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Cost-reducing R&D in the presence of an appropriation alternative: an application to the natural resource curse
Puzon, Klarizze - 2013
This study proposes a new mechanism for the resource curse: crowding-out of innovation due to the existence of an option to engage in conflict. Using a game theoretical framework, it is argued that an increase in the amount of natural resources (in the informal sector where conflict for a...
Persistent link: https://www.econbiz.de/10010311804
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Cost-reducing R&D in the presence of an appropriation alternative: an application to the natural resource curse
Puzon, Klarizze - Deutsche Zentralbibliothek für … - 2013
This study proposes a new mechanism for the resource curse: crowding-out of innovation due to the existence of an option to engage in conflict. Using a game theoretical framework, it is argued that an increase in the amount of natural resources (in the informal sector where conflict for a...
Persistent link: https://www.econbiz.de/10010957795
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Transactional fish-for-sex relationships amid declining fish access in Kenya
Fiorella, Kathryn J.; Camlin, Carol S.; Salmen, Charles R. - In: World development : the multi-disciplinary … 74 (2015), pp. 323-332
Persistent link: https://www.econbiz.de/10011525999
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Health and Healthcare in Assam-A Status Report
Dutta, Indranee; Bawari, Shailly - eSocialSciences - 2010
This report is a comprehensive and analytical compilation of health care development of Assam bringing together all available information and data on health and health care.
Persistent link: https://www.econbiz.de/10008480373
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The politics of indigenous participation through "Free Prior Informed Consent" : reflections from the Bolivian case
Fontana, Lorenza B.; Grugel, Jean - In: World development : the multi-disciplinary … 77 (2016), pp. 249-261
Persistent link: https://www.econbiz.de/10011600506
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Uzbekistan Country Gender Assessment
Asian Development Bank; Asian Development Bank (ADB) - 2014
In 2011, Uzbekistan celebrated 20 years of independence. The transition has not been smooth for any country in the Commonwealth of Independent States, and Uzbekistan, too, has experienced both positive and negative developments in gender equality. The status of women and men in Uzbekistan is...
Persistent link: https://www.econbiz.de/10010942333
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Assessing the transformative potential of extractive sector transparency initiatives : evidence from local oil revenue management in Indonesia
Putri, Primi; Lujala, Päivi - In: The journal of development studies 59 (2023) 12, pp. 1787-1806
Persistent link: https://www.econbiz.de/10014422331
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Remotely Engaged? A Framework for Monitoring the Success of Stakeholder Engagement in Remote Regions
Larson, Silva; Measham, Thomas G; Williams, Liana J - Ecosystems Sciences Division, Commonwealth Scientific … - 2009
The importance of stakeholder engagement for the success of natural resources management processes is widely acknowledged, yet evaluation frameworks employed by administrators of environmental programs continue to provide limited recognition of or insistence upon engagement processes. This paper...
Persistent link: https://www.econbiz.de/10005103113
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Planning and Natural Resources in Bolivia
Pellegrini, Lorenzo - In: Journal of Developing Societies 28 (2012) 2, pp. 185-202
This article focuses on participation in the main planning documents produced in Bolivia in the first decade of the … instruments have been able to capture popular participation through diverse mechanisms and how these practices fit in the current … mainstream participation discourse. Special attention is paid to natural resources because of the predominant role they have in …
Persistent link: https://www.econbiz.de/10010827449
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Remotely engaged? Towards a framework for monitoring the success of stakeholder engagement in remote regions
Larson, Silva; Measham, Thomas; Williams, Liana - In: Journal of Environmental Planning and Management 53 (2010) 7, pp. 827-845
The importance of stakeholder engagement for the success of natural resources management processes is widely acknowledged, yet evaluation frameworks employed by administrators of environmental programmes continue to provide limited recognition of or insistence upon engagement processes. This...
Persistent link: https://www.econbiz.de/10008674704