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Truth vs. justification : contrasting heterodox and mainstream thinking on development via the example of austerity in Africa

Sindzingre, Alice - 2021

The differences between mainstream and 'heterodox' theories and policies have become increasingly blurred, and this dynamic has also affected heterodox analyses of development. Being trapped by the primacy of the statistics-based methodological imperative, much heterodox thinking on development...

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Formal and informal institutions and the economic development in Latin America

Pavarina, Paula Regina de Jesus Pinsetta; Cella, Daltro - 2015

This paper aims to collaborate with the discussion about the factors that try to explain the economic behavior in Latin America countries, considering the importance of some attributes related to social capital (ie interpersonal trust, which leads to association and civic commitment, performing...

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History without evidence : Latin American inequality since 1491

Williamson, Jeffrey G. - 2009

Most analysts of the modern Latin American economy hold to a pessimistic belief in historical persistence -- they believe that Latin America has always had very high levels of inequality, suggesting it will be hard for modern social policy to create a more egalitarian society. This paper argues...

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African Development, Partnership and Rationality Challenge : An Exposition

Nwaobi, Godwin Chukwudum - 2013

Since 1950s, most African nations have gained independence from their colonial powers. Fortunately, independence has brought many changes to these nations and these include multi-party democratic government and western education systems. Unfortunately, the Africa's economy is the least developed...

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Paths to Property : Approaches to Institutional Change in International Development

Boudreaux, Karol - 2008

Sub-Saharan Africa has received tens of billions of dollars in foreign aid over the last fifty years yet economic development has remained elusive. In many countries absolute poverty has increased and life expectancy has declined. Karol Boudreaux and Paul Aligica argue that the results of...

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Inequality and Democracy

Soci, Anna - 2019

The paper is about the political consequences of increasing economic inequality in Western economies. Political theorists have often stressed that democracy is in troubles when its population is not broadly uniform in income and wealth because unequal economic resources can easily translate into...

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Political Stability and Economic Development in the New Nation of South Sudan

Mohamed, Issam A.W; Akongdit, Addis - 2012

The newly born, one year old State of Southern Sudan faces multiple challenges, economic, administrative, ethnic and most of all, civil conflicts with its previous mother country, Sudan. Building a state is an arduous mission and building a nation comprised of many ethnicities is the most...

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Cashing in on education : women, childcare, and prosperity in Latin America and the Caribbean

Mateo Díaz, Mercedes; Rodriguez-Chamussy, Lourdes - 2016

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Cashing in on education : women, childcare, and prosperity in Latin America and the Caribbean

Mateo Díaz, Mercedes; Rodriguez-Chamussy, Lourdes - 2016 - Online-Ausg.

Economic gains from increasing women's participation in the labor market -- Why is childcare a key policy? -- Female … labor force participation in Latin America and the Caribbean -- Use of childcare services -- Childcare provision: service … features for working mothers -- International benchmarking: female labor supply and childcare -- Assessing childcare demand: a …

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Cashing in on Education : Women, Childcare, and Prosperity in Latin America and the Caribbean

Mateo Díaz, Mercedes - 2016

-- Abbreviations -- Overview -- Note -- References -- PART I: Why Is Increasing Female Labor Supply Important and Childcare the Right …: Childcare Policies: Key for Female Labor Participation -- Effects of Childcare on Female Labor Supply -- Effects of Childcare on … Child Development -- Cost-Effectiveness of Childcare Policies -- Notes -- References …

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