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determinants of identity in the Arab region, Islam and cultural tradition. Employing two waves of the World Values Survey, we find …
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In the paper, commissioned by Hussein Solomon and Akeem Fadare for their forthcoming anthology on Political Islam and … the State in Africa, the focus placed on the political role of Islam in Kenyan politics. Prevalent fears (e.g. in the …
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Bei den Regierungen arabischer Staaten trifft Deutschland auf Ablehnung, wenn es darum wirbt, die Menschenrechte zu achten. Sofern sich die Adressaten nicht voll­ständig dem Dialog verweigern, stützen sie sich zumeist auf vier Argumentationsmuster, um entsprechende Forderungen abzuwehren:...
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Internationale Beratungsfirmen spielen im öffentlichen Sektor der arabischen Welt eine bedeutende Rolle, und sie weiten ihre dortige Tätigkeit massiv aus. So haben Consultancies etwa die saudische "Vision 2030" und ein Jahrzehnt zuvor Marokkos "Grüne Agenda" mitentworfen. Aktuell wächst ihr...
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[Introduction] The fundamental development challenge in the Arab region is one of economic transformation or, more pertinent, a lack thereof. Heavy sectoral weights of extractive industries lead to dependence on global oil prices, even in oil-producing countries. The structure of production...
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This paper examines the substantive pros and cons of the multidimensional poverty index (MPI) recently developed by Oxford University's Poverty and Human Development Initiative (OPHI). It provides comparative cross-country and country-specific discussion on multidimensional poverty and...
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This paper argues that trade and capital account reforms within autocracies underlie the primacy of foreign currency procurement. A longitudinal comparison of four countries (Morocco, Tunisia, Egypt and Jordan) in the Middle East and North Africa region shows a historical sequencing of reforms....
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The gap between the per capita income of most Arab countries and that of advanced industrial countries has widened since the early 1990s. The economic growth performance of the Arab world has been weak by developing country standards, too. Yet, the diversity of growth patterns within this group...
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