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Development and Change, EarlyView.ABSTRACT This article examines China's bureaucratic approach to international development cooperation under the Belt and Road Initiative, focusing on bureaucratically structured policy coordination as a core mechanism. It highlights the central role of the National Development and Reform Commission (NDRC) — China's top economic planning agency — in ...
Hong Zhang
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Climate shocks, democratization and (a culture of) cooperation
Economica, EarlyView.Abstract While the direct economic effects of adverse climate shocks are well known, their indirect institutional impact is still poorly understood. To clarify this, we test the idea that adverse climate shocks push time‐inconsistent elites to enact inclusive political institutions, and non‐elites to embrace strong norms of cooperation.
Giacomo Benati, Carmine Guerriero
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Pro‐Market Economic Reforms and Resource Curse: Do Initial Conditions Matter?
Economics of Transition and Institutional Change, EarlyView.ABSTRACT The quality of economic institutions plays a crucial role in enhancing a country's economic performance, leading international organisations to recommend pro‐market institutional reforms as a strategy to support economic development. This paper investigates how the natural resource curse affects pro‐market reforms, analysing a sample of 90 ...
Isaac Amedanou, Kwamivi Mawuli Gomado
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Linkage Between Electoral Cycle and the Discouragement of African Firms in the Credit Market
International Finance, EarlyView.ABSTRACT This article analyzes the linkage between the electoral cycle and the discouragement of SMEs in the credit market of 14 African countries. It focuses on 12,145 firms over the period 2006–2020. The results obtained from Probit estimates show elections are negatively linked with the discouragement of firms in the credit market.
Cherif Abdramane, Simplice A. Asongu
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Côte d’Ivoire: Technical Assistance Report
IMF Staff Country Reports, 2014 openaire +1 more source
Journal of Advanced Nursing, EarlyView.ABSTRACT Background Kangaroo Care is an effective practice recommended by WHO for newborns, especially preterm infants, to reduce mortality and morbidity and improve health outcomes. Understanding parents' experiences with Kangaroo Care is vital as it can significantly influence uptake and sustained practice; however, experiences may vary across ...
Sirinthip Phuwayanon +2 more
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Journal of Fish Biology, EarlyView.Abstract The John Dory Zeus faber is a commercially exploited demersal fish species with a known distribution ranging from the Northeast Atlantic to parts of the Indian and Pacific oceans. A previous genetic survey using cytochrome c oxidase subunit I (COI) DNA barcodes suggested the presence of two geographically segregated taxonomic units within Z ...
João Tadeu Fontes +19 more
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Côte d’Ivoire: Poverty Reduction Strategy Paper
IMF Staff Country Reports, 2013 openaire +1 more source
Governing Supply Chains for Societal Impact: What Can We Learn From Indigenous African Philosophies?
Journal of Supply Chain Management, EarlyView.ABSTRACT Africa's growing role in global supply chains presents an important opportunity for more socially grounded and context‐sensitive research in supply chain management (SCM). Despite its economic and demographic significance, African contexts remain underrepresented in mainstream SCM scholarship, which limits understanding of the continent's ...
Sherwat Elwan Ibrahim +2 more
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Microbiological quality of maize flour sold in the markets of Abidjan city
Revue Marocaine des Sciences Agronomiques et Vétérinaires, 2018 The microbiological quality of corn flour commercialized in the markets of 9 municipalities of Abidjan was evaluated in this work. 60 samples of white flour and yellow flour with potash were subjected to physicochemical and microbiological analyzes.
Essan Bla Zita N'GORAN-AW +3 more
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