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Defense spending and economic growth in Asian economies: A panel error-correction approach [PDF]
Hoping to contribute to the existing pool of literature, this paper examines the relationship between military expenditure and economic growth in selected Asian countries for the period 1989 to 2004.
Dayang-Afizzah, A.M. +2 more
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Policy Capacity Under Decentralization: Kindergarten Education Reforms in the Philippines
Public Administration and Development, EarlyView.ABSTRACT The paper examines the relationship between policy capacity and policy effectiveness in decentralized governance setups. It challenges the conventional view that policy functions should only be decentralized when requisite capacities already exist at lower levels of government. Instead, the paper proposes that capacity can follow function ‐ as
Kidjie Ian Saguin, M. Ramesh
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Military Burden and the Democracy Puzzle [PDF]
The Kantian thought had advanced the idea that wars and military expenditure should decrease as long as democracy widens across the World. Historical evidence seems to invalidate this wisdom because frequency of wars is ncreasing over time and a large ...
Rota, Mauro
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Public Administration and Development, EarlyView.ABSTRACT This article explores the management adaptation strategies non‐governmental organizations (NGOs) managers employ in order to operate in repressive political environments. It answers the question: how do NGO managers initiate, manage and sustain internal change when the political/regulatory environment changes?
Charles Kaye‐Essien +2 more
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Natural Resources and Civil Conflict: The Role of Military Expenditures [PDF]
, 2021 Rabah Arezki, Markus Brüeckner
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Referendum, response, and consequences for Sudan : the game between juba and khartoum [PDF]
This paper presents a game theory model of the strategic interaction between Khartoum and Juba leading up to the referendum on Sudan's partition in 2011.
Elbadawi, Ibrahim +2 more
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PM&R, EarlyView.Abstract Background Due to consequences of energy‐related oligo‐/amenorrhea (Oligo/Amen) among exercising females, recovery of menses (ROM) is a priority. ROM is inconsistently defined and rarely reported with reproductive hormone (estrogen, progesterone) data, making it difficult to know when females achieve adequate recovery. Objective The purpose of
Rebecca J. Mallinson +4 more
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