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The Political Economy of Sub-Saharan Africa Land Policies [PDF]

open access: yes, 2006
The quest for African poverty alleviation has become a global issue and governments of rich nations have registered their commitment to the task both through the Millennium Development Goals and other international programs.
Hammond, Felix Nikoi   +2 more
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The Role of Communities in the Transmission of Political Values: Evidence from Forced Population Transfers [PDF]

open access: yes, 2021
Copyright © The Author(s), 2021. Published by Cambridge University Press. This article evaluates the role of community bonds in the long-term transmission of political values.
Leonid Peisakhin   +3 more
core   +1 more source

METHODOLOGICAL ASPECTS OF THE STUDY OF POLITICAL PROCESSES IN THE COUNTRIES OF CENTRAL ASIA

open access: yesRUDN Journal of Political Science, 2019
Studies of political systems and political processes in the post-Soviet states of the Central Asian region are based, as a rule, on institutional and neo-institutional concepts.
Irlan Zh Iskakov
doaj   +1 more source

Labeling Quality or Quantity? The Differential Impact of Geographical Indications on Export Performance in Turkish Agri‐Food Products

open access: yesApplied Economic Perspectives and Policy, EarlyView.
ABSTRACT This study investigates the impact of geographical indication (GI) certification on the export performance of Turkish agri‐food products by analyzing both trade volume and unit value dynamics. Drawing on monthly data from 2000 to 2024 across 22 GI‐certified products, the research employs product‐level regressions, fixed‐effects panel models ...
Ihlas Sovbetov, Muge Burcu Ozdemir
wiley   +1 more source

Why Didn't I Get a Payout? Understanding Farmer Choices, Index Insurance, and Basis Risk

open access: yesApplied Economic Perspectives and Policy, EarlyView.
ABSTRACT Index insurance, while heralded as a potential solution to alleviate poverty and food insecurity among agricultural households, has its own set of challenges, notably basis risk. Basis risk is the discrepancy between the insurance payout and losses incurred, posing a significant deterrent to the adoption of index insurance.
S. Lucille Blakeley   +4 more
wiley   +1 more source

The Evolution and Transformation of European Governance. IHS Political Science Series No. 58, November 1998 [PDF]

open access: yes, 1998
From the Introduction. The essence of governance just like that of government is to reach binding decisions. The difference between government and governance is that government is the organisation in charge of making binding decisions, resting on a ...
Kohler-Koch, Beate.
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Coping With Production Risk: Effects of Sown Plant Diversity on the Attractiveness of Crop Insurance in Grasslands

open access: yesApplied Economic Perspectives and Policy, EarlyView.
ABSTRACT Increased frequency of extreme weather events, particularly droughts, threatens grassland farming by destabilizing yields and farms' economic viability. We examine, theoretically and through numerical simulations, how sown plant diversity (natural insurance) influences the attractiveness of indemnity and drought index insurance (formal ...
Nicolas Alou   +3 more
wiley   +1 more source

Structure, agency and political liberalisation in Africa [PDF]

open access: yes, 1996
The purpose of this essay is to suggest an empirically based model to be used as a framework for analysis in studying contemporary political transitions in Africa. The discussion is founded on the leading assumption that the factors which catalyse regime
Keller, Edmond J. (Edmond Joseph), 1942-
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The Practice of Political Entrepreneurship in a Rural Javanese Village [PDF]

open access: yes, 2019
This qualitative case study aims to explore the practice of political entrepreneurship in a rural Javanese village. Political entrepreneurship is dictated by the special interest of political entrepreneurs, incentives gained from the political system ...
Wawan Sobari, Sobari, Wawan
core   +1 more source

The Institution of the State and Public Administration in the Digital Age: Disappearing Phenomenon or Reality?

open access: yesRUDN Journal of Political Science
The processes of the development of the institution of the state and public administration face the discrepancies. The authors propose to consider a number of transformational processes that are currently stable and that systematically affect a ...
Alexander P. Kochetkov   +1 more
doaj   +1 more source

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