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Are Africans happy? 'Return to laughter' in times of war, famine and misery
Kohnert, Dirk - 2022
Happiness is a universal state of mind. However, its meaning takes on culture-specific forms, ranging from emotional states of mind to life satisfaction. The definition of 'happiness' is strongly influenced by the respective philosophical background and material living conditions and is shaped...
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Is water a blessing or a curse? How to address water conflicts in West Africa
Kohnert, Dirk - 2023
For many Africans, water is not only the source of life, but also a means of purification and a centre of regeneration. Water rituals and cults, such as 'Mami Wata', lead their followers to liberation of body and spirit. But customary rites can also cause harm. For example, the ancestral use of...
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VAT Evasion in Bulgaria: A General-Equilibrium Approach
Vasilev, Aleksandar - 2016
This paper utilizes an otherwise standard micro-founded general-equilibrium setup, which is augmented with a revenue-extraction mechanism to assess the magnitude of VAT evasion. The model is calibrated to Bulgaria after the introduction of the currency board (1999-2014), as one of the very few...
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The Impact of Patent Applications in the Context of the ESG Model at World Level
Leogrande, Angelo; Leogrande, Domenico; Costantiello, … - 2023
In the following article, we estimate the value of Patent Applications-PA in the context of the Environmental, Social and Governance-ESG model at world level. We use data from World Bank for 193 countries in the period 2011-2021. We found that PA is positively associated, among others, to “ CO...
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Money laundering and tax evasion : Do international measures have a significant impact in sub-Saharan Africa?
Kohnert, Dirk - 2024
Sub-Saharan Africa (SSA) accounts for a third of the countries on the Financial Action Task Force (FATF) grey list. In the Money Laundering and Terrorist Financing (ML/TF) Ranking and Risk Assessment Tool, the region performed poorly in terms of resilience to ML/TF, with more than 60% of...
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Les mesures internationales contre le blanchiment d'argent et l'évasion fiscale, ont-elles un impact significatif en Afrique subsaharienne?
Kohnert, Dirk - 2024
L’Afrique subsaharienne (ASS) représente un tiers des pays figurant sur la liste grise du Groupe d’action financière (GAFI). Dans l’outil de classement et d’évaluation des risques du blanchiment d’argent et du financement du terrorisme (BC/FT), la région a obtenu de mauvais...
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Epidemic corruption: a bio-economic homology
Hathroubi, Salem - 2013
This paper aims to study corruption as an epidemic phenomenon using the epidemic diffusion model of Kermack and Mc …-Kendrick (1927). We seek to determine the dynamics of corruption and its impact on the composition of the population at a given time …. We determine a threshold epidemiological corruption based on the approximation of the honest population. …
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Peaceful transition of power in Senegal: How realistic are the new hopefuls' prospects?
Kohnert, Dirk - 2024
corruption, put national economic interests first and create jobs for the country's population, notably for the young unemployed … Korruption zu bekämpfen, nationale Wirtschaftsinteressen in den Vordergrund zu stellen und Arbeitsplätze für die Bevölkerung des …
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The impact of the industrialized nation's CO₂ emissions on climate change in Sub-Saharan Africa: Case studies from South Africa, Nigeria and the DR Congo
Kohnert, Dirk - 2024
Human activity has transformed the planet at a pace and scale unprecedented in recorded history, causing irreversible damage to communities and ecosystems. Countries have focused their capacities on economic growth, with too little attention to externalities in terms of environmental quality....
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Auswirkungen der CO₂-Emissionen der Industrienationen auf den Klimawandel in Subsahara-Afrika: Fallstudien aus Südafrika, Nigeria und der DR Kongo
Kohnert, Dirk - 2024
Menschliche Aktivitäten haben den Planeten in einem in der Geschichte beispiellosen Tempo und Ausmaß verändert und irreversible Schäden an Gemeinschaften und Ökosystemen verursacht. Die Länder haben ihre Kapazitäten auf das Wirtschaftswachstum konzentriert und dabei den damit verbundenen...
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