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This study explored whether globalisation and technology are harmful to health for a global panel dataset of 52 … empirical evidence highlights the significance of globalisation and technology in promoting global health. Our findings are not … that technology is useful in tracking, monitoring, and promoting global health. In addition, our empirical evidence …
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The paper explores the dark side of economic openness by examining empirically the nexus between the globalization … movement of people, goods, capital, services and information technology make the globe a connected web of activity for the sale … and exploitation of human beings. After discussing some transmission channels through which globalization could increase …
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This study investigated the sustainability of global tourism in 163 countries for the period 2010 to 2015. Given the richness of the data-set, the data has been decomposed into 11 fundamental characteristics based on income levels, legal origins and openness to the sea. The empirical evidence...
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This study investigates the effect of globalisation on governance in 51 African countries for the period 1996-2011. Four bundled governance indicators and four globalisation (political, economic, social and general) variables are used. The empirical evidence is based on Instrumental Variable...
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We argue that there exists an indirect link between globalization and the knowledge economy of African countries in … which globalization influences ‘peace and stability' and peace and stability affects governance, and through governance the … peace and stability from globalization defined as trade are stronger than those of peace and stability resulting from …
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This study investigates the determinants of and persistence in access to weapons using a global sample of 163 countries for the period 2010 to 2015. The empirical evidence is based on Generalised Method of Moments (GMM). Hysteresis in access to weapons is consistently more apparent in countries...
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Using cross-country differences in the degree of isolation before the advent of technologies in sea and air transportation, we assess the relationship between geographic isolation and financial development across the globe. We find that pre-historic geographical isolation has been beneficial to...
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and Structure Database of the World Bank are employed, namely: financial depth (money supply and liquid liabilities … identified by the Financial Development and Structure Database of the World Bank …
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