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The Unintended Consequence of an Export Ban: Evidence from Benin’s Shrimp Sector
Houssa, Romain; Verpoorten, Marijke - In: World Development 67 (2015) C, pp. 138-150
The inability of Benin to comply with EU standards led to a ban on its shrimp exports. We show that the ban had a negative impact on the income of fishmongers and fishermen, in the short run, but also several years after it was lifted. The impact persisted because exports to the EU did not...
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Political Influence of Exporting and Import-Competing Firms: Evidence from Eastern European and Central Asian Countries
Yasar, Mahmut - In: World Development 51 (2013) C, pp. 154-168
Theoretical studies have emphasized the role firms play in shaping laws and regulations through political activities. This paper examines whether import-competing firms and exporting firms possess differing levels of political influence by using firm-level data from 27 Eastern European and...
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Can Poor Countries Lobby for More US Bilateral Aid?
Montes-Rojas, Gabriel V. - In: World Development 44 (2013) C, pp. 77-87
consider an informational lobby model where lobbying has two effects. First, a direct effect by informing US policymakers about … recipient country’s lobbying agents in obtaining foreign aid. The econometric results show that lobbying positively affects the …
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Escalation of Real Wages in Bangladesh: Is it the Beginning of Structural Transformation?
Zhang, Xiaobo; Rashid, Shahidur; Ahmad, Kaikaus; Ahmed, … - In: World Development 64 (2014) C, pp. 273-285
Using data from multiple sources, we show that the real wages in Bangladesh, particularly in rural areas and for female workers, have accelerated in recent years. Real wage escalation is likely the result of a combination of more job opportunities in the nonfarm sector, especially in the...
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Magic and witchcraft: Implications for Democratization and poverty-alleviating aid in Africa
Kohnert, Dirk - In: World Development 24 (1996) 8, pp. 1347-1355
The belief in occult forces is still deeply rooted in many African societies, regardless of education, religion, and social class of the people concerned. According to many Africans its incidence is even increasing due to social stress and strain caused (among others) by the process of...
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Explaining Africa’s (Dis)advantage
Harrison, Ann E.; Lin, Justin Yifu; Xu, Lixin Colin - In: World Development 63 (2014) C, pp. 59-77
Africa’s economic performance has been widely viewed with pessimism. In this paper, firm-level data for around 80 … productivity levels and growth. Africa’s conditional advantage is higher in low-tech than in high-tech manufacturing, and exists in … manufacturing but not in services. The key factors explaining Africa’s disadvantage at the firm level are lack of infrastructure …
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The Role of Rural–Urban Migration in the Structural Transformation of Sub-Saharan Africa
de Brauw, Alan; Mueller, Valerie; Lee, Hak Lim - In: World Development 63 (2014) C, pp. 33-42
sub-Saharan Africa. In this paper, we attempt to describe the present state of rural–urban migration from several … and migration policy in Africa. …
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Aiding and Abetting: Project Aid and Ethnic Politics in Kenya
Briggs, Ryan C. - In: World Development 64 (2014) C, pp. 194-205
I analyze a unique dataset of sub-national resource allocations in Kenya from 1989 to 1995 and show that project aid and local funds were disproportionately directed to the president’s political base. Per-donor analyses of aid flows show that bilateral donors and the African Development Bank...
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Impact of South–South FDI and Trade on the Export Upgrading of African Economies
Amighini, Alessia; Sanfilippo, Marco - In: World Development 64 (2014) C, pp. 1-17
We explore the impact of FDI and imports on the upgrading of African exports. We find that South–South flows impact differently from North–South ones on the ability of recipients to absorb the positive spillovers. Results support the view that South–South integration has a strong potential...
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The Paradigm of Agricultural Efficiency and its Implication on Food Security in Africa: What Does Meta-analysis Reveal?
Ogundari, Kolawole - In: World Development 64 (2014) C, pp. 690-702
by experience, extension, and credit are the major drivers of agricultural efficiency levels in Africa. …
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