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From contractors to investors? Evolving engagement of Chinese state capital in global infrastructure development and the case of Lekki Port in Nigeria

Zhang, Hong - 2023

This paper introduces and critically analyzes an emerging form of global infrastructure development by China's infrastructure construction companies, known as "integrated investment, construction, and operation" (IICO). This model has been promoted by the Chinese infrastructure industry,...

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Trade and Regional Economic Development

Bühler, Mathias - 2023

A central argument for trade liberalization is that when the 'gains from trade' are shared, countries see large gains in economic development. In this paper, I empirically evaluate this argument and assess the impact of elite capture on regional development. Africa provides a unique study ground...

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African and Romanian perspectives on consolidating the European Union: African Union partnership

Sebe, Mihai (contributor); … - 2022

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Afrika - Kontinent der Widersprüche: Chancen für den Weg einer nachhaltigen und prosperierenden Entwicklung?

Polte, Winfried - 2023

Neueste Funde in Südafrika haben nochmals unterstrichen, dass die ältesten Menschen der Welt offensichtlich aus Afrika … Kontinent derzeit auch mit einer größeren Zahl anders gelagerter Herausforderungen konfrontiert. Zum einen versucht Afrika …, das zu erheblichen inneren Spannungen führt. Erschwerend kommt hinzu, dass Afrika weltweit am stärksten vom Klimawandel …

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Boats and tides and "Trickle Down" theories: What economists presume about wellbeing when they employ stochastic process theory in modeling behavior

Anderson, Gordon - 2012

Aphorisms that "Rising tides raise all boats" or that material advances of the rich eventually "Trickle Down" to the poor are really maxims regarding the nature of stochastic processes that underlay the income/wellbeing paths of groups of individuals. This paper looks at the implications for the...

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HIV

Luboobi, Livingstone S.; Mugisha, Joseph Y.T. - 2005

Three-quarters of the world's AIDS population lives in Sub-Saharan Africa; most have no access to lifesaving drugs, testing facilities or even basic preventative health care. One of the major factors inhibiting medical professionals in Africa from treating this disease is the inability to access...

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Climate (change) and conflict: Resolving a puzzle of association and causation

Almer, Christian; Boes, Stefan - 2012

There is an ongoing discussion especially among political scientists and economists whether and how climate variability affects civil conflicts and wars in developing countries. Given the predicted climatic changes, several studies argue that increasing temperatures or decreasing precipitation...

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Does intra-Africa regional trade cooperation enhance Africa's export survival?

Kamuganga, Dick N. - 2012

In this paper, I use a stratified Cox Proportional Hazard Model to econometrically evaluate the effects of intra-Africa regional trade cooperation and other underlying factors on Africa`s export survival. Using a highly disaggregated dataset of bilateral trade flows at HS 6 digit level for 49...

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The impact of a feeder road project on cash crop production in Zambia's Eastern province between 1997 and 2002

Kingombe, Christian K.M.; di Falco, Salvatore - 2012

This paper investigates the dynamic impacts of rural road improvements on farm productivity and crop choices in Zambia's Eastern Province. There are several channels through which the feeder road improvements impact on farmers. Our aim is to estimate whether the differential outcomes in the five...

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What drives Africa`s export diversification?

Kamuganga, Dick N. - 2012

The primary purpose of this paper is to seek empirical answers to the above question. Using a highly disaggregated bilateral trade flows at HS 6 digit level for African countries for a period 1995-2009 and a conditional logit technique, I find 3 main empirical results. First, intra-Africa...

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