Narrow search
Showing 1 - 10 of 1,480
Cover Image
The political economy of development assistance : peril to government quality dynamics in Africa
Asongu, Simplice A. - 2012
updated data (1996-2010). Findings suggest development assistance deteriorates government quality dynamics of corruption …
Persistent link: https://www.econbiz.de/10011410244
Cover Image
Building knowledge-based economies in Africa : a systematic review of policies and strategies
Asongu, Simplice; Odhiambo, Nicholas M. - 2019
Compared to other regions of the world, Africa is lagging in its drive toward knowledgebased economies. This study …
Persistent link: https://www.econbiz.de/10012111599
Cover Image
Mixing Washington Consensus With Beijing Consensus and Corruption in Africa
Gokcekus, Omer - 2013
economic openness, the lower the corruption. In practice, however, the growth of economic openness has not been accompanied by … the expected improvements in corruption for 34 African countries between 1990 and 2009. This paper presents a plausible … economies to trading with China increases the perceived corruption level. For instance, in a “representative” African country, a …
Persistent link: https://www.econbiz.de/10013081273
Cover Image
Political institutions, policymaking, and economic policy in Latin America
Ardanaz, Martin; Scartascini, Carlos G.; Tommasi, Mariano - 2010
This paper surveys selected themes in the political economy of policymaking in Latin America, with an emphasis on recent research focusing on actual decision and implementation processes, and on the political institutions and state and social actors involved in those processes. In particular,...
Persistent link: https://www.econbiz.de/10010247135
Cover Image
Political Institutions, Policymaking, and Economic Policy in Latin America
Ardanaz, Martin; Scartascini, Carlos; Tommasi, Mariano - 2011
This paper surveys selected themes in the political economy of policymaking in Latin America, with an emphasis on recent research focusing on actual decision and implementation processes, and on the political institutions and state and social actors involved in those processes. In particular,...
Persistent link: https://www.econbiz.de/10014045496
Cover Image
The Nigerian Wars, Regional Crises and Ethnic Disturbances : Policy Responses and Democratic Implications
Nwaobi, Godwin Chukwudum - 2006
Nigeria was incorporated in 1914 when Frederick Lugard(First Governor-General) amalgamated the two British protectorates of Northern and Southern Nigeria and the Crown Colony of Lagos into a single entity. The primary reason for amalgamation was economic rather than political. It is therefore, a...
Persistent link: https://www.econbiz.de/10014058751
Cover Image
A short history of India's economy : a chapter in the Asian drama
Basu, Kaushik - 2018
This paper is a short history of the Indian economy since 1968. India today is a changed country from what it was half a century ago, when Myrdal published his Asian Drama. The stranglehold of low growth has been broken, its population below the poverty line has fallen markedly, and India has...
Persistent link: https://www.econbiz.de/10011913519
Cover Image
Poverty, inequality and growth in Zambia during the 1990s
MacCulloch, Neil; Baulch, Bob; Cherel-Robson, Milasoa - 2001
Movement for Multi-party Democracy government saw the introduction of a series of major economic reforms designed to transform …
Persistent link: https://www.econbiz.de/10010279157
Cover Image
Südafrika im Jahr 2001: Noch stabil trotz regionaler Turbulenzen
Halbach, Axel J. - In: ifo Schnelldienst 54 (2001) 14, pp. 15-22
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...
Persistent link: https://www.econbiz.de/10011691769
Cover Image
Namibia nach zehn Jahren Unabhängigkeit
Halbach, Axel J. - In: Ifo Schnelldienst 53 (2000) 09, pp. 10-14
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...
Persistent link: https://www.econbiz.de/10005014053