outside of analytical work in support of international diplomatic … politically sensitive energy subsidy reform. …
Persistent link: https://www.econbiz.de/10011777052
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Agricultural input subsidy and outcomes for farmers in Tanzania
Kinuthia, Bethuel Kinyanjui - 2020
This paper examines the impact of the government input subsidy-the National Agriculture Input Voucher-on farmers … that the input subsidy programme resulted in an initial increase in maize and rice production but not in the long run and …
Persistent link: https://www.econbiz.de/10012314809