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    Is Botswana advancing or regressing in its democracy?

    African Centre for Constructive Resolution of Disputes, 2004
    There is wide consensus among academics and political analysts that Botswana has been hailed as one of the “old democracies” in Africa, but that there have been reports of political wrangling in the country. On the political front, Botswana is characterised by weak opposition parties, a situation similar to what prevails in South Africa.
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    Namibia elections and conflict management

    African Centre for Constructive Resolution of Disputes, 2004
    In November 2004, Namibia conducted its third generation of elections at the presidential, parliamentary and regional levels, since it became independent from apartheid South Africa in 1990. After fourteen years of independence, Namibia has established tolerance for opposition politics.
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    Detecting corruption and evaluating programs to control it: some lessons for MENA

    Economic Research Forum, Egypt, 2012
    This paper examines the seriousness of corruption in the Middle East and North Africa (MENA) region as a whole as well in individual countries of it, identifying both various determinants of corruption and possible policies to control this phenomenon.
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    Media graduation from potential to actual power in Africa’s conflict resolution: experience from the East and Horn of Africa

    African Centre for Constructive Resolution of Disputes, 2006
    The media has for a long time been recognised as a catalyst in the many intra- and inter-state conflicts that have afflicted the African continent. This paper analyses the pre-testing results of a regional media conflict transformation project that was recently carried out in East Africa and the Horn of Africa regions.
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    Politico-economic development of Turkey and the transformation of political Islam

    Economic Research Forum, Egypt, 2013
    In the 20th century, Turkey evolved from a closed agrarian economy into an open economy with a significant industrial base; identically, politically effective Islamic parties were born in the second half of the past century.
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    Arab corporatism

    Economic Research Forum, Egypt, 2012
    Modern discussions of economic systems generally revolve around two diametrically opposed systems: capitalism and socialism. This paper, however, argues that the modern economic systems of Egypt and Tunisia can best be characterised as corporatist economic systems, rather than socialist or capitalist systems.
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    Mediating a convoluted conflict: South Africa’s approach to the inter-party negotiations in Zimbabwe

    African Centre for Constructive Resolution of Disputes, 2013
    In the late 1990s, Zimbabwe became trapped in a ditch of multifaceted crises that were pronounced in the contest for political power between the ruling Zimbabwe African National Union-Patriotic Front (ZANU-PF) and the opposition Movement for Democratic Change (MDC).
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    Productivity increase and changing sectoral composition: contribution to economic growth in India.

    Institute of Economic Growth, India, 2008
    A number of studies undertaken in the last six years have noted that India’s economic growth accelerated nearly a decade before the economic reforms began in India, i.e. the acceleration in India’s economic growth took place around 1980 and not in the 1990s. This has been noted by
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    Economic growth in South Asia: role of infrastructure

    Institute of Economic Growth, India, 2008
    South Asia has become one of the fastest growing regions in the world, accounting for nearly one quarter of world population and 40 per cent of the world’s poor. Infrastructure development, both economic and social, is one of the major determinants of economic growth, particularly in developing countries.
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    Savings behaviour in South Asia

    Institute of Economic Growth, India, 2008
    Economic growth is among the most important factors affecting the quality of life that a people lead in a country. Given the close relation between savings and growth, the analysis of savings behaviour becomes naturally important in this context. Yet, a comprehensive analysis of the savings behaviour for many of the South Asian countries is missing

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