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This paper analyzes the regional impact of Indonesia's fuel policy. It discusses how the sharing of oil and gas revenue and taxes on oil and gas between the center and the regions affect sub-national fiscal position and what the regional incidence of the fuel subsidies is. It also analyzes the...
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Oil Spaces traces petroleum's impact through a range of territories from across the world, showing how industrially drilled petroleum and its refined products have played a major role in transforming the built environment in ways that are often not visible or recognized. Over the past century...
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The remarkable influx of Chinese migrant entrepreneurs in West Africa has been met with growing resistance from …
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The knowledge of social stratification within the peasantry is a decisive precondition of sustainable economic and political measures for an effective support of agricultural production in least developed countries. This is one of the reasons why also in Nigeria social scientist focus on the...
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then to promote African voices from various backgrounds to reflect Africa's heterogeneity. The introductory section … presents a summary of findings about the economic impact of the two Asian giants in SSA countries by Africa-based economists …
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Geography causes African countries to experience a ‘proximity gap’. To overcome this gap a ‘big push’ may be needed in infrastructure. The cross-border nature of such infrastructure requires regional cooperation in at least four issues: transport infrastructure, trade facilitation,...
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The obligation to pay bride wealth at marriage is usually associated with thecontinuation of the lineage or considered a compensation for the loss of laborfor the family that provides the bride. In this paper a different interpretationis advanced. The obligation to pay of bride wealth is seen as...
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This paper evaluates the strength of social and economic forces that affect the pressure to emigrate 'out of Africa … out of Africa, especially in Ghana and Senegal. Signs of positive selection with respect to the level of education of … pressure to emigrate 'out of Africa' can be a long lasting phenomenon. …
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This paper examines the impact of telecommunications liberalization in Africa on both sectoral performance and economic … quality plays a major role in bringing down prices and in improving access to telecommunication services in Africa … per cent translates into a 0.5 per cent increase in real GDP per capita. In Africa, multilateral commitments do not …
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