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Gender and Finance in Sub-Saharan Africa : Are Women Disadvantaged?

Aterido, Reyes - 2017

This paper assesses whether there is a gender gap in the use of financial services by businesses and individuals in Sub-Saharan Africa. The authors do not find evidence of gender discrimination or lower inherent demand for financial services by enterprises with female ownership participation or...

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Why Multi-Stakeholder Groups Succeed and Fail

Truex, Rory - 2017

Anti-corruption initiatives increasingly use multi-stakeholder groups, comprised of representatives from government, private sector, and civil society organizations, to drive implementation at the local level and serve as a force for transparency. In theory, the multi-stakeholder groups ideal is...

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Sharing Oil Rents and Political Violence

Cordella, Tito - 2017

This paper investigates how the devolution of oil windfalls affects the likelihood of political violence. It shows that transferring large shares of oil wealth can prevent conflict, while transferring small shares can trigger it. Among the different transfer schemes, fiscal transfers (to...

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Illicit Activity and Money Laundering from an Economic Growth Perspective : A Model and an Application to Colombia

Villa, Edgar - 2017

This paper contributes to the economic analysis of illicit activities and money laundering. First, it presents a theoretical model of long-run growth that explicitly considers illicit workers, activities, and income, alongside a licit private sector and a functioning government. Second, it...

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The Use of Detailed Statistical Data in Customs Reform : the Case of Madagascar

Chalendard, Cyril Romain - 2017

To carry out their various missions (collecting revenue, facilitating trade, and ensuring security), many customs administrations have established a risk management unit. In developing countries, however, because of the lack of dedicated human and material resources, intelligence and risk...

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Experiments in Culture and Corruption : A Review

Banuri, Sheheryar - 2017

Two decades of empirical evaluation have shown that corruption has a negative impact on economic growth, political stability, judicial effectiveness, democratization, educational attainment, and equality of income. However, corruption exists, persists, and varies significantly by culture. Lab...

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Who Supports Violent Extremism in Developing Countries? Analysis of Attitudes Based on Value Surveys

Ianchovichina, Elena - 2018

countries around the world, and employing a variety of econometric techniques, this paper identifies the partial correlates of …

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How Much Oil is the Islamic State Group Producing? Evidence from Remote Sensing

Do, Quy-Toan - 2017

Accurately measuring oil production in low-governance contexts is an important task. Many terrorist organizations and insurgencies -- including the Islamic State group, also known as ISIL/ISIS or Daesh -- tap oil as a revenue source. Understanding spatial and temporal variation in production in...

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Economic Effects of the Syrian War and the Spread of the Islamic State on the Levant

Ianchovichina, Elena - 2017

This paper uses a global computable general-equilibrium framework with new detail on six Levant countries -- the Arab Republic of Egypt, Iraq, Jordan, Lebanon, the Syrian Arab Republic, and Turkey -- to quantify the direct and indirect economic effects of the Syrian war and the advance of the...

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Are Lives a Substitute for Livelihoods? Terrorism, Security, and U.S. Bilateral Imports

Mirza, Daniel - 2016

What is the impact of terrorism on trade through higher security at the borders? The authors set up a theory which … shows that the impact goes not only from terrorism to trade. Higher trade with a partner might, in turn, increase the … probability of terrorism acts and make security measures more costly for total welfare. To identify the true impact of terrorism …

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