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Area Studies In A Global Context, William G. Moseley
Area Studies In A Global Context, William G. Moseley
William G Moseley
In this editorial, the author argues that the study of global processes and a grounded understanding of world regions constitute the yin and yang of a solid internationalist curriculum.
How Different Are Service And Manufacturing Firms In The Informal Sector? (Short Note), Mohammad Amin
How Different Are Service And Manufacturing Firms In The Informal Sector? (Short Note), Mohammad Amin
Mohammad Amin
A comparison of service and manufacturing firms in the informal sector shows that service firms are larger in terms of total sales and also generate more output per worker. They rely less on physical infrastructure and machines but more on human capital. Service firms also appear to be better integrated with the financial system with access to finance being less of an obstacle to their business. Some of the commonly held reasons for not registering such as taxes that registered businesses have to pay and benefits from registering such as better access to government programs appear to be less important …
Stop The Blanket Militarization Of Humanitarian Aid, William G. Moseley
Stop The Blanket Militarization Of Humanitarian Aid, William G. Moseley
William G Moseley
Op-ed problematizing the involvement of the US military in foreign assistance programs in West Africa.
Africa, Mark J. Calaguas
Africa, Mark J. Calaguas
Mark J Calaguas
The Africa Committee's contribution to the 2008 Year-in-Review issue of the American Bar Association Section of International Law's quarterly journal, The International Lawyer
Foreign Debt And Domestic Savings In Developing Countries, Luke Okafor, Joanna Tyrowicz
Foreign Debt And Domestic Savings In Developing Countries, Luke Okafor, Joanna Tyrowicz
Joanna Tyrowicz
This paper approaches the question of potential causality between foreign debt and domestic savings in the context of developing countries. Literature provides evidence in as far as foreign debt and development is concerned, but little attention was given so far to internal potential for capital formation. We provide a theoretical framework and test its relevance using 1975-2004 data for two groups of countries: sub-Saharan Africa and Latin America with the Caribbean. With the use of instrumental variables we find negative impact of foreign debt on domestic savings especially in the long run. The results are not susceptible to the choice …
Eu-Acp Economic Partnership Agreements, Inma Martinez-Zarzoso, Sebastian Vollmer, Nils Klann, Felicitas Nowak-Lehmann D.
Eu-Acp Economic Partnership Agreements, Inma Martinez-Zarzoso, Sebastian Vollmer, Nils Klann, Felicitas Nowak-Lehmann D.
Inma Martinez-Zarzoso
We estimate the welfare effects of the Economic Partnership Agreements between the EU and nine African countries. Our analysis is based on highly disaggregated data for trade and tariffs. We extend the literature in two principal ways: First, we estimate bilateral elasticities of import demand from the disaggregated data. Second, in place of simulating rather general scenarios we apply the recently negotiated tariff reduction rates to estimate the agreement’s welfare effects. Results indicate that Botswana, Cameroon, Mozambique, and Namibia will profit from the interim agreements, while the effects for Côte d’Ivoire, Ghana, Kenya, Tanzania, and Uganda are close to zero.
Response To Michael Watts. Whither Development?: The Struggle For Livelihood In The Time Of Globalization., William G. Moseley
Response To Michael Watts. Whither Development?: The Struggle For Livelihood In The Time Of Globalization., William G. Moseley
William G Moseley
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