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European countries are becoming increasingly politically integrated and the process of integration has accelerated in recent years. But how much social integration is there within the Community? This article supplies a definition of European social integration, and thereby lays down the...
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"The economic potential of ethnic and cultural diversity is often underestimated. This paper summarizes a number of recent studies which show that 'soft' factors such as attitudes, perceptions and identities - and in particular ethnic identities - significantly affect economic outcomes. More...
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"The economic potential of ethnic and cultural diversity is often underestimated. This paper summarizes a number of recent studies which show that 'soft' factors such as attitudes, perceptions and identities - and in particular ethnic identities - significantly affect economic outcomes. More...
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Purpose – This paper draws from research that sought to explore the structure of corruption in Kenya and its …-movement between such unofficial payments and red-tape, suggesting that corruption does not play any greasing function. Not only does … corruption undermine firm growth but also reduces the propensity to export. The findings uphold others that demonstrate the …
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Kenya has been going through a period of political reform from 1991 when section 2A of the constitution that had made … Kenya a de jure one party state was repealed. The reform followed a prolonged struggle by citizens both within and without … the main these changes were pushed by the donors and though supported by the opposition in Kenya they did not rise …
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Corruption Perceptions Index, Kenya is more corrupt than Tanzania, but we find that the coefficient on tax is higher in Tanzania …In this paper we estimate the amount of tax evasion in customs authorities in both Kenya and Tanzania by calculating … measurement error is correlated with the tax rates in both Kenya and Tanzania. According to the Transparency International …
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