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Aid, Social Policy and Development
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This paper develops a model of opportunistic behaviour in which an incumbent government resort to expansionary fiscal and/or monetary stimuli to foster economic growth and thus, maximize the probability of re-election. Using a panel dataset of 51 African countries covering the period 1980 to 2012...
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– Implementation of the New Aid Effectiveness Agenda in Health and Education in Zambia
There is a growing interest in the debate on aid effectiveness for assessing the impact of aid not only on economic growth and poverty reduction, but also on intermediate outcomes such as health and education. This paper reviews evidence from recent in-depth country work on the impact of government...
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In many African countries, decentralization has long been viewed as a means for improving local service delivery. Yet, despite various decentralization initiatives, poor service delivery continues to be problematic in two of Kenya’s largest cities, Nairobi and Mombasa. Despite various governance...
Journal Article
– A Comparative Perspective to the Asian Giants
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Southern Growth Engines and Technology Giants
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– Brazil and the CIBS in a Comparative Perspective
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Southern Growth Engines and Technology Giants
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Part of Journal Special Issue
Southern Growth Engines and Technology Giants
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– Evidence from Brazil, China, India and South Africa
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Southern Growth Engines and Technology Giants
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– Introduction
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Southern Growth Engines and Technology Giants
Fast-growing developing countries have emerged as an important destination and source of trade, investments and technology. Furthermore, trade between developing countries has grown rapidly over the last decades, and is becoming more diversified, where exchange includes from primary commodities to...
Book Chapter
– New Approaches to Development Strategy Based on the Service Sector
From the book:
The Rise of China and India
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– An Input-Output and Field of Influence Approach
From the book:
The Rise of China and India
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– Trajectories and Evolving Institutions
From the book:
Southern Engines of Global Growth
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