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The political economy of energy transitions and thermal energy poverty : comparing the residential LPG sectors in Indonesia and South Africa

Kruger, Johannes; Tait, Louise; Groot, Jiska de - Joint Institute for Strategic Energy Analysis - 2016

Indonesia and South Africa are both trying address energy poverty through subsidized energy provision. South Africa has implemented one of the largest electrification programmes in the world, and 80 per cent of the population now have access to the national grid. But this alone is unlikely to...

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Every drop counts : assessing aid for water and sanitation

Anand, Prathivadi Bhayankaram - 2013

Water and sanitation sectors have been the 'natural' subjects of aid for several decades. However, these sectors also were among those most affected by changes in aid approaches and tools. The aim of this paper is to capture some of the complexity in assessing impact and effectiveness of aid in...

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Solid wastes, poverty and the environment in developing country cities : challenges and opportunities

Medina, Martin - 2010

, and Latin America is discussed. -- urbanization ; cities ; environment ; waste … cities - particularly in Africa and Asia - collect less than half of the waste generated. Most wastes are disposed of in open … generate significant pollution problems and risks to human health and the environment. Over one billion people living in low …

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Gold mining pollution and the cost of private healthcare : the case of Ghana

Akpalu, Wisdom; Normanyo, Ametefee K. - 2016

To attract greater levels of foreign direct investment into their gold mining sectors, many mineral-rich countries in sub-Saharan Africa have been willing to overlook serious instances of mining company non-compliance with environmental standards. These lapses in regulatory oversight and...

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Fiscal policy, state building and economic development

Addison, Tony; Niño-Zarazúa, Miguel; Pirttilä, Jukka - 2018

This paper presents a synopsis of the contextual conditions, factors and challenges under which the recent evolution of tax systems has taken place over the past three decades. The paper gives especial emphasis to the role of natural endowments, political economy, social structure and history,...

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On the mobilization of domestic resources in oil countries : the role of historical factors

Omgba, Luc Désiré - International Centre for Tax and Development - 2016

This paper investigates the sources of variability in the mobilization of domestic tax revenue in oil-producing countries. It argues that the type of natural resources exploited during colonial rule can affect the contemporary levels of domestic tax revenue in oil countries. We test this...

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From fiscal stabilization to economic diversification : a developmental approach to managing resource revenues

Chang, Ha-joon; Lebdioui, Amir - 2020

The management of revenues from exhaustible natural resources involves a number of challenges. In this paper, we argue that the standard policy advice to managers of resource revenues has been dominated by short-termism and the lack of a perspective on economic development and structural...

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Understanding the boom : country study : Tanzania

Henstridge, Mark - 2018

There are large volumes of gas offshore Tanzania, which has raised hopes of a boom. But those hopes look set to be disappointed. A boom would depend on there being a sizeable flow of revenue to government from producing and exporting gas. This paper sets out the scale of the gas, and the array...

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Understanding the boom : a framing paper

Henstridge, Mark - 2018

A significant natural resource discovery creates excited popular expectations of imminent wealth. But the size of a boom is usually overestimated and the delay in receiving revenues is underestimated. This paper takes stock of the sequencing, timing, and scale of the development of a natural...

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Mining and economic development : did China's WTO accession affect African local economic development?

Addison, Tony; Boly, Amadou; Mveyange, Anthony - 2016

This paper investigates China's influence on local economic development in 37 African countries between 1997 and 2007. We compare the average changes in economic growth, migration, spatial inequality, and welfare of mineral-rich districts, both prior and after China's WTO Accession, to the...

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