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change in Africa. Africa's development partners have devoted too few resources and too little attention to two critical …
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The aim of this paper is to analyse the effect of institutional reforms on the revival of African economies. We study the impact of positive changes in business environment indicators of the Doing Business project and the Economic Freedom Index of the Heritage Foundation on the private sector...
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private sector intensified. Policy support, however, averted a credit crunch. The increase in public debt across Africa due to …
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In recent years, the private sector has been recognized as a key engine of Africa's economic development. Yet, the most … sector countries are concentrated in Western Africa (Cote d'Ivoire, Guinea, Niger, Senegal and Togo), Central Africa … (Cameroun, Republic of Congo) and Eastern Africa (Kenya, Sudan, Uganda and Tanzania), with the addition of Mauritius. Countries …
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, especially in Africa, the role of foreign aid in the future should be distinctly different. While aid will be required to …
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Camera surveillance has recently gained prominence in policy proposals on combating terrorism. We evaluate this instrument of counterterrorism as resting on the premise of a deterrence effect. Based on comparative arguments and previous evidence on crime, we expect camera surveillance to have a...
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Am 1. Juni 2008 befürwortete das Stimmvolk der Stadt Luzern ein neues Reglement über die Videoüberwachung im öffentlichen Raum. Infolgedessen wurden Mitte Dezember 2008 sechs Überwachungskameras am Bahnhofplatz Luzern installiert und in Betrieb genommen. Der vorliegende Evaluationsbericht...
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Am 27. Juli 1999 verstarb König Hassan II. von Marokko nach 38 Jahren Regentschaft. Drei Tage später erfolgte die Inthronisierung des 36-jährigen Kronprinzen als König Mohammed VI. In seiner ersten Thronrede am 30. Juli 1999 kündigte der neue König politische Reformen an. Der Ankündigung...
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This study explores the different approaches to service delivery in fragile states by surveying donors' own evaluations of their existing fragile states policies. Because there is limited understanding of what works in risky environments, monitoring and evaluation are critical components of...
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This paper empirically analyzes the political, institutional and economic sources of public deficit volatility. Using the system-GMM estimator for linear dynamic panel data models and a sample of 125 countries analyzed from 1980 to 2006, we show that higher public deficit volatility is typically...
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