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The Danish Model and the Globalizing Learning EconomyPart of Book Development Success
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Climate Change Adds to Risks in North Africa
Imed Drine The climate change threat North Africa is going through a turbulent year. With much of the focus on political transition, there is a danger...
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Communist and Transitory Income Distribution and Social Structure in the Czech RepublicStatistical and sociological evidence is gathered to display changes in social structure of the Czech society before and after 1989, with a special focus on economic inequalities. In the first part, frozen landscape of the communist regime is...
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Surprises Ahead?
Tony Addison With six months remaining till the end of 2011, it’s time to take a peek into the near future. What can we expect? John Kenneth Galbraith...
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Elusive Prosperity, Volatile Politics and International Migration
by Andrés Solimano At the turn of the twentieth century, a large number of Europeans—mainly Italians and Spaniards—left their homelands and headed to...
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The Danish Model and the Globalizing Learning EconomyAlthough Denmark shares with the other four Nordic countries certain attributes, such as pragmatic protestant religion, small and homogenous population, strong social democratic parties and ambitious welfare states, it also has its own...
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Foreign Direct Investment and Trade in the Southern African Development CommunityPart of Book Southern Engines of Global Growth
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Climate Change Compounding Risks in North AfricaThe impact of climate change on agriculture and poor groups’ livelihoods are one of the greatest potential threats to development and a key challenge in climate change agenda. The North Africa region is particularly vulnerable to climate change due...
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Foreign Direct Investment and Trade in the Southern African Development CommunityWe use a modified gravity model to estimate the relationship between trade and foreign direct investment (FDI) in the Southern African Development Community (SADC). We find evidence of a significant causal relationship from SADC’s exports to inward...
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Stabilization Programmes, Social Costs, Violence, and Humanitarian EmergenciesPart of Book War, Hunger, and Displacement
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