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to be thought of as extra-economic dimensions such as subjective forms of poverty, quality of institutions (especially … public institutions) and type of political regime or, more generally speaking, the society’s system of values. To meet this … qualité des institutions (notamment publiques) et le type de régime politique ou plus généralement le système de valeurs de la …
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The Ali (2013, EB) findings on the nexuses among institutions, finance and investment could have an important influence … finance and institutions because they are less realistic to developing countries to which the resulting policy implications … why the Acemoglu & Johnson (2005) justification provided for the measurement of property rights institutions (PRI) is …
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Do women really improve conditions for gender equality after becoming heads of states? This study investigates if having a woman at the helm of country's decision making processes leads to better indicators on women conditions. Using time series observations for the period 2000-2011, we test the...
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Edited by Augustin K. Fosu Routledge Studies in Development Economics, 2015, pp. 393 (Hardcover). Reviewed by Simplice A. Asongu African Governance and Development Institute P.O. Box 8413, Yaoundé, Cameroon.
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The obligation to pay bride wealth at marriage is usually associated with thecontinuation of the lineage or considered a compensation for the loss of laborfor the family that provides the bride. In this paper a different interpretationis advanced. The obligation to pay of bride wealth is seen as...
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Countries need capacity for a variety of reasons, including sustaining economic growth, generating jobs, reducing poverty, effectively managing development programmes, and transforming societies and economies. A lot of effort has been expended to develop capacity in Africa with mixed results....
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collected by the authors in June 2012, we investigate the factors that are correlated with knowledge of the formal institutions …. There is evidence of a clear gender distinction both in terms of the knowledge of the formal institutions, and in income … likely to benefit from the knowledge of formal institutions of disability. Through our analysis we have sought to expand the …
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Purpose – The study extends the debate on finance versus institutions in the promotion of investment documented by … institutions to promote investment on the one hand and fighting financial allocation inefficiency by mitigating surplus liquidity … issues on the other hand. Originality/value – The paper extends the debate on the substitution of finance and institutions in …
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During the last 60 years development in Sub-Sahara Africa has had three main phases - P1, P2 and P3 - divided by kinks in 1972 and in 1994. P1 and P3 had fairly satisfactory growth, but P2 had negative growth. This cyclical growth path has to be explained by variables with a similar path. A set...
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