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effect of terrorism on governance. Design/methodology/approach- It is based on 53 African countries for the period 1998 …-2012 and interactive Generalised Method of Moments is employed. Six governance indicators from the World Bank and two terrorism … used to reduce terrorism. There is a positive net impact on governance ("voice and accountability" and rule of law) when …
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This study investigates how terrorism affects governance in 53 African countries for the period 1998-2012. Four … terrorism indicators are used namely: domestic, transnational, unclear and total terrorism. Ten bundled and unbundled governance …, all selected terrorism dynamics negatively affect political governance and its constituents. Second, evidence of a …
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terrorism. Third, for most specifications, the effect of general governance is consistently negative on terrorism variables …This study assesses government mechanisms in the fight against terrorism with particular emphasis on the bundling and … unbundling of ten governance dynamics. The empirical evidence is based on a panel of 53 African countries for period 1998 …
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This study examines policy tools in the fight against terrorism when existing levels of terrorism matter in 53 African … and total terrorism dynamics. The following findings are established. First, counterterrorism policy instruments of … terrorism with a negative threshold effect. Political stability estimates are consistently significant with increasing negative …
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the fight against terrorism in 53 African countries for the period 1998-2012. Hence the policy variables employed in the …
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domestic and transnational terrorism in: (i) North African countries vis-à-vis their sub-Saharan Africa counterparts; (ii …This study investigates the role of inclusive human development and military expenditure in fighting terrorism in 53 … variable Fixed Effects regressions. Inclusive development is not a sufficient condition for the fight against terrorism whereas …
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This paper models the feasibility of common policy initiatives against global terrorism, as well as timelines for their … enforcement. The empirical evidence is based on 78 developing countries for the period 1984-2008. Employed terrorism dynamics are … domestic, transnational, unclear and total terrorism. Absolute (or unconditional) and conditional catch-ups are modelled using …
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Building on previous literature, we assess when foreign aid is effective in fighting terrorism using quantile … used whereas terrorism includes: domestic, transnational, unclear and total terrorism dynamics. We consistently establish … that foreign aid (bilateral, multilateral and total) is effective at fighting terrorism exclusively in countries where …
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This study investigates persistence of global terrorism in a panel of 163 countries for the period 2010 to 2015. The … terrorism is a decreasing function of income levels because it consistently increases from high income (through upper middle … income) to lower middle income countries. Second, compared to Christian-oriented countries, terrorism is more persistent in …
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This study assesses the feasibility of policy harmonization in the fight against terrorism in 53 African countries with … data for the period 1980-2012. Four terrorism variables are used, namely: domestic, transnational, unclear and total … terrorism dynamics. The empirical evidence is based on absolute beta catch-up and sigma convergence estimation techniques. There …
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