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Peaceful transition of power in Senegal: How realistic are the new hopefuls' prospects?

Kohnert, Dirk - 2024

The election of Bassirou Diomaye Faye as President of Senegal on March 24, 2024, after a turbulent electoral process …, reflects the resilience of Senegal's democratic institutions. It provides an opportunity to strengthen transparent governance … and combat inequality. It was the first time since Senegal's independence from France in 1960 that an opposition candidate …

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Financial realities for farms in the European Union: Relationships between farming and governmental interactions within the Triple Helix concept

Martinho, Vítor João Pereira Domingues - 2018

The objective of this study is to analyse the financial realities for the farming sector in European Union countries and their relationships with agricultural investment and public structural subsidies, from a perspective of farming- and governmental relationships as part of the Triple Helix...

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Do Customs Trade Facilitation Programmes Help Reduce Customs-Related Corruption?

Michael, Bryane; Popov, Maja - 2012

Customs-related corruption costs World Customs Organisation (WCO) members at least $2 billion in customs revenue each year. Using recent data only about bribe payers’ actual experiences in paying bribes, we show that trade facilitation would only help reduce corruption and improve efficiency...

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Foreign Investment and Domestic Productivity in the Czech Republic: A Quantitative Survey

Havranek, Tomas; Hampl, Mojmir - 2018

In this paper we take stock of the evidence concerning the effect of foreign direct investment (FDI) on the productivity of locally owned firms in the Czech Republic. To this end, we collect 332 estimates previously reported in journal articles, working papers, and PhD theses. We find that the...

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Access to Markets and Technology Adoption in the Agricultural Sector: Evidence from Brazil

Astorga-Rojas, Diego - 2024

This paper studies how better market access through infrastructure improvements leads to the adoption of new agricultural technologies. In particular, I study the case of Brazil, and how the construction of the federal highway network from 1950 to 2000 affected the modernization of the...

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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...

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