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Entrepreneurship, Sovereignty, and Violent Social ConflictJurgen Brauer and Robert Haywood The role of the sovereign state in driving and resolving violent social conflict remains central to studies of peace...
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Hardening a Soft Budget Constraint Through 'Upward Devolution' to a Supranational InstitutionThis paper contributes to the literature on the role of decentralization in hardening the budget constraint of public enterprises. Following Qian and Roland the study adopts a ‘federalist’ approach. However, it interprets federalism as the upward...
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Non-state Sovereign Entrepreneurs and Non-territorial Sovereign OrganizationsWe propose two new concepts, of non-state sovereign entrepreneurs and the non-territorial sovereign organizations they form, and relate them to issues pertaining to state sovereignty, governance failures, and violent social conflict over the...
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Arab-Related Bilateral and Multilateral Sources of Development FinanceThis article analyses the organizational structure as well as the characteristics of development finance provided by Arab donor countries. This is done with a comparative view in relation to western donors and with the aim to develop recommendations...
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An Innovative Source of Development Finance: The Carbon Tax
by Nitin Desai With official development assistance falling short of needs, there has long been a search for ‘innovative’ means for financing...
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State-Building Through NeotrusteeshipWhy do some states, with foreign assistance, transition from ‘fragile’ to ‘robust?’ Scholars in state-building have argued that neotrusteeship is an effective strategy by which external organizations might build post-conflict states. This working...
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CO2 and the Greenhouse EffectPart of Book The Environment and Emerging Development Issues
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Efficiency Issues and the Montreal Protocol on CFCsPart of Book The Environment and Emerging Development Issues
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Forest Transitions and Carbon FluxesForests as stocks, sinks and sources of carbon have become a vital issue in global politics, along with the Kyoto Protocol of the Framework Convention on Climate Change. This publication, encompassing nine chapters by twelve authors from six...
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Climate and Industrial Policy in an Asymmetric WorldClimate change is a phenomenon leading to randomly distributed disasters around the globe. Due to massive economic and technical asymmetry between the advanced North and the developing South efficient climate and industrial policy is particular...
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Arab-related Bilateral and Multilateral Sources of Development FinancePart of Journal Special Issue Development Financing
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Global Asymmetries and their Implications for Climate and Industrial PoliciesPart of Book Pathways to Industrialization in the Twenty-First Century
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Long-run Trends and Recent Developments in Official Assistance from Donor CountriesOfficial flows account for close to half of capital flows to developing countries, and close to 90 per cent of receipts for Sub-Saharan Africa. This paper documents trends in these official flows over the last three decades. The most striking trend...
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Trends in the Volume and Allocation of Official Flows from Donor CountriesPart of Journal Special Issue Aid Allocations and Development Financing
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