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New Nationalism and Development in Africa: review article
Kohnert, Dirk - Volkswirtschaftliche Fakultät, … - 2009
nationalism in Africa and elsewhere shows remarkable differences both in its roots and its impact, compared with that of the …, Sara, Daniel Hammett, and Paul Nugent (eds.) (2007), Making Nations, Creating Strangers. States and Citizenship in Africa … National Identity in Africa. Oxford, New York: Oxford University Press, ISBN 9780199286751, 448 pages …
Persistent link: https://www.econbiz.de/10005668422
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Dynamics of biosciences regulation and opportunities for biosciences innovation in Africa: Exploring regulatory policy brokering
Kingiri, Ann; Hall, Andy - United Nations University-Maastricht Economic Research … - 2011
Knowledge brokering has been explored in the innovation literature to understand how different innovation tasks are organised toward technological development. This paper reflects upon the role of different organisations as knowledge brokers in regulatory policy processes towards putting...
Persistent link: https://www.econbiz.de/10010856347
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Trade and Environmental Quality in African Countries: Do Institutions Matter?
Baliamoune-Lutz, Mina - International Centre for Economic Research (ICER) - 2012
This paper examines the impact of trade and political institutions on environmental quality in Africa and explores …
Persistent link: https://www.econbiz.de/10010941783
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Dynamics of biosciences regulation and opportunities for biosciences innovation in Africa: Exploring regulatory policy brokering
Kingiri, Ann; Hall, Andy - United Nations University, Maastricht Economic and … - 2011
Knowledge brokering has been explored in the innovation literature to understand how different innovation tasks are organised toward technological development. This paper reflects upon the role of different organisations as knowledge brokers in regulatory policy processes towards putting...
Persistent link: https://www.econbiz.de/10009148900
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Canada 2030: An Agenda for Sustainable Development
Kindornay, Shannon; Standards, Centre for the Study of … - Center for the Study of Living Standards (CSLS) - 2015
As the Millennium Development Goals (MDGs) reach their end date in 2015, negotiations are ramping up at the United Nations for the establishment of a new set of Sustainable Development Goals (SDGs). The SDGs, to be announced in September this year, will replace the MDGs and serve as a universal...
Persistent link: https://www.econbiz.de/10011185571
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Does franchise extension reduce short-run economic growth? Evidence from New South Wales, 1862-1882
Harris, Edwyna - Department of Econometrics and Business Statistics, … - 2011
Empirical studies have established that franchise extension has positive effects on long-run growth because democratisation leads to greater equality of access to resources. However, in the short-run franchise may lead to a redistribution of resources away from important sectors of an economy....
Persistent link: https://www.econbiz.de/10009321157
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Africa's statistical tragedy: best statistics, best government effectiveness
Kodila-Tedika, Oasis - Volkswirtschaftliche Fakultät, … - 2012
We analyze the effect of the Statistical Capacity on government effectiveness/efficiency, using a cross-sectional and panel data for a sample of 48 countries African for a period of 2003-2008.The results show that Statistical Capacity positively affects government effectiveness/efficiency. The...
Persistent link: https://www.econbiz.de/10011112323
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Distributional Impact of Commodity Price Shocks: Australia over a Century
Bhattacharyya, Sambit; Williamson, Jeffrey G. - Centre for the Study of African Economies (CSAE), … - 2013
wool and mining and not agricultural commodities. A sustained increase in the price of renewables (wool) reduces inequality …
Persistent link: https://www.econbiz.de/10010877254
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Development and biodiversity conservation in Sub-Saharan Africa: A spatial analysis
CHOUMERT, Johanna; AMIN, Ariane Manuela - Centre d'Études et de Recherches sur le Développement … - 2013
A better understanding of the relationship between economic development and biodiversity loss is of great relevance, given the current rapid extinction of species along with challenges born from the context of economic development in poor countries. The purpose of the current study is to provide...
Persistent link: https://www.econbiz.de/10011213855
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Price Distortions and Economic Growth in Sub-Saharan Africa
Anderson, Kym; Brückner, Markus - C.E.P.R. Discussion Papers - 2011
To what extent has Sub-Saharan Africa’s slow economic growth over the past five decades been due to price and trade …
Persistent link: https://www.econbiz.de/10009246604