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This study examines the role of globalization on terrorism in 51 African countries for the period 1996-2011. Four … terrorism indicators are used, namely: domestic, transnational, unclear and total terrorism. Political, economic, social and … established from GMM estimations. Political globalisation increases both domestic and transnational terrorism. Social …
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In this paper we investigate whether the effects of terrorism in one country spillover to affect trade in neighboring … stock measures of terrorism, and even for terrorist incidents with zero casualties. Spillovers from terrorism are relatively … long-lived, depressing bilateral trade up to five years after a terrorist event. Our findings are consistent with terrorism …
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Trade between China, Africa and the Middle East has rapidly expanded over the past thirty years. However, the economic … different kinds of trade. I utilize this heterogeneity to analyze the determinants of Chinese trade with 65 countries in Africa … monolithic treatment Africa often gets in the existing literature …
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(Organisation for Economic Cooperation and Development) and the World Bank in particular to celebrate dynamic growth in Asia, Africa … ‘South-South' growth. In this context, the paper offers a stylized comparison of Africa, Latin America and Southeast Asia as …
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attention so far. Despite the longstanding rhetoric of Asia-Africa solidarity, Asia and Africa still lack formal institutional … and trade links. Although interregional trade increased, Africa remained a small part of ASEAN with only around 2% of its … total market. The most important trading countries of ASEAN with Africa were Thailand, Indonesia and Singapore, while South …
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attention so far. Despite the longstanding rhetoric of Asia-Africa solidarity, Asia and Africa still lack formal institutional … and trade links. Although interregional trade increased, Africa remained a small part of ASEAN with only around 2% of its … total market. The most important trading countries of ASEAN with Africa were Thailand, Indonesia and Singapore, while South …
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Africa-China trade boomed since the 1990s, which some claim to have been driven by a search for oil. However, existing … techniques indicate that China’s oil/minerals imports from Africa is higher than imports of manufacturing and agricultural goods … given that China crowds out Africa’s manufactured goods. Also, proxies of institutional quality indicate that a weak …
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relatively few linkages between MNEs and domestic firms in sub-Saharan Africa compared with Asia. However, when linkages are … present in sub-Saharan Africa, they raise the likelihood of direct knowledge/technology transfers from MNEs to domestic firms …
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Terrorism is not a recent phenomenon and has been playing an important role in the world from the eighteenth and the … nineteenth centuries. But the terrorism, as we see it today, has developed itself from the sixties and is the child of the war … created by the imperialist powers. Terrorism stands out to be a method of combat in which random or symbolic victims serve as …
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