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This paper assesses the effectiveness of foreign aid in improving government institutions in 52 African countries using updated data (1996-2010). Findings suggest development assistance deteriorates government quality dynamics of corruption-control, political-stability, rule of law, regulation...
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Compared to other regions of the world, Africa is lagging in its drive toward knowledgebased economies. This study systematically reviews the literature in order to highlight the policies and strategies with which African countries can accelerate their current drive towards building...
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Zambia has undergone a dramatic transformation of economic policy during the 1990s. The election in 1991 of the Movement for Multi-party Democracy government saw the introduction of a series of major economic reforms designed to transform the Zambian economy from a relatively inward looking and...
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Von Südafrika ging mit der politischen Wende am Kap die Hoffnung aus, das Land könnte für den gesamten Subkontinent zu einem Vorbild demokratischer Entwicklung, politischer Stabilität und wirtschaftlichen Aufschwungs werden. Tatsächlich hat die Kaprepublik diesen Erwartungen bis heute...
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Am 21. März 2000 war es zehn Jahre her, dass Namibia nach mehr als 100 Jahren Fremdbestimmung und Minderheitenherrschaft offiziell und nach demokratischen Wahlen in die Unabhängigkeit entlassen wurde. Die neue Swapo-Regierung stand damals vor der Mammutaufgabe, eine durch lange Apartheidsjahre...
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Von Südafrika ging mit der politischen Wende am Kap die Hoffnung aus, das Land könnte für den gesamten Subkontinent zu einem Vorbild demokratischer Entwicklung, politischer Stabilität und wirtschaftlichen Aufschwungs werden. Tatsächlich hat die Kaprepublik diesen Erwartungen bis heute...
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This paper examines the causes of Taiwan's exceptional economic performance, focusing on the influence of organizational and policy choices and how Taiwan's example differs from those of more typical less-developed countries. After briefly citing cultural factors as proposed by his late...
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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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government to seek solutions which were by increasing taxation, floating or drastically its domestic currency prices. The results …
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