Narrow search
Showing 1 - 10 of 303
Cover Image
The political economy of aid flows to North Africa
Harrigan, Jane - 2011
This paper provides an historical overview of aid flows to North Africa. It assesses the aid allocation process and argues that past aid flows to the region have been heavily influenced by donor political interests. This has reduced the effectiveness of aid which, with the exception of Tunisia,...
Persistent link: https://www.econbiz.de/10009375549
Cover Image
Diaspora externalities : a view from the South
Rapoport, Hillel - 2018
externality. This paper reviews the recent economic literature on diaspora networks and development from the perspective of the …
Persistent link: https://www.econbiz.de/10011806518
Cover Image
The effectiveness of foreign aid to women's equality organizations in the MENA : does aid promote women's political participation?
Baliamoune-Lutz, Mina - 2013
In this paper, we address the question of whether official development assistance promotes gender equality in the …, including secondary school enrolments, adult fertility rates, autocracy, and official development assistance targeting family … planning and reproductive health. The econometric results suggest that official development assistance ... to women' equality …
Persistent link: https://www.econbiz.de/10009767801
Cover Image
Productivity, structural change, and skills dynamics : evidence from a half-century analysis
Asik, Gunes; Karakoc, Ulas; Marouani, Mohamed Ali; … - 2020
This paper explores the contribution of structural change and the skill upgrading of the labour force to productivity. Our growth decomposition based on an original database we built for Tunisia and Turkey shows that productivity is mainly explained by intra-industry changes during the import...
Persistent link: https://www.econbiz.de/10012174029
Cover Image
Return migration and socioeconomic mobility in MENA : evidence from labour market panel surveys
Hlásny, Vladimír; AlAzzawi, Shireen - 2018
This study examines the effects of cross-border return migration on intertemporal and intergenerational transmission of socio-economic status across six new harmonized surveys from three Arab countries: Egypt (1998, 2006, 2012), Jordan (2010, 2016) and Tunisia (2014). We link individuals'...
Persistent link: https://www.econbiz.de/10011806811
Cover Image
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 …
Persistent link: https://www.econbiz.de/10011777052
Cover Image
The international circulation of elites : knowledge, entrepreneurial and political
Solimano, Andrés; Avanzini, Diego - 2010
affect international development. -- International migration ; entrepreneurial ; political migrants ; talent mobility …
Persistent link: https://www.econbiz.de/10008697427
Cover Image
An empirical analysis of state fragility and growth : the impact of state ineffectiveness and political violence
Ferreira, Ines A. - 2018
The role of the state in promoting development is well established in the institutional economics literature. Yet, in … a slower progress in achieving development outcomes, fragile states raised concerns among the development community … and development is still relatively scanty. This paper sheds light on this issue by proposing an approach that comprises …
Persistent link: https://www.econbiz.de/10011806733
Cover Image
An uncertainty approach to modelling climate change risk in South Africa
Cullis, James; Alton, Theresa; Arndt, Channing; … - 2015
This study represents the first attempt at an integrated approach to assessing the potential impacts of climate change on the national economy of South Africa via a number of (but not necessarily all) impact channels. The study focuses on outcomes by about 2050. The results show the multiple...
Persistent link: https://www.econbiz.de/10010511214
Cover Image
Climate change and economic growth prospects for Malawi : an uncertainty approach
Arndt, Channing; Schlosser, Adam; Strzepek, Kenneth M.; … - 2014
Malawi confronts a development imperative in a context of rising temperatures and deep uncertainty about precipitation … trends. We evaluate the implications of climate change for overall growth and development prospects to 2050. We focus on …
Persistent link: https://www.econbiz.de/10010230922