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The Value of Democracy : Evidence from Road Building in Kenya

Burgess, Robin - 2013

Ethnic favoritism is seen as antithetical to development. This paper provides credible quantification of the extent of ethnic favoritism using data on road building in Kenyan districts across the 1963-2011 period. Guided by a model it then examines whether the transition in and out of democracy...

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Does Elite Capture Matter? Local Elites and Targeted Welfare Programs in Indonesia

Alatas, Vivi - 2013

This paper investigates the impact of elite capture on the allocation of targeted government welfare programs in Indonesia, using both a high-stakes field experiment that varied the extent of elite influence and non-experimental data on a variety of existing government transfer programs....

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Groundwater Protection and Management Strategy in Jordan

El-Naqa, Ali; Al-Shayeb, Ammar - In: Water Resources Management 23 (2009) 12, pp. 2379-2394

addresses pollution prevention and protection of water resources used for domestic purposes through appropriate land use … management of groundwater resources including development, protection, management, and reducing abstraction for each renewable … protection zones were implemented in different areas in Jordan in cooperation between the German Bundesanstalt für …

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Plaidoyer en faveur de la soumission des services publics administratifs au droit de la consommation

Amar, Jacques - Université Paris-Dauphine (Paris IX) - 2002

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Tariffs Passing Through Retailers: Do Tariffs Actually Protect Domestic Manufacturers?

Cole, Matthew T.; Eckel, Carsten - CESifo - 2014

Historically, tariffs have been an attractive policy tool to protect domestic industries. The benefits of such a policy are based on theoretical models that assume foreign manufacturers sell directly to consumers. However, recent empirical evidence suggests that wholesalers and retailers play an...

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Global Review of Agricultural Policies: Western Hemisphere

Roberts, Donna; Skully, David - Economic Research Service, Department of Agriculture - 1994

This report describes policies that affect the agricultural sector in 25 countries in the Western Hemisphere, including policies that affect commodity and input prices, the activities of parastatals (government-owned companies), and the integration of economies in the Western Hemisphere. To...

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Estimates of Producer and Consumer Subsidy Equivalents: Government Invervention in Agriculture, 1982-92

Economic Research Service, Department of Agriculture - 1994

This bulletin reports estimates of producer and consumer subsidy equivalents for 48 different agricultural commodities and products in 30 countries and the European Community. These estimates are measures of explicit and implicit subsidies or taxes on producers or consumers caused by government...

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Construction and Protection of Qionghai Lake Wetland Ecosystems

CHEN, Kaiwei - In: Asian Agricultural Research 05 (2013) 04

and protection, and offered countermeasures and recommendations for solving existing problems in Qionghai wetland. …

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The Great Recession and Import Protection: A Look Back at the U.S. Experience

Prusa, T.J. - Canadian Agricultural Trade Policy Research Network (CATPRN) - 2013

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Protection Planning for Rural Centralized Drinking Water Source Areas in Chongqing

Hou, Xin - In: Asian Agricultural Research 04 (2012) 02

Protection planning is made for rural centralized drinking water source areas according to current situations of rural … protection of water resource, ecological restoration, isolation, and comprehensive control of point-source and area …

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