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Trees, Tenure and Conflict: Rubber in Colonial Benin

Fenske, James - World Institute for Development Economic Research … - 2011

Tree crops have changed land tenure in Africa. Farmers have acquired more permanent, alienable rights, but have also faced disputes with competing claimants and the state. I show that the introduction of Para rubber had similar effects in the Benin region of colonial Nigeria. Farmers initially...

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Dealing with Capital Inflows. Are There Any Lessons?

Reinhart, C.M.; Dunaway, S. - World Institute for Development Economic Research … - 1996

This paper reviews the experience of a heterogeneous group of developing countries in maintaining macroeconomic stability in the face of heavy capital flows.

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Country Responses to Massive Capital Flows.

Montes, M.F. - World Institute for Development Economic Research … - 1996

The emergence of a select group of developing countries as destinations for private portfolio investments in the 1990s (and the subsequent peso crisis in Mexico in 1994) has rekindled the old issues about the responsabilities and capacities public authorities have with regard to managing the...

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A Re-examination of the Relation between Democracy and International Trade The Case of Africa

Balding, Christopher - World Institute for Development Economic Research … - 2011

increased international trade. This study tests two theories as to why democracies might trade more. First, political freedom … trade more. Second, democracy implies higher quality governance either through institutions or policy-making procedures. I … utilize a bilateral gravity trade model covering approximately 150 countries from 1950 to 1999, with fixed effects for time …

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Assessing the Impact of One Aspect of Globalization on Economic Growth in Africa

Baliamoune, Mina N. - World Institute for Development Economic Research … - 2002

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Debt Issues in Africa: Thinking beyond the HIPC Initiative to Solving Structural Problems

Geda, Alemayehu - World Institute for Development Economic Research … - 2002

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The Impact of Monetary Union on Macroeconomic Integration: Evidence from West Africa

Fielding, David; Shields, Kalvinder - World Institute for Development Economic Research … - 2004

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The Significance of Transport Costs in Africa

Naude, Wim; Matthee, Marianne - World Institute for Development Economic Research … - 2007

?', 'do transport costs matter for trade?', 'how important are transport costs in practice?', and 'why are Africa's transport …

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Are Biofuels Good for African Development? An Analytical Framework with Evidence from Mozambique and Tanzania

Arndt, Channing; Msangi, Siwa; Thurlow, James - World Institute for Development Economic Research … - 2010

Many low income countries in Africa are optimistic that producing biofuels domestically will not only reduce their dependence on imported fossil fuels, but also stimulate economic development, particularly in poorer rural areas. Skeptics, on the other hand, view biofuels as a threat to food...

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Forest Management, Gender, and Food Security of the Rural Poor in Africa

Gbetnkom, Daniel - World Institute for Development Economic Research … - 2007

This paper addresses the economic impact of forest management on gender and food security of rural poor in Africa. The analyses reveal that deforestation places major demands on women and children?s time, limiting their opportunities to obtain an education or undertake income-generating...

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