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Are Natural Resources Cursed? An Investigation of the Dynamic Effects of Resource Dependence on Institutional Quality
De Rosa, Donato - 2017
This paper examines whether natural resource dependence has a negative influence on various indicators of institutional quality when controlling for the potential effects of other geographic, economic and cultural initial conditions. Analysis of a panel of countries from 1996 to 2010 indicates...
Persistent link: https://www.econbiz.de/10012975086
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The"Resource Curse"In MENA? Political Transitions, Resource Wealth, Economic Shocks, and Conflict Risk
Ross, Michael L. - 2017
stability, and conflict risk; and third, to assess how prospective political transitions have implications for the World Bank …
Persistent link: https://www.econbiz.de/10012975862
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Cotton, Biotechnology, and Economic Development
Baffes, John - 2017
toward the end of 2010). Yet, between 2000-04 and 2005-09 world cotton production increased 13 percent. This paper …
Persistent link: https://www.econbiz.de/10012975578
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Is Green Growth Good for the Poor?
Dercon, Stefan - 2017
The developing world is experiencing substantial environmental change, and climate change is likely to accelerate these …
Persistent link: https://www.econbiz.de/10012974894
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On the Sustainable Development Goals and the Role of Islamic Finance
Ahmed, Habib - 2017
Millennium Development Goals set the stage for global support of ambitious development goals behind which the world must rally … mobilized if the world is to succeed in meeting its targets. Thus, the potential for Islamic finance to play a role in …
Persistent link: https://www.econbiz.de/10012971752
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[Rezension von: Krueger, Anne O., ..., Aid and development]
Enos, John Lawrence - In: Economic development and cultural change 41 (1993) 4, pp. 875-878
Persistent link: https://www.econbiz.de/10001345930
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[Rezension von: World development report 1993, World Bank : Oxford, Oxford Univ. Press, 1993]
Reich, Michael - In: Economic development and cultural change 45 (1997) 4, pp. 899-903
Persistent link: https://www.econbiz.de/10001349199
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[Rezension] World investment report 1997, United Nations Conference on Trade and Development : New York [u.a.], UN, 1997
Vernon, Raymond - In: Economic development and cultural change 47 (1999) 2, pp. 458-462
Persistent link: https://www.econbiz.de/10001370552
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[Rezension von: Trade and development report, 1997, United Nations Conference on Trade and Development]
Vernon, Raymond - In: Economic development and cultural change 48 (2000) 2, pp. 421-424
Persistent link: https://www.econbiz.de/10001451676
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Impact of Migration on Economic and Social Development : A Review of Evidence and Emerging Issues
Ratha, Dilip - 2017
This paper provides a review of the literature on the development impact of migration and remittances on origin countries and on destination countries in the South. International migration is an ever-growing phenomenon that has important development implications for both sending and receiving...
Persistent link: https://www.econbiz.de/10012976168