From Empire to Aid: Analysing Persistence of Colonial Legacies in Foreign Aid to Africa
Journal of International Development, EarlyView.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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Structural Drivers of Cutaneous Leishmaniasis: Examining How the Converging Effects of Displacement, Environmental Disruption, and Political Instability Reshape Epidemiology Beyond Endemic Regions. [PDF]
Trop Med Infect DisKim J, Zieneldien T, Ma S, Cohen BA.
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Economic Swings, Political Instability and Migration in Kyrgyzstan. [PDF]
Eur J Popul, 2019 Agadjanian V, Gorina E.
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Assessing Past and Future Temperature‐ and Precipitation‐Based Indicators in the Republic of Yemen
International Journal of Climatology, EarlyView.For the first time in the literature, this work assesses the past and future climatic trends over Yemen, a highly vulnerable country for which science‐based, high‐quality information for the development of climate change adaptation plans was not available until now.
Jorge Alvar‐Beltrán +5 more
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Correction: The relationship between political instability and stock market performance: An analysis of the MSCI index in the case of Pakistan. [PDF]
PLoS OneMai Z, Nawaz Saleem HM, Kamran M.
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Resource Abundance, Political Corruption, and Instability of Democracy [PDF]
In this paper we analyze data on sustainability of democratic regimes in resource rich countries and suggest a model to explain why resource abundance may lead to instability of democracy in some countries, but does not create any difficulties for a ...
Polterovich, Victor +2 more
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CSR disclosure and investment efficiency in MENA countries: The moderating role of CSR committee
Strategic Change, EarlyView.ABSTRACT Corporate social responsibility disclosure (CSRD) is often recognized as a transparency mechanism that allows companies to communicate their commitment to CSR. However, CSRD may also exacerbate agency conflicts. This study addresses these two contrasting perspectives by investigating the impact of CSRD on investment efficiency and exploring ...
Mohamed Malek Belhoula +3 more
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Correction: Political instability and supply-side barriers undermine the potential for high participation in HIV testing for the prevention of mother-to-child transmission in Guinea-Bissau: A retrospective cross-sectional study. [PDF]
PLoS One, 2019 Rasmussen DN +11 more
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Foreign political instability and U.S. agricultural exports: evidence from panel data [PDF]
The intent of this paper is to examine the impact of political instability in importing nations on U.S. agricultural trade. A panel data set representing eighty-seven importing countries covering the 1990-2000 period was used to investigate how the ...
Conrado M. Gempesaw II, Titus O. Awokuse
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Essays on political instability
, 2008 In political economy, the concept of political instability plays a prominent role as it raises uncertainty with respect to future institutions and economic policies, thereby affecting the incentives of e.g. households, firms, and politicians. This dissertation contains four quantitative studies on the measurement , causes and consequences of political ...
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