Similar Search Results

Measuring the contribution of extractive industries to local development : the case of oil companies in Nigeria

Diongue, Abdou Kâ; Giraud, Gaël; Renouard, Cécile - HAL - 2011

that, while they have fostered the PEI of the local communities, the development projects of the oil companies had a rather … development policy should focus. …

Persistent link: https://www.econbiz.de/10011026045

Disarticulation of Indegenous People: Can the Judiciary Saviour Them

Mukhija, Ketan; Goyal, Yugank - eSocialSciences - 2010

The paper aims at bringing out and explaining the problems faced by tribals. The paper also analyzes various laws made for protecting the tribals and giving them justice.

Persistent link: https://www.econbiz.de/10008455416

History Institutions and Economic Performance: The Legacy of Colonial Land Tenure Systems in India

Banerjee, Abhijit; Iyer, Lakshmi - eSocialSciences - 2010

This paper analyze the colonial institutions set up by the British to collect land revenue in India, and show that differences in historical property rights institutions lead to sustained differences in economic outcomes. Areas in which proprietary rights in land were historically given to...

Persistent link: https://www.econbiz.de/10008455419

State Capacity, Conflict and Development

Besley, Timothy; Persson, Torsten - eSocialSciences - 2010

small states? What relations should we expect between resource rents, civil wars and economic development? The paper is …

Persistent link: https://www.econbiz.de/10008455853

The Interaction of Foreign Direct Investment with Electronic Commerce in Less Developed Countries

Pires, Guilherme; Stanton, John; Salavrakos, … - In: Forum for Social Economics 39 (2010) 2, pp. 127-143

Persistent link: https://www.econbiz.de/10008455991

Joblessness and Perceptions about the Effectiveness of Democracy

Altindag, Duha; Mocan, Naci - In: Journal of Labor Research 31 (2010) 2, pp. 99-123

Persistent link: https://www.econbiz.de/10008456081

Growth volatility and the interaction between economic and political development

Edwards, Jeffrey; Thames, Frank - In: Empirical Economics 39 (2010) 1, pp. 183-201

Persistent link: https://www.econbiz.de/10008456096

Global Capitalism Theory and the Emergence of the Transnational Elites

Robinson, William I. - World Institute for Development Economic Research … - 2010

for development. I suggest that nationally-oriented elites are often dependent on the social reproduction of at least a … portion of the popular and working classes for the reproduction of their own status, and therefore on local development … a discourse from one that defines development as national industrialization and expanded consumption to one that defines …

Persistent link: https://www.econbiz.de/10008456286

Institutions and the Allocation of Entrepreneurial Talent between Productive and Destructive Activities

Sanders, M.; Weitzel, U. - School of Economics, Universiteit Utrecht - 2009

Entrepreneurship is generally regarded as a force of change, innovation and development in modern economies …

Persistent link: https://www.econbiz.de/10008458221

Environmental degradation and conflict in Karamoja, Uganda: the decline of a pastoral society

Inselman, Ashley D. - In: International Journal of Global Environmental Issues 3 (2003) 2, pp. 168-187

Throughout history, the Karamojong people of northeastern Uganda practiced a method of pastoralism. Limited surface water, a hot, arid climate, and a short season of torrential rains guarantee excessive soil erosion and land degradation. However, the Karamojong's mobility ensured that their...

Persistent link: https://www.econbiz.de/10008461328