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China's growing economic activity in Africa

Besada, Hany - 2008

Trade between the whole of Africa and China (imports and exports summed) grew from $10.6 billion to $73.3 billion … between 2000 and 2007, and between Sub-Saharan Africa and China from $7 billion to $59 billion over the same period. China is … now Africa's third largest trading partner behind the EU and the US. The Chinese FDI stock in Africa has grown from $49 …

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International economic policy coordination

Buiter, Willem H. (ed.); Marston, Richard C. (ed.) - 1985

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Exporting Ideology : The Right and Left of Foreign Influence

Antràs, Pol; Padró i Miquel, Gerard - National Bureau of Economic Research - 2023

We present an economic rationale for countries resorting to foreign influence to export their ideology to other nations. Our model incorporates two fundamental elements: redistribution of the tax burden between capital owners and workers, and international capital mobility. The model highlights...

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Indirect Rule and State Weakness in Africa : Sierra Leone in Comparative Perspective

Acemoglu, Daron; Chaves, Isaías N.; Robinson, James Alan; … - 2014

unwilling to provide basic public goods such as law enforcement, order, education and infrastructure. In Africa this is often … Leone. We also present a hypothesis as to why the extent to which indirect rule has persisted varies greatly within Africa …

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Nomadic Pastoralism, Climate Change, and Conflict in Africa

McGuirk, Eoin - 2020

Arid regions of Africa are expanding by thousands of square kilometers a year, potentially disturbing pastoral routes …-cell level data on violent conflict in Africa from 1989 to 2018. First, using ecological data, (i) we confirm that areas suited …

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The Economics of China : Successes and Challenges

Fan, Shenggen - 2013

This paper is the first chapter in the Oxford Companion to the Economics of China (Oxford University Press, forthcoming). Rather than trying to summarize other contributors' views, we provide our own perspectives on the Economics of China--the past experience and the future prospects. Our...

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The Link Between Fundamentals and Proximate Factors in Development

Keller, Wolfgang - 2013

The paper introduces a framework for studying the hierarchy of growth factors, from deep to more immediate. The specific setting we examine is 18th and 19th century Germany, when institutional changes introduced by reforms and transportation improvements converged to create city growth. We...

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Institutions Rule : The Primacy of Institutions over Geography and Integration in Economic Development

Rodrik, Dani - 2002

We estimate the respective contributions of institutions, geography, and trade in determining income levels around the world, using recently developed instruments for institutions and trade. Our results indicate that the quality of institutions trumps' everything else. Once institutions are...

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The Role of Trade in Economic Development

Atkin, David; Donaldson, Dave - National Bureau of Economic Research - 2021

This chapter (to appear in the forthcoming Handbook of International Economics, Vol. 5) develops a framework with which to interpret and survey answers to the question: how does increased openness affect aggregate welfare in a typical developing country? We decompose answers into four...

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Decomposing the great trade collapse : products, prices, and quantities in the 2008-2009 crisis

Haddad, Mona - 2011

"We identify a new set of stylized facts on the 2008-2009 trade collapse that we hope can be used to shed light on the importance of demand and supply-side factors in explaining the fall in trade. In particular, we decompose the fall in international trade into product entry and exit, price...

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