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East Timor's transition to independence: Building up an economy from scratch
Thiele, Rainer - 2000
After the extensive destruction caused by the violence that followed the vote for independence on August 30th, 1999, the reconstruction of East Timor's infrastructure inevitably was the top priority. Supported by massive aid inflows, achievements in this area have been quite remarkable. As a...
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Civil unrest in North Africa: Risks for natural gas supply?
Lochner, Stefan; Dieckhöner, Caroline - 2011
The uprising and military confrontation in Libya that began in February 2011 has led to disruptions of gas supplies to Europe. An analysis of how Europe has compensated for these missing gas volumes shows that this situation has not affected security of supply. However, this situation would...
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Cluster policy as a development strategy: Case studies from the Middle East and North Africa
Benner, Maximilian - 2012
Cluster policy has become a method of choice for policymakers in many countries. Promoting strong localized industries is an appealing perspective for practitioners, as it can be seen as a way to anchor economic activity in regions in an era of globalization. If cluster policy is successful, it...
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The Long Term Impact of French Settlement on Education in Algeria
Merrouche, Ouarda - 2007
This paper provides evidence on the long run relationship between European settlers presence and education levels in Algeria. To correct for endogenous sorting of settlers (and natives) into regions I rely on the fact that proximity to the Mediteranean coast determined the timing of conquest and...
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Norwegian gas sales and the impacts on European CO 2 emissions
Berg, Elin; Boug, Pêal; Kverndokk, Snorre - 1998
This paper studies the impacts on Western European CO2 emissions of a reduction in Norwegian gas sales. Such impacts are due to changes in energy demand, energy supply, and environmental and political regulations. The gas supply model DYNOPOLY is used to analyse the effects on Russian and...
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Jobless growth: empirical evidences from the Middle East and North Africa region
Abou Hamia, Mohamad A. - In: Journal for Labour Market Research 49 (2016) 3, pp. 239-251
In this study, we use Okun's Law to examine whether growth has been jobless in seventeen MENA countries. The methods used are the ARDL approach for the individual country and the panel data analysis for the entire sample. The period considered in this study is from 1980 to 2013. To test for...
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Embracing free trade: the EU's economic partnership with Algeria
Aghrout, Ahmed - In: Intereconomics 42 (2007) 2, pp. 96-104
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Oil and the Eruption of the Algerian Civil War: A Context-sensitive Analysis of the Ambivalent Impact of Resource Abundance
Shabafrouz, Miriam - 2010
Ressourcenreichtum. Der innerstaatliche Krieg in Algerien, in dem militante Islamisten und die staatlichen Sicherheitskräfte über acht … fördernde Bedingungen in Algerien diagnostiziert werden können, und dies nicht nur innerhalb des Landes sondern auch mit Blick … Ursachen des Gewaltausbruchs in Algerien bei. …
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Fuel for Conflict or Balm for Peace? Assessing the Effects of Hydrocarbons on Peace Efforts in Algeria
Shabafrouz, Miriam - 2010
Dieser Aufsatz untersucht die Verwendung von Erdöl- und Erdgaserlösen in Algerien seit Ende des Bürgerkrieges. Zwar … untersuchen, wie wirksam die Friedensbemühungen in Algerien sind und was zu ihrer Verbesserung geleistet werden könnte. Die … Reformen des wirtschaftlichen und des politischen Systems in Algerien einhergeht. …
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Conflict Prevention through Natural Resource Management? A Comparative Study
Mähler, Annegret; Shabafrouz, Miriam; Strüver, Georg - 2011
schließen. Anhand von 31 Erdölexporteuren und von drei Fallstudien (Algerien, Nigeria und Venezuela) wird untersucht, welche …
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