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Socialism without liberation: Land Reclamation Projects in Guinea-Bissau
Kohnert, Dirk - In: Sociologia Ruralis 28 (1988) 2/3, pp. 161-175
One of the outstanding aims of most liberation movements has been to increase the economic well-being of their people, Guinea-Bissau being no exception in this respect. How far has the new Nation State succeeded in fulfilling this aim? A comparative analysis of the implementation of land...
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The Colonial and Geographic Origins of Comparative Development
Auer, Raphael - 2009
While the direct impact of geographic endowments on prosperity is present in all countries, in former colonies, geography has also affected colonization policies and, therefore, institutional outcomes. Using non-colonized countries as a control group, I develop an empirical strategy that...
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Vergleichsverbot? Bevölkerungsstatistiken und die Frage der Vergleichbarkeit in den deutschen Kolonien (1885–1914)
Renard, Léa - In: KZfSS Kölner Zeitschrift für Soziologie und … 73 (2021) Suppl 1, pp. 169-194
Der Beitrag untersucht das Verhältnis von statistischen Klassifikationen und Vergleichen in deutschen Kolonialstatistiken zwischen 1885 und 1914 und geht der Frage nach, welche Bedeutung und welche Ausprägungen dem Vergleich in Bezug auf Raum und Bevölkerung in kolonialen Statistiken zukamen....
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Geography, institutions, and the making of comparative development
Auer, Raphael A. - 2012
While the direct impact of geographic endowments on prosperity is present in all countries, in former colonies, geography has also affected colonization policies and, therefore, institutional outcomes. Using non-colonized countries as a control group, I re-examine the theories put forward by La...
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Institutions, infrastructure, and trade
Francois, Joseph F.; Manchin, Miriam - 2007
We work with a panel of bilateral trade flows from 1988 to 2002, exploring the influence of infrastructure … the institutions and infrastructure literature in this respect, using selection-based gravity modeling of trade flows. We … also depart from this literature by mixing principal components (to condense our institutional and infrastructure measures …
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Inequality, politics and economic growth
Chakrabarty, Debajyoti - 2002
. The government is seen to produce a productive factor interpreted as infrastructure. Infrastructure is both nonrival and …
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Involvement of small and medium sized enterprises in the private realisation of public buildings
Heinecke, Bastian - 2002
This paper explores the procurement of public buildings in local authorities in the UK under the Private Finance Initiative (PFI) and its consequences for small and medium sized enterprises. Following an outline of the development of PFI in the UK, the paper explains the peculiarities of local...
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When Should an Incumbent Be Obliged to Share its Infrastructure with an Entrant Under the General Competition Rules?
Bergman, Mats - 2003
According to the essential facilities doctrine, competition law requires an infrastructural monopoly to provide access. Under the "Bronner criterion", proposed by the EC Court, the doctrine is only applicable when an infrastructural duopoly is non-viable. This paper uses a simple model to...
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Infrastructure in developing countries: An overview of some economic issues
Dethier, Jean-Jacques; Moore, Alexander - 2012
This paper surveys the main issues and controversies in the economic literature on infrastructure in developing … countries. Section I reviews the evidence on the role of infrastructure in promoting economic growth. It is argued that …, although infrastructure may be more important for growth than other types of capital, the exact size and form of its effect is …
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Praktische Erfahrungen mit zASB in der Planungsregion Düsseldorf
Droste, Bernd; van Gemmeren, Christoph - In: Neuaufstellung des Zentrale-Orte-Konzepts in …, (pp. 156-168). 2016
Bei der Fortschreibung des Regionalplans Düsseldorf werden erstmalig die mit dem neuen Landesentwicklungsplan NRW geforderten "Zentralörtlich bedeutsamen Allgemeinen Siedlungsbereiche (zASB)" ausgewiesen. Hierbei handelt es sich um Siedlungsbereiche, die über ein räumlich gebündeltes...
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