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Size Matters: The Effect of the Scramble for Africa on Informal Institutions and Development
Dimico, Arcangelo - 2014
We argue that the partition of ethnic groups following the Scramble for Africa does not itself matter for development … a ect development. Furthermore, the analysis of data from the Afrobarometer shows that the persistence of informal … partitioned group a ects development …
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A Human Basis for Sustainable Development: How Psychosocial Change at the Individual Level Promotes Development
Pick, Susan; Beers, Kimberly; Grossman-Crist, Shoshana - In: Poverty & Public Policy 3 (2011) 3, pp. 8-8
lives, hindering development. This article presents the Framework for Enabling Empowerment (FrEE), a model that emphasizes … sustainable human development. FrEE is theoretically based in Amartya Sen’s Capability Approach. Explaining the synergy between … the field of human development.</p> …
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Rentier Capitalism : Disorganised Development and Social Injustice in Pakistan
Ahmed, Shahid - 2016
Since the early 1950s East Asia (China, Taiwan and South Korea) and South-East Asia (Indonesia, Malaysia, Thailand and Vietnam) have, despite war and other challenges, managed to transform the lives of their people, whereas South Asia (India, Pakistan, Bangladesh and Sri Lanka) has lagged...
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Rentier capitalism : disorganised development and social injustice in Pakistan
Ahmed, Shahid - 2016
Preface -- Acknowledgments -- Introduction -- Development, social justice and the limits of public policy -- Why has …, private enterprise and development -- Democracy and development : diagnosing poor governance -- An agenda for Pakistan …
Persistent link: https://www.econbiz.de/10013547184
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An exploration of the link between development, economic growth, and natural risk
Hallegatte, Stéphane - 2013
This paper investigates the link between development, economic growth, and the economic losses from natural disasters … development and slower than income at high levels of development. In that case, increasing risk-taking reinforces economic growth …-taking is both a driver and a consequence of economic development, and should not be indiscriminately suppressed. The …
Persistent link: https://www.econbiz.de/10010294283
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Hold your breath: A new index of air quality
Buehn, Andreas; Farzanegan, Mohammad Reza - 2012
Environmental quality and climate change have long attracted attention in policy debates. Recently, air quality has emerged on the policy agenda. We calculate a new index of air quality using CO2 and SO2 emissions per capita as indicators and provide a ranking for 122 countries from 1985 to...
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FDI, Regulations and Growth
Busse, Matthias; Groizard Cardosa, José Luis - 2006
The paper explores the linkage between income growth rates and foreign direct investment (FDI) inflows. So far the evidence is rather mixed, as no robust relationship between FDI and income growth has been established. We argue that countries need a sound business environment in the form of good...
Persistent link: https://www.econbiz.de/10010295531
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Micro-credit, risk coping and the incidence of rural-to-urban migration
Ahsan, Quamrul - 2005
The focus of this paper is on the rural poor of south Asia and their struggle to cope with the seasonal risk of unemployment and the ensuing income risks. In the absence of formal credit or insurance markets the rural poor typically resort to, among other options, the following informal...
Persistent link: https://www.econbiz.de/10010295955
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The Political Economy of Corruption and and the Role of Financial Institutions
Hainz, Christa; Boerner, Kira - 2005
In transition and developing countries, we observe rather high levels of corruption even they have democratic political systems. This is surprising from a political economy perspective, as a majority of the people generally suffers from high corruption levels. Our model based on the fact that...
Persistent link: https://www.econbiz.de/10010295959
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FDI, Regulations and Growth
Busse, Matthias; Groizard Cardosa, José Luis - 2006
The paper explores the linkage between income growth rates and foreign direct investment (FDI) inflows. So far the evidence is rather mixed, as no robust relationship between FDI and income growth has been established. We argue that countries need a sound business environment in the form of good...
Persistent link: https://www.econbiz.de/10010295993