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The economics of happiness and anger in North Africa
Chamlou, Nadereh - World Institute for Development Economic Research … - 2014
Economics has rediscovered happiness even though the discipline has always been about human wellbeing. A growing evidence suggests that happier people can be more productive and innovative, which leads to profitability and economic growth. Thus, there are
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An empirical study of the limits and perspectives of institutional transfers
Möller, Marie - Wirtschaftswissenschaftliche Fakultät, Westfälische … - 2012
The aim of this paper is to determine which country-specific characteristics promote and which impede the adoption of institutions. On the basis of a broad panel of 183 countries for the period between 1996 and 2010, we test whether there are tendencies towards a general improvement and towards...
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The Impact of Social Networks and Mobile Technologies on the Revolutions in the Arab World—A Study of Egypt and Tunisia
Maurushat, Alana; Chawki, Mohamed; Al-Alosi, Hadeel; … - In: Laws 3 (2014) 4, pp. 674-692
Revolution”. In fact, the willingness of the Mubarak government to block all internet connection in Egypt has demonstrated the … internet, satellite channels and social networking sites—play in revolutions. The revolutions demonstrate an effective use of … and future governments. Accordingly, this article seeks to expose freedom of expression as a fundamental democratic …
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Economic growth, employment and poverty in the Middle East and North Africa
Messkoub, Mahmood - International Labour Organization (ILO), United Nations - 2008
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Indice globale della fame: La sfida della fame 2013: Sviluppare la resilienza delle comunita per la sicurezza alimentare e nutrizionale
von Grebmer, Klaus; Headey, Derek; Bene, Christophe; … - International Food Policy Research Institute (IFPRI)
L Indice Globale della Fame 2013 (GHI), relativo ai dati del periodo 2008-2012, mostra che la fame mondiale e diminuita di un terzo rispetto al 1990. Nonostante i progressi, il livello della fame nel mondo rimane "grave", con 870 milioni di persone a soffrirne, secondo le stime...
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2013 Global Hunger Index: The challenge of hunger: Building resilience to achieve food and nutrition security
von Grebmer, Klaus; Headey, Derek; Bene, Christophe; … - International Food Policy Research Institute (IFPRI)
The 2013 Global Hunger Index (GHI), which reflects data from the period 2008 to 2012, shows that global hunger has improved since 1990, falling by one-third. Despite the progress made, the level of hunger in the world remains serious, with 870 million people going hungry, according to estimates...
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Typology of Political Regimes in North Africa before Arab Spring Case Study of Egypt, Tunisia and Libya
Anbarani, Ata - In: International Journal of Asian Social Science 3 (2013) 5, pp. 1089-1096
This article aims to have an analysis on state structure at the North of Africa including Tunisia, Egypt and Libya. The being internally dynamic of these states is historically different with what has previously happened in the West, because the essence of relation between state and society has...
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Does the adoption of IFRS promote emerging stock markets development? Evidence from MENA countries
Klibi, Mohamed Faker; Kossentini, Anas - In: International Journal of Accounting, Auditing and … 10 (2014) 3, pp. 279-298
The purpose of this study is to investigate the effects of IFRS adoption on MENA's emerging stock markets and to shed some light on the macro-economic determinants which have had an important influence on stock market development. The empirical study is conducted using a balanced panel data from...
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Global Employment Trends for Youth 2013: A Generation at Risk
eSocialSciences; International Labour Organisation ILO - 2014
This issue of Global Employment Trends for Youth provides an update on youth labour markets around the world, focusing both on the continuing labour market crisis and on structural issues in youth labour markets. The report provides an overview of youth labour markets at the global and regional...
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The Roots of Gender Inequality in Developing Countries
Jayachandran, Seema - eSocialSciences - 2014
Is the high degree of gender inequality in developing countries in education, personal autonomy, and more explained by underdevelopment itself? Or do the societies that are poor today hold certain cultural views that lead to gender inequality? This article discusses several mechanisms through...
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