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working paper tests this hypothesis, and two related propositions, in a paired comparison between Kosovo and East Timor. The … operations. However, they have had divergent results in post-conflict state-building: While the state and economy are gradually … becoming stronger in East Timor, the same cannot be said of Kosovo, which continues to be plagued by high unemployment, low …
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Why do some states, with foreign assistance, transition from .fragile. to .robust?. Scholars in state-building have argued that neotrusteeship is an effective strategy by which external organizations might build post-conflict states. This working paper te
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While much of the literature studies causes and consequences of war, the reverberations of peace have rarely been studied. By focusing on the universe of ceasefire agreements since 1993, we study the causal effect of peace on economic recovery using a regression discontinuity in time approach....
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Has the World Bank's dramatic expansion of aid to countries devastated by civil conflict met its stated goals of speeding economic recovery and decreasing the probability of conflict recidivism? Our answer marries previous research into the politics of civil conflict with an understanding of the...
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tremendous impact of corruption in the economy. For a number of developing countries, a huge portion of government resources is … has been done to address the issue? The Philippine case is also briefly discussed. -- political economy ; corruption …
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This paper examines the role of competition law and policy as tools for poverty reduction and development. The authors put forward five related principles, building upon the important work on related issues that has been done by the OECD, the International Competition Network (ICN), UNCTAD and...
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At the current time, when the world is looking for a new order, there is a good chance for the Turkic States to act together, and it has become a great necessity in terms of the national interests of each of them. Despite all this, the current integration potential of the Turkic World remains...
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A conference report on UNESCO and Fundacion Bariloche sponsored conference with policy-oriented scientists from Africa, Europe, Latin America, and the United States of December 1976. The focus was on global modelling, its formalization and reliability. The applications were to problems of...
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tremendous impact of corruption in the economy. For a number of developing countries, a huge portion of government resources is …
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