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Capacity development for the transformation of Africa
Léautier, Frannie A. - 2014
expended to develop capacity in Africa with mixed results. This paper provides a working definition of capacity that is …
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Thirty years in Africa's development : from structural adjustment to structural transformation?
Addison, Tony - 2015
Africa has come a long way since the economic turmoil of the 1980s, the decade of "structural adjustment". Growth has … of diversification in Africa's economies-in contrast to Asia's success stories. Structural adjustment did not change the … manufacturing and service clusters, Africa is yet to follow East Asia in integrating with the global economy in ways that add value …
Persistent link: https://www.econbiz.de/10011396968
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Sectoral shifts and labour market outcomes in sub-Saharan Africa
Jobe, Amie M.; Ricciuti, Roberto - 2023
transformation in Africa, focusing on sectoral output shares, sectoral employment shares, and the relative labour productivity of … sectors. We find that Africa is gradually advancing towards structural transformation but at a very slow speed. The empirical …
Persistent link: https://www.econbiz.de/10014427588
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Border adjustment mechanisms : elements for economic, legal, and political analysis
Bueb, Julien; Richieri Hanania, Lilian; Le Clézio, Alice - 2016
This paper examines, from a multidisciplinary perspective, plausible hypotheses for implementation of border carbon adjustment mechanisms, seen as a complement to strong environmental regulation. It highlights economic, legal, and political difficulties raised by border carbon adjustments. After...
Persistent link: https://www.econbiz.de/10011447295
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Institutional and policy adjustments to implement Free Trade Agreements with the European Union : a developing country perspective
Baltzer, Kenneth - 2015
Free Trade Agreements (FTAs) between the European Union (EU) and trade partners go far beyond mere elimination of tariffs to include such diverse issues as non-tariff barriers, competition legislation, investment protection, and more. Implementing such provisions requires deep institutional and...
Persistent link: https://www.econbiz.de/10011408027
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Non-state sovereign entrepreneurs and non-territorial sovereign organizations
Brauer, Jurgen; Haywood, Robert C. - 2010
We propose two new concepts, of non-state sovereign entrepreneurs and the non-territorial sovereign organizations they form, and relate them to issues pertaining to state sovereignty, governance failures, and violent social conflict over the appropriation of the powers that accrue to states in...
Persistent link: https://www.econbiz.de/10008660875
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Institutional reforms debate and FDI flows to MENA region : does one 'best' fit all?
Mina, Wasseem Michel - 2011
examines it in the context of FDI flows to the Middle East and Northern Africa region (MENA).Using panel data on 11 MENA …
Persistent link: https://www.econbiz.de/10009273425
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Rwanda : from devastation to services-first transformation
Ggombe, Kasim; Newfarmer, Richard S. - 2017
Since civil war and genocide left the country in ruins, Rwanda has undergone a remarkable transformation. Growth rates since 1995 have averaged 8 per cent annually, poverty rates have fallen, maternal and child health have improved, and infrastructure and public institutions have been rebuilt....
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Legal empowerment and group-based inequality
Gisselquist, Rachel M. - 2018
Legal empowerment has become widely accepted in development policy circles as an approach to addressing poverty and exclusion. At the same time, it has received relatively little attention from political scientists and sociologists working on overlapping and closely related topics. Research on...
Persistent link: https://www.econbiz.de/10011808903
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Constitutional social and environmental human rights and child health outcomes in Latin American countries
Matsuura, Hiroaki - 2016
This paper analyses the health-improving effects of introducing four different constitutional social and environmental human rights (health, free education, adequate living (or welfare), and environment) and the American Convention on Human Rights (ACHR) into national constitution and...
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