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– The Role of Natural Resources, Market Size, Government Policy, Institutions and Political Instability
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FDI to Developing Countries
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– The Role of Natural Resources, Market Size, Government Policy, Institutions and Political Instability
Data from several investor surveys suggest that macroeconomic instability, investment restrictions, corruption and political instability have a negative impact on foreign direct investment (FDI) to Africa. However, the relationship between FDI and these country characteristics has not been studied...
Journal Article
Part of Journal Special Issue
Spatial Inequality and Development in Asia
Book Chapter
From the book:
Spatial Disparities in Human Development
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The Maoist insurgency in Nepal is one of the highest intensity internal conflicts in recent times. Investigation into the causes of the conflict would suggest that grievance rather than greed is the main motivating force. The concept of horizontal or inter-group inequality, with both an ethnic and...
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This paper investigates the relationship between criminal activity and geographical isolation. Using data from Madagascar, we show that, after we control for population composition and risk factors, crime increases with distance from urban centers and, with few exceptions, decreases with population...
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