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Party system change and the quality of democracy in East Africa
Pelizzo, Riccardo; Nwokora, Zim - 2017
qualities. In doing so, we do not simply assess whether, how and to what extent qualities of democracy in East Africa are … qualities of democracy, we find that while the frequency of change has a beneficial impact on the qualities of democracy, the …
Persistent link: https://www.econbiz.de/10011759235
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Understanding the relationship between institutions and economic development: Some key theoretical issues
Chang, Ha-Joon - 2006
The paper tries to improve our understanding on the role of institutions in development by critically examining the … current orthodox discourse on institutions and highlighting some of its key problems. After discussing some definitional …
Persistent link: https://www.econbiz.de/10010279261
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On the determinant of financial development in Africa : geography, institutions and macroeconomic policy relevance
Adekunle, Ibrahim A.; Yinusa, Olumuyiwa Ganiyu; … - 2021
While it is clear that financial depth and economic diversity are prerequisites for the realisation of growth and development objectives, heterogeneous factors that determines financial development remains imperfectly understood. This ambiguity in the structural relations between varied...
Persistent link: https://www.econbiz.de/10012603080
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Institutions, financial development, and small business survival : evidence from European emerging markets
Iwasaki, Ichirō; Kočenda, Evžen; Shida, Yoshisada - 2020
In this paper, we traced the survival status of 94,401 small businesses in 17 European emerging markets from 2007–2017 and empirically examined the determinants of their survival, focusing on institutional quality and financial development. We found that institutional quality and the level of...
Persistent link: https://www.econbiz.de/10012304241
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Institutions, financial development, and small business survival: evidence from European emerging markets
Iwasaki, Ichirō; Kočenda, Evžen; Shida, Yoshisada - 2020
In this paper, we traced the survival status of 94,401 small businesses in 17 European emerging markets from 2007-2017 and empirically examined the determinants of their survival, focusing on institutional quality and financial development. We found that institutional quality and the level of...
Persistent link: https://www.econbiz.de/10012297522
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Institutional complementarity for social and economic development
Bilan, Yuriy; Vasilyeva, Tetyana; Lyeonov, Serhiy; … - In: Verslas : teorija ir praktika : Vilniaus Gedimino … 20 (2019), pp. 103-115
through institutional mechanisms. The purpose of this paper is to explore the relationship between social sector institutions … and basic institutions, taking into account the economic development of countries and the way in which they are formed. A … number of empiric studies confirmed significant role of institutions to provide conditions for economic development. In order …
Persistent link: https://www.econbiz.de/10012020000
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The roots of Islamist armed struggle, 1968 - 2007 : conference paper
Meierrieks, Daniel; Krieger, Tim - 2014
This contribution studies the influence of poor politico-economic factors, unfavorable demographic conditions, state failure, modernization, secularization, globalization and the perceived dependency of the Islamic world from the West on the onset of armed Islamist activity for 155 countries...
Persistent link: https://www.econbiz.de/10010489890
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Cultures, clashes and peace
Fletcher, Erin; Iyigun, Murat - 2009
Ethnic and religious fractionalization have important effects on economic growth and development, but their role in internal violent conflicts has been found to be negligible and statistically insignificant. These findings have been invoked in refutation of the Huntington hypothesis, according...
Persistent link: https://www.econbiz.de/10010269143
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Demography, Democracy, Development and Urban Protest in Sub-Saharan Africa
Fox, Sean - 2021
between 1990 and 2011 indicate that large urban populations, hybrid political institutions, election events, recent regime …
Persistent link: https://www.econbiz.de/10013221898
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The terrorism-finance nexus contingent on globalisation and governance dynamics in Africa
Asongu, Simplice; Nchofoung, Tii Njivukuh - 2021
This study empirically verifies the effect of terrorism on financial development and how globalisation and governance …
Persistent link: https://www.econbiz.de/10012487020