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Do Foreign Investments Promote Export Diversification in a Host Country? Evidence From China's Investment in Africa

Review of Development Economics, EarlyView.
ABSTRACT The heavy reliance of many African nations on a few export products (typically primary products) for export earnings often creates significant development challenges. China's participation in Africa has been steadily growing, presenting both opportunities and risks for the continent's economic progress. This study aims to analyse the impact of
Aliyu Buhari Isah
wiley   +1 more source

Economic Proximity and Technology Flows: South Africa?s Influence and the Role of Technological Interaction in Botswana?s Diversification Effort [PDF]

In less than a decade after the end of the apartheid, South Africa has intensified its economic ties with its African neighbours to become one of the top-ten investors and trading partners of many African countries, displacing companies from the former ...
Habi Yaremye, Alexis
core  

Natural Resources and Political Patronage in Africa: An Ethnicity Level Analysis

Review of Development Economics, EarlyView.
ABSTRACT We investigate the effect of resource discoveries on ethnicity‐level political patronage in Africa using a large geospatial dataset of 254 ethnic groups in 15 countries over the period 1960–2004. We find that the first (or single first) resource discovery in a virgin ethnic homeland increases the share of cabinet posts of that ethnicity.
Sambit Bhattacharyya, Nemera Mamo
wiley   +1 more source

Two decades of agricultural drought impacts: remote sensing insights into vegetation productivity and phenological change in semi-arid Botswana. [PDF]

Environ Monit Assess
Akinyemi FO, Graw V.
europepmc   +1 more source

Aid to Fight AIDS: An Empirical Analysis of HIV‐Specific Development Aid Effectiveness

Scottish Journal of Political Economy, EarlyView.
ABSTRACT Using an excludable instrument for HIV‐specific aid, we investigate its effectiveness on HIV outcomes viz., prevalence and death rates. We theorize that HIV‐specific aid fills the funding gap that prevents governments from committing adequate resources to effectively address the epidemic.
Derek Nolan, Krishna Chaitanya Vadlamannati   +1 more
wiley   +1 more source

Finding the balance between academic productivity and impact: evaluation of the Botswana - University of Pennsylvania partnership over a 5-year timeframe. [PDF]

BMJ Glob Health
Cancedda C, Brooks M, Nkomazana O, Keetile M, Ramogola-Masire D, Tsima B, Steenhoff AP, Gross R, Grover S, Lautenbach E, Kebabonye M, Motlhatlhedi K, Ndlovu K, Gaulton G, Barg FK, BUP Evaluation Working Group.   +15 more
europepmc   +1 more source

Democracy and the feedback mechanism in Botswana [PDF]

No country knows what the right policy choices are because we live in a world of uncertainty. One way to improve policy choices is to ensure a good feedback mechanism.
Sophia du Plessis
core  

Nursing Leadership—From Administration to Value‐Informed Leadership

Journal of Advanced Nursing, EarlyView.
Tarja Kvist
wiley   +1 more source

Internet, Inequality, and Regime Stability

Scottish Journal of Political Economy, EarlyView.
ABSTRACT This study examines the link between income inequality and political instability, focusing on the moderating role of Internet penetration. Using data from over 120 countries (1996–2020), we find a conditional relationship: in low‐Internet countries, higher inequality associates with lower instability, likely due to limited political awareness ...
Mohammad Reza Farzanegan, Hassan F. Gholipour   +1 more
wiley   +1 more source

Overcoming Logistical Barriers to Conducting Collaborative Clinical Research Between a High-Income Country and a Low- and Middle-Income Country. [PDF]

JCO Glob Oncol
Grover S, Chambers A, Azoba C, Bhatia RK, Phaladze N, Mokalake M, Koyabe B, Jemmott JB, Robertson E, Zetola N, Ramogola-Masire D.   +10 more
europepmc   +1 more source