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Modeling and evaluation of political processes : a new quantitative approach
Henning, Christian H. C. A. - 2015
At the academic level and in political practice, participatory and evidence-based political processes are increasingly recognized as mechanisms that guarantee more efficient political decisionmaking. However, no theoretical framework that allows a clear definition of participatory and...
Persistent link: https://www.econbiz.de/10012022790
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Voter behavior and government performance : empirical application in Ghana
Henning, Christian H. C. A.; Diaz, Daniel; Lendewig, Andrea - 2018
Electoral competition is a democratic mechanism to guarantee high governmental performance. In reality, however, it often leads to policy failure due to Government Capture and Government Accountability. An understanding of both phenomena has to be based on voter theory and nowadays the...
Persistent link: https://www.econbiz.de/10012022804
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Changes in voter behavior after an information signal : an experimental approach for Senegal
Henning, Christian H. C. A.; Petri, Svetlana; Diaz, Daniel - 2020
Electoral competition is considered a control mechanism to guarantee a good performance of the government. However, in real life it often leads to a distorted policy implementation due to Government Capture and low Government Accountability. Therefore, the analysis of voter behavior is a key...
Persistent link: https://www.econbiz.de/10012592722
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Voting vs. non-voting in Senegal : a nested multinomial logit model approach
Henning, Christian H. C. A.; Diaz, Daniel; Petri, Svetlana - 2020
In democratic systems, elections are considered a mechanism to ensure that efficient policies seeking the wellbeing of the population are implemented by the government, although the reality often reflects the opposite. Governments usually act inefficiently due to problems of government...
Persistent link: https://www.econbiz.de/10012592737
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How important are abstainers in presidential elections? : a comparative analysis between Africa and Latin America
Henning, Christian H. C. A.; Diaz, Daniel; Lendewig, Andrea - 2020
decide to cast a vote. In order to study the importance of abstention in presidential elections in Africa and Latin America …
Persistent link: https://www.econbiz.de/10012592744
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The devolution revolution : implications for agricultural service delivery in Ghana
Resnick, Danielle - 2018
Persistent link: https://www.econbiz.de/10012111507
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Resources endowments and agricultural development : Africa vs. Asia
Hayami, Yujiro; Platteau, Jean-Philippe - 1997
Persistent link: https://www.econbiz.de/10000632893
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Deforestation and welfare : evidence from Africa
Asongu, Simplice A. - 2011
This paper examines the effects of deforestation on the welfare of rural communities in the Congo Basin. Using moment conditions of agricultural and forest exploitations, findings indicate deforestation significantly improves welfare both at overall-rural and agricultural household per capita...
Persistent link: https://www.econbiz.de/10011410302
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Eggs before chickens? : assessing Africa's livestock revolution with an example from Ghana
Andam, Kwaw S.; Arndt, Channing; Hartley, Faaiqa - 2017
Persistent link: https://www.econbiz.de/10012110224
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EU common agricultural policy : impacts on trade with Africa and African agricultural development
Kornher, Lukas; Braun, Joachim von - 2020
The impacts of European agricultural and trade policies on agricultural development and food security in Africa are … agricultural trade flows between the EU and Africa as a whole and in the context of case studies on meat and milk; (iii) a …; and (iv) model simulations of the effects of possible reform projects on production in and trade flows with Africa. The …
Persistent link: https://www.econbiz.de/10012224359