Journal of Economic Perspectives—Volume 24‚ Number 3—Summer 2010—Pages 207–232 Mobile Phones and Economic Development in Africa Jenny C. Aker and Isaac M. Mbiti S ub-Saharan Africa has some of the lowest levels of infrastructure investment in the world. Merely 29 percent of roads are paved‚ barely a quarter of the population has access to electricity‚ and there are fewer than three landlines available per 100 people (ITU‚ 2009; World Bank‚ 2009a). Yet access to and use of mobile telephony
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WHO collaborating Centre for Research on the Epidemiology of Disasters - CRED Annual Disaster Statistical Review 2010 The numbers and trends Debby Guha-Sapir‚ Femke Vos‚ Regina Below with Sylvain Ponserre Annual Disaster Statistical Review 2010 The numbers and trends Debby Guha-Sapir Femke Vos Regina Below with Sylvain Ponserre (UNISDR) Centre for Research on the Epidemiology of Disasters (CRED) Université catholique de Louvain – Brussels‚ Belgium Acknowledgements The data upon which this report
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Working Paper no. 45 -Regional and Global Axes of Conflict - NOTHING BUT FAILURE? THE ARAB LEAGUE AND THE GULF COOPERATION COUNCIL AS MEDIATORS IN MIDDLE EASTERN CONFLICTS Marco Pinfari London School of Economics and Political Science March 2009 Crisis States Working Papers Series No.2 ISSN 1749-1797 (print) ISSN 1749-1800 (online) Copyright © M. Pinfari‚ 2009 Crisis States Research Centre Nothing but Failure? The Arab League and the Gulf Cooperation Council as Mediators in Middle
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On the walls of the huge‚ hangar-like building that is China’s National Gymnastics Centre in Beijing are words of encouragement. “Avoid bent knees‚ split legs‚ bent feet‚ land firmly and you can win gold‚” reads one message. “Starting from nothing‚ we can forge gold‚ and the gold will shine‚” reads another. The Chinese men’s gymnastic team did just that last week at the Olympics‚ ahead of Japan‚ Great Britain and the US. Those slogans could probably be seen as old-style Maoist indoctrination‚ especially
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Economic Growth and Air Pollution: Three Empirical Essays Based on Nonparametric Methods Thèse présentée à la Faculté des sciences économiques Université de Neuchâtel Pour l’obtention du grade de docteur ès science économiques Par Carlos Ordás Criado Acceptée sur proposition du jury de thèse: Prof. Jean-Marie Grether‚ Université de Neuchâtel‚ directeur de thèse. Prof. Jaime de Melo‚ Université de Genève‚ co-directeur de thèse Prof. Thanasis Stengos‚ University of Guelph Prof. Philippe
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140-the Arab Spring Implications for British Policy October 2011Foreword 1 preface 2 introduction 3 Chapter 1: Regional Overview 4 Eugene Rogan (university of Oxford) Chapter 2: Tunisia: the Trailblazer and the Benchmark 8 Michael J. Willis (university of Oxford) Chapter 3: Egypt: transition to democracy 13 Tariq Ramadan (university of Oxford) Chapter 4: Six lessons from Libya 16 Shashank Joshi (RUSI) Chapter 5: Syria:revolution and repression 20 Marwa Daoudy (university of
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Inr. J. Ink-rculfural Rel. Vol 21‚ No. 3‚ pp. 345-378‚ 1997 I$) 1997 Elsevier Science I.!d All rights reserved. Printed in Great Britain 0147-1767/97 $17.00+0.00 Pergamon PII: SO147-1767(97)00005-9 ARAB CULTURAL COMMUNICATION ELLEN PATTERNS FEGHALI Beirut‚ Lebanon ABSTRACT. In response to Shuter’s (Shuter‚ 1990) call.for the examination of communicative phenomena in particular societies worldwide‚ this article critically reviews the existing and‚ in some cases‚ contradictory
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