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Opportunities and Pitfalls of Corporate Social Responsibility : The Marange Diamond Mines Case Study
Mugova, Shame (ed.); Sachs, Paul R. (ed.) - 2019
Governance -- The Socio-economic Impact of Corporate Social Responsibility on the Zimbabwe Mining Industry -- Corporate Social … and Environmental in the Diamond Supply Chain -- Theory and Practice of Corporate Social Responsibility in a Developing … Country Context -- Labour Management Issues In Marange Diamond Mines -- The World Against Us: The Vulnerable Group, Marange …
Persistent link: https://www.econbiz.de/10012398425
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Natural resource endowment : a mixed blessing?
Thorvaldur Gylfason - 2011
This paper deals with the implications of natural resources for the conduct of economic policies and the role and design of institutions in resource-rich countries. The paper briefly reviews the experience of a few resource-rich countries, highlighting the successes of those that have done well...
Persistent link: https://www.econbiz.de/10009010049
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Ethnic geography : measurement and evidence
Hodler, Roland; Valsecchi, Michele; Vesperoni, Alberto - 2017
The effects of ethnic geography, i.e., the distribution of ethnic groups across space, on economic, political and social outcomes are not well understood. We develop a novel index of ethnic segregation that takes both ethnic and spatial distances between individuals into account. Importantly, we...
Persistent link: https://www.econbiz.de/10011747456
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The geography of natural resources, ethnic inequality and development
Lessmann, Christian; Steinkraus, Arne - 2017
We study whether the spatial distribution of natural resources across different ethnic groups within countries impede spatial inequality, national economic performance, and the incidence of armed conflict. By providing a theoretical rent-seeking model and analysing a set of geocoded data for...
Persistent link: https://www.econbiz.de/10011588047
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When is a state predatory?
Robinson, James A. - 1999
I argue that whether or not a state is predatory hinges on the relationship between development and the distribution of political power in society. Development is typically inconsistent with the preservation of the political status quo and this gives those who initially hold political power an...
Persistent link: https://www.econbiz.de/10009781676
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China and the World Bank : how contrasting development approaches affect the stability of African states
Gehring, Kai; Kaplan, Lennart; Wong, Melvin H. L. - 2019
China's development model challenges the approaches of traditional Western donors like the World Bank. We argue that both aim at stability, but differ in the norms propagated to achieve that. Using fixed effects and IV estimations, we analyze a broad range of subnational stability measures in...
Persistent link: https://www.econbiz.de/10012104086
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Financing the Family : Remittances to Central America in a Time of Crisis
Inchauste, Gabriela (ed.); Stein, Ernesto (ed.) - Inter-American Development Bank - 2013
Interest in learning how to make the most of the potential developmental benefits of remittance flows has grown worldwide. Financing the Family adds to that body of knowledge with a summary of recent research that emphasizes experimental approaches, focuses on Central America, and analyzes the...
Persistent link: https://www.econbiz.de/10012106401
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Social Policy in Sub-Saharan African Context : In Search of Inclusive Development
2007
This volume reviews Africa's past experiences of social policy, with an eye on the future. Contributions examine a range of social policy issues around healthcare, education, the labour market and social welfare, and highlight important conceptual and policy issues for rebuilding Africa
Persistent link: https://www.econbiz.de/10011612352
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Development policies and policy processes in Africa : modeling and evaluation
Henning, Christian H. C. A.; Badiane, Ousmane; Krampe, Eva - 2018
The book examines the methodological challenges in analyzing the effectiveness of development policies. It presents a selection of tools and methodologies that can help tackle the complexities of which policies work best and why, and how they can be implemented effectively given the political...
Persistent link: https://www.econbiz.de/10012396741
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Re-inventing Africa's development : linking Africa to the Korean development model
Park, Jong-Dae - 2019
This open access book analyses the development problems of sub-Sahara Africa (SSA) from the eyes of a Korean diplomat with knowledge of the economic growth Korea has experienced in recent decades. The author argues that Africa's development challenges are not due to a lack of resources but a...
Persistent link: https://www.econbiz.de/10012397021