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African Economics and the Politics of Permanent Crisis
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This article is published in Business History Review.The article was published on 2004-01-01 and is currently open access. It has received 372 citations till now. The article focuses on the topics: Politics.read more
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Can Foreign Aid Buy Growth
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Governance and Development
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Climate change, rainfall, and social conflict in Africa:
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TL;DR: The authors examined the effect of deviations from normal rainfall patterns on various types of conflict, including civil war and insurgency, and found that extreme deviations in rainfall -particularly dry and wet years - are associated positively with all types of political conflict, though the relationship is strongest with respect to violent events.
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An Aid-Institutions Paradox? A Review Essay on Aid Dependency and State Building in Sub-Saharan Africa
TL;DR: This article reviewed the evidence regarding the potentially negative effects of aid dependence on state institutions, and concluded that states which can raise a substantial proportion of their revenues from the international community are less accountable to their citizens and under less pressure to maintain popular legitimacy.