Aid, Real Exchange Rate Misalignment and Economic Performance in Sub-Saharan Africa [PDF]
Generating sustained growth in Sub-Saharan Africa is one of the most pressing challenges in global development. As the region needs foreign assistance to jump start its development, foreign aid becomes crucial.
Ibrahim A. Elbadawi +2 more
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Soft loans as an instrument of development finance: A comparative assessment and options for the future [PDF]
, 2014 Within the framework of the Post-2015 Development Agenda, discussions on Financing for Development and the future of Official Development Assistance (ODA) have intensified. Amongst the instruments under review are soft loans.
Fritz, Livia, Raza, Werner
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Advanced Materials, EarlyView.Detecting proteins secreted by a single cell while retaining its viability remains challenging. A particles‐in‐particle (PiPs) system made by co‐encapsulating barcoded microparticles (BMPs) with a single cell inside an alginate hydrogel particle is introduced.
Félix Lussier +10 more
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Robust Rules for Industrial Policy in open Economies [PDF]
The theory of strategic trade policy yields ambiguous recommendations for assistance to exporting firms in oligopolistic industries. However, some writers have suggested that investment subsidies are a more robust recommendation than export subsidies. We
Dermot Leahy, J. Peter Neary
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International Economic Sanctions: Improving the Haphazard U.S. Legal Regime [PDF]
, 1999 The United States has resorted increasingly to economic sanctions as a major tool in its foreign policy. Recent targets include Panama, South Africa, Nicaragua, Libya, the Soviet Union, Poland, and Iran.
Carter, Barry E.
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Moth‐Wing‐Inspired Multifunctional Metamaterials
Advanced Materials, EarlyView.This study develops a moth‐wing‐inspired heterogeneous metamaterial that achieves synergistic broadband sound absorption, mechanical energy dissipation, and thermal insulation within a lightweight architected framework. Combining bioinspired gradient design, genetic‐algorithm optimization, and additive manufacturing, the bionic heterogeneous acoustic ...
Haoran Pei +12 more
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Are horticultural exports a replicable success story?: evidence from Kenya and Côte d'Ivoire [PDF]
Kenyan horticultural exports are often cited as a success story in African agriculture. Fruit and vegetable exports from Côte 'Ivoire have received less attention, but the export value is similar to that of Kenya.
Minot, Nicholas, Ngigi, Margaret
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Competing and Learning in Global Value Chains - Firms’ Experiences in the Case of Uganda. A study of five export sub-sectors with reference to trade between Uganda and Europe [PDF]
, 2007 Executive Summary and Chapter 5: Presentation and discussion of main ...
Nyabuntu, Paschal +2 more
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A Solid State Zwitterionic Plastic Crystal With High Static Dielectric Constant
Advanced Materials, EarlyView.Developing solid high dielectric constant materials has been a research focus in the energy storage field. In this research, we discovered a zwitterion with a plastic crystal phase. Due to the short‐range degree of freedom of the dipole moment for this zwitterion, a relatively high static dielectric constant has been achieved in its solid state ...
Zitan Huang +7 more
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Multiphysics‐Driven Assembly of Biomimetic Vesicles
Advanced Materials, EarlyView.Artificial extracellular vesicles, derived from cell membranes, are manufactured using a multiphysics‐integrated microfluidic platform that combines nanoknife membrane rupture, herringbone chaotic mixing, and acoustothermal modulation. This standardizable workflow enables the predictable control of vesicle formation and therapeutic loading, while ...
Timofei Solodko +16 more
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