We find that new states are perceived to be more corrupt even though businesses do not report more bribery in newer states. This is suggestive of an unearned, and likely high, reputational cost to being a new state. These findings hold over a number of specifications that include additional...

Contemporary Sudanese society endures many hardships which are manifested in economic retraction, inflation, recession and stagflation. However, social conflicts are also manifested in simple man's daily complaints to open rebellions. Most academicians agree on one point, that the society...

The present paper briefly introduces the dilemma of the Nuba nation. They were a median state between the Southern and Northern Sudan. The current situation of Southern secession made them a border state rife with racial, tribal and political conflicts. Secession of Southern Sudan is a de facto...