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Broke Autocrats, Broken Elections: Trade Shocks and Electoral Fraud in Autocracies

Economics &Politics, EarlyView.
ABSTRACT We argue that when terms‐of‐trade (ToT) shocks reduce resource rents, autocrats lose the fiscal capacity to sustain loyalty through patronage and increasingly rely on electoral manipulation as a survival strategy. We present a simple model in which rents finance patronage in normal times, while adverse shocks reduce the effectiveness of ...
Antonis Adam, Sofia Tsarsitalidou
wiley   +1 more source

Brucellosis and bovine tuberculosis at an animal-human interface in Zimbabwe

International Journal of Infectious Diseases, 2014
B.M. Gadaga, E. Etter, B. Mukamuri, K.J. Makwangudze, D.M. Pfukenyi, G. Matope   +5 more
doaj   +1 more source

Early interventions reduce multimorbidity and TB disability in Kenya, Uganda, Zambia, and Zimbabwe. [PDF]

IJTLD Open
Banda FM, Bloom A, Chakaya J, Chimzizi R, Chitalu C, Duri C, Harries AD, Kasese-Chanda N, Kathure I, Kavenga FN, Kumar AMV, Luzze H, Mbithi I, Mputu M, Mubanga A, Mudoola D, Nair D, Ngwenya M, Ntambi S, Thekkur P, Timire C, Tweyongyere E, YaDiul M, Zachariah R, Kenya, Uganda, Zambia and Zimbabwe TB Disability Study Group.   +26 more
europepmc   +1 more source

Nonmarket strategies, domestic institutional development, and internationalization: Evidence from MENA and sub‐Saharan African regions

European Management Review, EarlyView.
Abstract This study examines the impact of the adoption of nonmarket strategies in domestic markets that drive the internationalization of emerging multinationals (EMNCs) from the MENA and sub‐Saharan African regions. In this study, we consider corporate political activity (CPA) and corporate social responsibility (CSR) of EMNCs and examine their role ...
Nouhaila Ettalibi, Muhammad Saad Baloch, Abubakr Saeed, Hamad Aldawsari, Faris Alzughaibi   +4 more
wiley   +1 more source

Digital health interventions in strengthening primary healthcare systems in Sub-Saharan Africa: Insights from Ethiopia, Ghana, and Zimbabwe. [PDF]

PLOS Digit Health
Simbini T, Adimado E, Adjorlolo S, Guerrero-Torres L, Srinivas P, Zizhou S, Zerfu T.   +6 more
europepmc   +1 more source

Making Public Interest Considerations in Merger Control Regimes Work: Reassessing the Legal Test

European Law Journal, EarlyView.
ABSTRACT Academic research is increasingly questioning whether the goals of competition law should extend beyond the traditional focus on economic efficiency and consumer welfare to include non‐economic issues such as social justice, democracy, environmental sustainability and equality.
Vellah Kedogo Kigwiru
wiley   +1 more source

Health Workers' Perspectives on the Availability, Accessibility and Quality of Maternal Health Services for Adolescent Girls in Chiredzi District, Zimbabwe: A Cross-Sectional Study. [PDF]

Ther Adv Reprod Health
Muchemwa G, Khozah MY.
europepmc   +1 more source

How Does Credit Information Sharing Shape the Cyclicality of Bank Liquidity Creation?

Financial Review, EarlyView.
ABSTRACT We investigate the effect of credit information sharing in the banking sector on the fluctuations of bank liquidity creation over the business cycle. Using the Berger and Bouwman comprehensive measure of bank liquidity creation and data representing 354 banks from 40 developing countries between 2012 and 2020, we find that on‐ and off‐balance ...
Jeffrey Ighedosa, Victor Murinde, Tolulola Lawal   +2 more
wiley   +1 more source

Effect of data-collection method on reporting of common mental disorder symptoms and intimate partner violence in Zimbabwe: a cluster-randomized trial. [PDF]

Int J Epidemiol
Simms V, Kanengoni B, Chingono R, Marambire ET, Mutendereki VS, Bandason T, Gregson CL, Calderwood C, Larsson L, Ferrand RA, Redzo N, Chonzi P, Kranzer K.   +12 more
europepmc   +1 more source

Multinational enterprises’ contribution to gender equality: An integrative framework

International Journal of Management Reviews, EarlyView.
Abstract Despite the progress made in recent years, inequalities between men and women persist. Gender equality (GE) is one of the United Nations Sustainable Development Goals (SDG5) that multinational enterprises (MNEs) can contribute most to. This is because SDG5 integrates directly into MNEs’ human resource practices, supply chain management and ...
Sonia María Suárez‐Ortega, Mar Suarez, Cristina López‐Duarte   +2 more
wiley   +1 more source