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cradle of migration from Sub-Saharan Africa to Europe, were most African migrants with overseas destinations live. The … European Union shares dual responsibility for the continuing migration pressure: First, because they fostered over decades … to be felt today, and constitutes one of the underlying factors for politically motivated migration. Secondly, the EU …
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-to-urban migration, whereas urban pollution deters rural-to-urban migration. By means of a general equilibrium model we study the … and mitigating urban pollution in the presence of endogenous rural-to-urban migration. We show that without government … intervention, although rural-to-urban migration contributes to agglomeration economies, it does not improve social welfare because …
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We study the economic structure of the life of Harry Potter and his co-actors as an economic model that governs the social organization of their economic activities. Our goal is to study and understand the internal consistency of the Potterian economic model and explore the relationships between...
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migration, fertility, and mortality. The term demography comes from Greek word and means “describing people.” Thus, this …
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broader measure of human capital that accounts for international differences in the quality of education. Our findings suggest … that more quality-adjusted education does increase the income of the poor in addition to its positive effect on average … income. Hence effective education policies should be an essential component of any poverty-reduction strategy. …
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The parliamentary elections of October 2007, the first free Togolese elections since decades, were meant to correct at least partially the rigged presidential elections of 2005. Western donors considered it as a litmus test of despotic African regimes’ propensity to change towards...
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The globalized Western culture of innovation, as propagated by major aid institutions, does not necessarily lead to empowerment or improvement of the well-being of the stakeholders. On the contrary, it often blocks viable indigenous innovation cultures. In African societies and African Diasporas...
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In the past decades the involvement of local experts in the planning and evaluation of development programs has steadily increased. Ownership of development planning is propagated as major aim of bilateral and international development co-operation. Yet, the quality and performance of many local...
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The WAEMU and the Franc CFA-Zone: A new culture of co-operation in Francophone Africa? The CFA-zone is basically composed of two sub-zones, characterised by significant structural economic and political differences within and between its member countries: the West African Economic and Monetary...
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The analysis of African occult belief systems provides a unique example for demonstrating that seemingly outdated and exotic African modes of thought, such as the belief in magic and witchcraft, are modern and have significant impact on social, economic and political structures. Official...
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