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This study investigates the distributional effects of international organizations within their member countries. It addresses the issue empirically by examining the causal effect of International Monetary Fund (IMF) programs on income inequality. Introducing a new instrumental variable for IMF...
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Africa's quest to achieving improved health status and meeting the Millennium Development Goals targets cannot be … citizens in contemporary sub-Saharan Africa, at least in the long run. Whilst there is evidence of more private and public …
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. Objectives: An interpretive approach is used to explore the implications of a country's commitment to democracy (according to the … experienced in some of Africa's mining industries. The scores are contrast with the strength of the jurisdictions' democratic … levels democracy and corruption reported by the Economist Intelligence Unit and Transparency International respectively …
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This paper studies the labor market consequences of ethnic politics in African democracies. We combine geo-referenced data from 15 countries, 32 parliamentary elections, 62 political parties, 243 ethnic groups, 2,200 electoral constituencies, and 400,000 individuals. We implement a regression...
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