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Strengthening Transparency in the Oil Sector in Cameroon; Why Does it Matter?
Cossé, Stéphane - International Monetary Fund (IMF) - 2006
There has been a growing recognition of the importance of transparency for economic growth and social development in oil producing countries. This paper analyzes transparency issues in Cameroon's oil sector. It shows that, while substantial efforts have already been undertaken, continued action...
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Is ‘Good’ governance good for business? A cross-national analysis of firms in African countries
Ngobo, Paul Valentin; Fouda, Maurice - In: Journal of World Business 47 (2012) 3, pp. 435-449
Good governance can reduce uncertainty, transaction, search and production costs, and ultimately affect firm performance. In this paper, we explore the link between good governance and the profitability of individual firms in African countries. We employ the governance indices developed at the...
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The Politics of Public Policy in Ghana
Kpessa, Michael W. - In: Journal of Developing Societies 27 (2011) 1, pp. 29-56
This article examines the trajectories and approaches to public policy making in Africa. Using process tracing …
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Financing the EU budget - Present situations and perspective
Clemens, Johannes; Lemmer, Astrid - In: CESifo DICE Report 4 (2006) 1, pp. 39-44
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La ‘bonne gouvernance’ et les pays en développement : le cas des politiques de santé au Gabon
Boidin, Bruno - In: Ethics and Economics 8 (2011) 2, pp. 25-25
From the Gabonese experience, this article studies the way international pressures about “good governance” have an impact on the organization and the functioning of the health system in a developing country. At first governance and good governance are defined under a critical point of view....
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Corruption, good governance, and the African state: A critical analysis of the political-economic foundations of orruption in Sub-Saharan Africa
Ganahl, Joseph Patrick - Professur für Wirtschaftspolitik, insbesondere … - 2013
African states are often called corrupt indicating that the political system in Africa differs from the one prevalent … norm of African statehood. Thus we must turn to the overly neglected theoretical work on the political economy of Africa in … order to determine how the poverty of governance in Africa is firmly anchored both in Africa’s domestic socioeconomic …
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Zimbabwe?s Government of National Unity: Harvest of Thorns?
Zinyama, Tawanda; Takavarasha, Prosper E.T. - In: International Journal of Asian Social Science 4 (2014) 3, pp. 444-459
National governments have sovereign mandates to provide basic goods and services to the citizenry. This study seeks to find out the citizenry?s opinion regarding the general performance of the Government of National Unity (GNU). Study findings suggest that while the GNU has made commendable...
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Myths of Political Independence, or How Not to Solve the Corruption Problem: Lessons for Vietnam
Painter, Martin - Crawford School of Public Policy, Australian National …
Corruption is widely identified as a critical problem for developing economies and is also viewed as a priority issue by international organisations and donors. Governments such as Vietnam place anti-corruption high on their policy agenda. However, external observers regularly criticise them for...
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European public administration under the principles of legality, proportionality and subsidiarity
Mihaela V., Carausan - Facultatea de Administraţie Publică, Şcoala … - 2009
Within the European Union order, the national public administrations play a very important role. They are responsible for the enforcement and the control of the execution of the policies of the European Communities, in all the states of the European Union, in the interest of the respective...
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Financialisation or the Management Philosophy of Globalism
Botos, Katalin - In: Public Finance Quarterly 59 (2014) 2, pp. 258-271
The philosophy of globalism is neoliberalism. It has become prevalent due to the financialisation of the economy. During the twenty-five years of the so-called Fordist growth regime the interests of the real sector were served by the financial sector. This situation has changed in the last few...
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