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Orphans and Political Instability

Social Science Quarterly, 2011
ObjectiveThis study investigates the security implications of growing orphan populations, particularly in Sub‐Saharan Africa. Little has been written about the security implications of this especially vulnerable group of children. Are growing orphan populations associated with increases in political instability as has been suggested?MethodUsing data ...
Marijke, Breuning, John, Ishiyama
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Diasporas and Political Instability

Diaspora Studies, 2023
Abstract Many studies have been published during the past decades highlighting the role played by diasporas in conflicts raging in their home countries and on the links between diasporas and international terrorism. Contemporary literature treats the links between diasporas and conflicts in a simplistic manner.
Torcia-Chanelle Banengaï-Koyama, Lucas Kluge   +1 more
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Ideology and succession politics in Ethiopia: autocratic leadership turnover and political instability

Democratization, 2021
Recent scholarship on the institutionalization of politics in Africa has highlighted the consolidation of constitutional leadership turnover in electoral democracies.
K. Opalo, Lahra Smith
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Political instability and illegal immigration

Journal of Population Economics, 1995
"Economic theory suggests that transnational migration results from the push-pull effect of wage differentials between host and source countries. In this paper, we argue that political instability exacerbates the migration flow, with greater instability leading to relatively larger flows.
J E, Campos, D, Lien
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Corporate governance and firm performance: Evidence from political instability, political ideology, and corporate governance reforms in Pakistan

Economics & Politics
We examine impact of corporate governance on firm performance following the implementation of the changes to the Code of Corporate Governance of Pakistan in 2012.
Irfan Haider Shakri, Jaime Yong, Erwei Xiang   +2 more
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The Impact of Conflict and Political Instability on Banking Crises in Developing Countries

IMF Working Papers, 2020
While there is an extensive literature examining the economic impact of conflict and political instability, surprisingly there have been few studies on their impact on the probability of banking crises.
Rasmane Ouedraogo, Montfort Mlachila, Windemanegda Sandrine Sourouema, A. Compaoré   +3 more
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Political instability, political freedom and inflation

Applied Economics, 2010
Using a dynamic panel data approach, we estimate the impact of the political and institutional factors on inflation. Estimation results show that a lower degree of political instability generates lower inflation only for developed and low-inflation countries.
Erdinc Telatar, Funda Telatar, Tarkan Cavusoglu, Umur Tosun   +3 more
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Comparing the impact of political instability and terrorism on inbound tourism demand in Syria before and after the political crisis in 2011

, 2020
This paper aimed at estimating the effect of political instability (PI) and terrorism (TERR) on inbound tourism demand in Syria before and after 2011. Utilizing factor analysis and logarithmic regression technique (Cochrane-Orcutt (CO) estimation method),
W. Hanon, E. Wang
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Individualism and political instability

European Journal of Political Economy, 2021
This paper examines the relationship between the individualism-collectivism dimension of culture and political instability using a dataset covering around 100 countries. To shed light on the causal effect of culture on political instability, the identification strategy exploits the variation in historical pathogen prevalence and the information ...
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Political instability and its impact on economic growth: the case of Jordan

International Journal of Development Issues, 2019
Purpose Political instability may have far-reaching implications for economic performance. This paper aims to analyze the impact of political instability on economic growth by focusing on the case of Jordan, a small country located in the Middle East ...
Malak Samih Abu Murad, Nooh Alshyab
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