Purpose – The author aims to analyze the effect of statistical capacity on government effectiveness/efficiency using cross-sectional from a sample of 48 African countries for the period 2003-2008. Design/methodology/approach – The estimation technique used is a two-stage least squares...

Purpose This paper aims to assess the role of foreign aid in reducing the hypothetically negative impact of terrorism on trade using a panel of 78 developing countries with data for the period 1984-2008. Design/methodology/approach The empirical evidence is based on interactive generalised...