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Conflict and development : recent research advances and future agendas
Brück, Tilman; Justino, Patricia; Martin-Shields, … - 2017
analysis of large-scale violent conflict with other forms of violence, instability, fragility, and humanitarian crises. …
Persistent link: https://www.econbiz.de/10011777138
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Exiting the fragility trap : rethinking our approach to the world's most fragile states
Carment, David; Samy, Yiagadeesen - 2017
interventions, are stuck in a 'fragility trap.' Caught in a low-level equilibrium, trapped states appear to be in a perpetual … paper unfolds in four parts. In the first part we examine key concepts underpinning fragility traps in addition to …
Persistent link: https://www.econbiz.de/10011777116
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Cultivating change: the long-term impact of forced labour in Mozambique
Bove, Margherita; Caeiro, Rute Martins; Coelho, Rachel; … - 2024
Following the abolition of slavery, various forms of compulsory labour were adopted by colonial powers to develop their economies. This paper analyses the contemporary consequences of compulsory cotton production-a forced labour system that operated in colonial Mozambique from 1926 to 1961....
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A cultural perspective on the cycle of violent conflicts in the Niger Delta region of Nigeria
Jack, Jackson Tamunosaki - 2024
, Nigeria, to investigate the importance of cultural factors in the cycle of violence. Analysing field data collected in …' has created a latent culture of violence, reflected in the emergence of new cultural norms that support and encourage … structural violence meted out by the Nigerian state through militarization and the economy of violence created by the 'struggle …
Persistent link: https://www.econbiz.de/10015076351
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Rule of law and judicial independence
Trindade, João Carlos - 2020
The rule of law and judicial independence are a project yet to be achieved in Mozambique. The different attempts made so far to reform the legal system, mainly after the change in political and strategic direction brought about by the Constitution of 1990, were always short-sighted and...
Persistent link: https://www.econbiz.de/10012301850
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Educational inequality in Mozambique
Berg, Servaas van der; Maia, Carlos da; Burger, Cobus - 2017
In very poor countries, inequality often means that a small part of the population maintains living standards far above the rest. This is also true for educational inequality in Mozambique: only a small segment of the population has access to higher levels of education (there are 30 times as...
Persistent link: https://www.econbiz.de/10012152058
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Mozambique's elite : finding its way in a globalized world and returning to old development models
Hanlon, Joseph; Mosse, Marcelo - 2010
What makes elites developmental instead of predatory? We argue that Mozambique's elite was developmental at independence 35 years ago. With pressure and encouragement from international forces, it became predatory. It has now partly returned to its developmental roots and is trying to use the...
Persistent link: https://www.econbiz.de/10008663003
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Understanding Mozambique's growth experience through an employment lens
Jones, Sam; Tarp, Finn - 2015
Over the past twenty years, Mozambique has achieved remarkable progress in promoting macroeconomic growth and stability. Nonetheless, poverty rates remain high and labour market activity is dominated by smallholder farming. We use recent household survey data to dig into these trends and provide...
Persistent link: https://www.econbiz.de/10011382454
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Economic development and institutions in Mozambique : factors affecting public financial management
Cruz, António; Mafambissa, Fausto J. - 2020
Mozambique has achieved incipient but still fragile socio-economic development since 1975. The public financial management system has been reformed and improved, but its performance has weakened since 2013. Applying an institutional economics approach, we have identified the economic growth...
Persistent link: https://www.econbiz.de/10012301854
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Health, development, and institutional factors : the Mozambique case
Garrido, Paulo Ivo - 2020
The central aim of this text is to show the impact institutions have on the performance of the health sector in Mozambique. The text shows that of the social determinants of health, institutions play a central role in the performance of the Mozambican health sector-and, through it, economic and...
Persistent link: https://www.econbiz.de/10012301886