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チュウトウ ショコク ニオケル ケンイ シュギ タイセイ ノ ガンケンセイ タイセイ ヘンドウ エノ ケイロ イゾンセイ アプローチ ニヨル コウサツ [PDF]
, 2006 The rentier state theory gives us the best explanation about a success of authoritarian regimes in the Middle East. Some theorists extend it to non oil-producing countries, like Jordan or Syria, which had gotten workers remittance or official development
浜中 新吾
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Fish Scales: A Multifunctional Biomaterial from Nature
ENERGY &ENVIRONMENTAL MATERIALS, EarlyView.Fish scales demonstrate nature's solution to impact protection through overlapping multilayered architecture. This biological design combines mineralized surfaces with collagen networks to achieve both flexibility and fracture resistance. The structural principles inspire advanced protective materials and biomedical implants, where damage tolerance ...
Liyao Dong, Xiaojie Sun, Xiguang Chen
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Oil-dependence and Civil conflict in Nigeria [PDF]
This paper examines oil-dependence and civil conflict in Nigeria focusing on the economic dynamics of resource-induced conflicts. It identifies two dimensions to oil-related civil conflict in the country.
Aderoju Oyefusi
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Resources and the political economy of state fragility in conflict states: Iraq and Somalia [PDF]
, 2008 This paper studies state failure and governance in two conflict-states in the Middle East: Iraq and Somalia. Iraq is currently undergoing a social experiment under which a new form of government is being constructed after the passage of autocratic rule ...
Dibeh, Ghassan
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Oil Rents and Patronage: The Fiscal Effects of Oil Booms in the Argentine Provinces
Comparative Politics, 2018 Abstract: When do oil dependent governments spend oil rents in expanding political machines through patronage and clientelism, as rentier theories claim, or in providing better public services? Using regression analysis for panel data and two case studies for the Argentine provinces (1983-2013), this study shows that infrastructure can rise and ...
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For the Few, Not the Many: Tracing the Residualist and Compensatory Nature of British Energy Support
Environmental Policy and Governance, EarlyView.ABSTRACT Drawing on extensive documentary analysis, this article traces the evolution of British energy policy support since World War II. It analyses shifts in policy design through two interpretive lenses: eligibility (residualist vs. universalist) and function (compensatory vs. preventive).
T. M. Croon +4 more
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A Paradox of Plenty? Rent Distribution and Political Stability in Oil States [PDF]
Resource curse theory claims that resource abundance encourages violent conflict. A study of 37 oil-producing developing countries, however, reveals that oil states with very high levels of oil revenue are remarkably stable.
Matthias Basedau, Wolfram Lacher
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Energy Science &Engineering, EarlyView.This study analyzes energy consumption and economic growth across 39 Sub‐Saharan African countries using a PVAR model. Findings reveal that non‐renewable energy and labor force growth stimulate economic growth, while renewable energy does not stimulate economic growth in the short run.
Amadou Cham +4 more
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Managing future oil revenues in Ghana: An assessment of alternative allocation options [PDF]
"Contemporary policy debates on the macroeconomics of resource booms often concentrate on the short-run Dutch disease effects of public expenditure, ignoring the possible long-term effects of alternative revenue-allocation options and the supply-side ...
Breisinger, Clemens +3 more
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Energy Science &Engineering, EarlyView.Integration of a steam cycle with an existing gas turbine increased efficiency from 32% to 51%, reducing fuel consumption by 21.4% and CO2 emissions by 18.6%. The modification generated USD 13.9 million annual savings and lowered the Levelized Cost of Energy to 38.7 USD/MWh, with a 3‐year payback.
Vahid Pirouzfar +2 more
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