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Does co-financing by multilateral development banks increase "risky" direct investment in emerging markets? [PDF]
The paper discusses the question of whether financial participation of multilateral development banks does prompt private investors to inject more risky equity capital in emerging market banks.
Wezel, Torsten
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ABSTRACT This paper examines how the financial development of the target economy evolves under the long‐lasting economic sanctions, emphasizing the temporal patterns of the impact. Using panel data for 136 economies from 1980 to 2021 and an event‐study approach, we identified a temporal pattern that illustrates how economic sanctions exert a ...
Yu Jiang, Xue Meng
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Chinese Manufacturing Performance from Multilateral Perspective: 1980-2004 [PDF]
Based on our research work of 1998, we discuss Chinese manufacturing performance from multilateral perspective in 1980-2004 through performing the comparison of labour productivity between China and its trade partners so as to better understand the ...
Ruoen Ren, Haitao Zheng
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From Empire to Aid: Analysing Persistence of Colonial Legacies in Foreign Aid to Africa
ABSTRACT For decades now, Western development agencies and donors have been castigated for their colonial biases in providing aid to Africa. It is well established that donors provide considerably more foreign aid to their former colonies relative to other countries.
Swetha Ramachandran
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Globalisation, civil society, and the multilateral system
This paper analyses the significance and scope of globalisation, focusing on its implications for the autonomy of national actors, on the one hand, and on the new demands that global governance imposes upon multilateral action, on the other. It is argued
Alonso, José Antonio
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Where Projects Fail: Geospatial Evidence of Delays and Cancellations in Chinese Development Finance
ABSTRACT Delays and cancellations can severely undermine the effectiveness of development finance. Yet, little systematic evidence exists on where and why these disruptions occur within the rapidly expanding portfolio of Chinese‐financed development projects in Africa.
Leoni Mendler‐Krakau
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Complements and substitutes in multilateral assignment markets [PDF]
I prove that, in assignment markets with more than two sides, agents of different sides (or sectors) need not be complements, whereas agents of the same side need not be substitutes.
Oriol Tejada
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Climate Change Fiasco: What Multilateral Arrangements Have to Offer?
Multilateral arrangements have been a talking thing for decades now. As the globalization process unleashed nations’ potential to converge on matters of concern, there has been a spiraling increase in agreements and arrangements.
Munir Hassan, Nida Rahman
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Time and Free Trade Agreements: Implications for the AfCFTA
ABSTRACT This study examines how free trade agreements (FTAs) can boost economic growth by increasing trade, with clear implications for the African Continental Free Trade Agreement (AfCFTA). Our main finding is that in general, the effects of FTAs are delayed by at least 3 years on average for intra‐African trade.
Michael Olabisi +2 more
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ABSTRACT With rapid changes in global economic development, technological advancement, and industry competition, acquiring dynamic capabilities to build a competitive advantage has become a top priority for companies seeking success. Drawing on the resource‐based view and dynamic capabilities theory, this study develops and validates a research model ...
Tuan Cong Dao +3 more
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