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ABSTRACT Open‐source artificial intelligence is widely promoted as a democratising pathway to digital sovereignty for African states, offering access to frontier architectures without prohibitive capital investment. This paper investigates whether open‐source AI represents a credible route to autonomy or generates a new form of structural dependency ...
Ololade A. Shonubi
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MANAGEMENT OF POLITICAL RISKS IN INTERNATIONAL BUSINESS AND POLITICAL RISK INSURANCE
Political risk is the sum of the economic losses that businesses may suffer as a result of the ineffectiveness or influence of public authorities. It is the most important risk that international businesses may face abroad. Since international businesses do not operate in only one country, they may be exposed to varying degrees of political risk ...
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Abstract Germany's Renewable Energy Sources Act (REA), enacted in 2000 and subsequently amended, subsidized national renewable energy production with fixed feed‐in tariffs for renewable energy sources (RE) from wind, solar, and biogas. Empirical studies suggest that the policy was creating windfall effects for landowners and attribute farmland use ...
Lars Isenhardt +6 more
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MODELING RISK OF INTERNATIONAL COUNTRY RELATIONS [PDF]
In this article we consider the modeling principles and model for estimation of tension of international relations of a country with other countries. We use the tension of international relations as partial indicator of international political-economical
Victor BOCHARNIKOV, Sergey SVESHNIKOV
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Abstract Our general interest is in global trade loss from livestock pathogens, specifically exports. We adopt a causal inference approach that considers animal disease outbreaks over time as non‐staggered binary treatments with the potential for switching in (infection) and out of treatment (recovery) within the sample period. The outcome evolution of
Mohammad Maksudur Rahman +1 more
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Measuring political will : an index of commitment to disaster risk reduction
The future of societal resilience depends largely on political commitment to allocate resources to manage and reduce disaster risks and vulnerabilities and build resilience.
Fisher, Rohan +3 more
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Abstract This study examines the impact of soil erosion on agricultural land values in the United States (US) Midwest. Based on a novel county‐level panel data set with information on soil erosion levels and agricultural land values covering five census years (1997, 2002, 2007, 2012, and 2017), we separately investigate the direct effect of two types ...
Le Chen +3 more
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The risk of humanitarianism : industry-specific political-security risk analysis for international agencies in conflict zones [PDF]
BibliographyThesis (MA (Political Science. International Studies))--University of Stellenbosch, 2010.ENGLISH ABSTRACT: International agencies are facing heightened levels of security risk in conflict zones.
Pringle, Catherine Mary
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oai:ojs.pkp.sfu.ca:article/2The paper examines stakeholder participation of social stability risk assessment for mega projects in China from a network perspective, with participatory decision-making in a political system discussed.
Guo, Xuesong, Kapucu, Naim
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Abstract Crop insurance is undoubtedly an extremely valuable element in protecting agricultural businesses, but in many cases standard indemnity‐based products have had very low uptake due to high transaction costs elevating premiums to unaffordable levels.
Amogh Prakasha Kumar +2 more
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