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announcements and assessments of major projects in Africa suggest that China has already overtaken the World Bank in lending to … Africa. In this article, we analyze China's aid policy in Africa from a political economy perspective. We show that China is … advantages of the People's Republic, especially in unstable nations and "rough" states. China's engagement in Africa causes some …
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This paper analyses the role of palm oil and its sustainability from different perspectives. We consider the role of palm oil within the GHG context. We discuss the impact of palm oil on biodiversity and analyse how palm oil can contribute to economic growth and development in tropical...
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This Policy Brief proposes the establishment of an agreement on conformity assessment between the EU and the US that covers machinery and electrical equipment. The initiative aims to increase the number of European and US conformity assessment bodies authorized to test and certify EU and US...
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The aim of this working paper is to provide a preliminary assessment of whether the European Green Deal constitutes a suitable policy framework to combine environmental and economic objectives with the pursuit of social fairness, thus ensuring a just transition towards more sustainable economies...
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The clock is ticking and time is running short for us to have a realistic chance to get climate change under control and prevent it becoming irreversible and selfsustaining. Phasing out coal is widely seen as a 'low hanging fruit' of climate policy commitments in the move towards a net zero...
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In its fifth edition, this report focuses on recent developments in Africa's banking sectors and the policy options for … banking groups operating in Africa. Three thematic chapters address challenges and opportunities for financing investment in … Africa: - Investing sustainably in Africa's cities; - Mobilising agricultural value chain financing in Africa: why and how …
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-stabilization countries in Sub-Saharan Africa. …
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Studies of aid effectiveness abound in the literature, often with opposing conclusions. Since most time-series studies use data from the exact same publicly available data bases, our claim here is that such differences in results must be due to the use of different econometric models and...
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The expected increase in aid to Africa will put a big challenge for public service delivery. Using a simultaneous …
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, on average, Africa's low-income countries have absorbed two-thirds of (grant) aid receipts. This suggests that most of ….e. substituted domestic borrowing. Overall, these findings suggest that the macroeconomic management of aid inflows in Africa has …
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