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2. Western Africa, 1886–1905.
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The lines of siege, 1886–89 The outlook from the savanna Although in retrospect the flurry of European diplomacy which attended the Berlin Conference of 1884–5 seems clearly designed to prepare for the European invasion of West Africa, economic and political uncertainties in Europe and indications of stiff resistance in Africa inhibited the formation of aggressive policies. In the immediate aftermath the European siege lines were strengthened, but the scale of the impending threat to African independence was still not generally predictable. Even if in retrospect it appears that external and internal pressures were producing a general crisis of authority, its local manifestations varied greatly in nature and in intensity, and it is not easy to trace this crisis to common causes. Obviously, the impact of the European economy and European power was strongest in coastal regions. Many inland kingdoms of the savanna and Sahel still knew Europeans only as isolated and powerless travellers, and they retained the preoccupations and priorities which their historical experience suggested. Bornu, for example, though affected by fluctuations in European demand for ivory and ostrich-feathers, had more urgent problems at home; the challenge which eventually in 1893 overthrew the al-Kānamī dynasty came from Rabah al-Zubayr, a well-armed state-builder from the Nilotic Sudan, who proved capable of mobilising support among over-mighty subjects of Kukawa. 'Umar b. 'Alī, Caliph of Sokoto, 1881–91, also faced difficulties in maintaining administrative control over the empire founded by Usuman dan Fodio and in enforcing the theocratic standards which justified its existence; but these were largely inherent in the attempt to hold together territories which it took four months to traverse from east to west, once the capital of charisma accumulated by the founders had become attenuated. [ABSTRACT FROM AUTHOR]
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- 1985
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3. On Some Effects of International Fragmentation of Production on Comparative Advantages, Trade Flows and the Income of Countries.
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Baldone, Salvatore, Sdogati, Fabio, and Tajoli, Lucia
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PAPER ,INTERNATIONAL trade ,PRODUCTION (Economic theory) ,COMMERCIAL policy ,COMMERCIAL products ,COMPARATIVE advantage (International trade) ,COUNTRIES ,GROSS domestic product ,ECONOMIC indicators - Abstract
In traditional trade models, whether based on technological differences or on relative factor endowments, merchandise composition and directions of trade are derived from closed-economy conditions. But nowadays one of the basic assumptions of traditional trade models, i.e. that production processes are integrated within just one country, is being increasingly violated as previously integrated productive activities are segmented and spread over an international network of production sites: as a result, an increasingly large share of trade flows is made up of intermediate and unfinished goods being transferred from one country to another in order to be processed. In this paper we submit that such new configuration of production processes has important effects on at least three dimensions of economic research. First, we show that international disintegration of production processes leads to a lessening of the power of comparative advantages when it comes to explaining both merchandise composition and directions of trade, while it is the concept of absolute advantage to become increasingly relevant; second, we show that empirical measures of revealed comparative advantages are inherently misleading if they do not account for differences in the stage-of-processing of traded goods; third, we estimate a simple model of aggregate demand accounting for international trade in intermediates: results of estimation lend support to our prior that participation of a country in the process of international fragmentation of production plays a specific and significant role in determining its year-over-year change in GDP. [ABSTRACT FROM AUTHOR]
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- 2007
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4. Socioeconomic and Fiscal Impact of Large-Scale Gold Mining in Mali
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Sanoh, Aly and Coulibaly, Massaoly
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PUBLIC SECTOR ACCOUNTING ,INVESTMENT ,PUBLIC SERVICE ,TAX ,INFRASTRUCTURE ,ECONOMIC GROWTH ,BUDGET ,GROSS DOMESTIC PRODUCT ,PER CAPITA EXPENDITURES ,FINANCIAL MANAGEMENT CAPACITY ,WATER ,health care economics and organizations ,FISCAL SPACE ,INVESTMENTS ,LOCAL CAPACITY ,MUNICIPALITIES ,SUB-NATIONAL ,FISCAL BURDEN ,GOVERNMENTS ,RETURNS ,POVERTY ,SHARES ,RESERVES ,GOODS ,PUBLIC SPENDING ,METALS ,TAX COLLECTION ,GOVERNMENT BUDGET ,CITY ,REVENUE COLLECTION ,LIVING STANDARDS ,DISTRICT ,CAPITAL INVESTMENT ,SUBSIDIES ,MARKETS ,PROFIT ,LEAD ,EXPORTERS ,SANITATION ,POLLUTION ,TRANSFERS ,STATUTORY LAWS ,DISTRICTS ,PUBLIC INSTITUTIONS ,REVENUE LEVELS ,NATIONAL BUDGET ,SERVICES ,PUBLIC SECTOR ,CORPORATE INCOME TAX ,MARKET ,DURABLE ,PAPER ,CAPITAL EXPENDITURES ,EXPENDITURE PER CAPITA ,LOCAL CAPACITIES ,FINANCIAL MANAGEMENT ,COEFFICIENTS ,ECONOMIC DEVELOPMENT ,LOCAL INFRASTRUCTURE ,CENTRAL BANK ,OIL BOOM ,ELECTRICITY ,TEXTBOOKS ,LOCAL DEVELOPMENT FUNDS ,IRRIGATION ,POLITICAL ECONOMY ,EXCHANGE ,ROADS ,ACCOUNTING ,BUDGETS ,TAXATION ,INCOME TAX ,SECURITY ,LOCAL GOVERNMENT ,LOCAL MARKETS ,STATE BUDGET ,DECENTRALIZATION ,LOCAL GOVERNMENTS ,COMMUNITY ,FISCAL IMPACT ,DISTRICT LEVEL ,CENTRAL GOVERNMENT ,GOOD ,EQUIPMENT ,PUBLIC RESOURCES ,REVENUE ,TURNOVER ,TAX BURDEN ,TAXES ,EQUITY ,TREASURY ,LAND ,SPENDING ,CURRENT EXPENDITURES ,FUELS ,SECTORAL DISTRIBUTION ,MATERIALS ,GOVERNMENT REVENUE ,TAX REVENUES ,EXPENDITURES ,DEVELOPING COUNTRIES ,INTERNATIONAL BANK ,FINANCIAL RESOURCES ,PUBLIC ,MANAGEMENT ,LABOR ,PROFIT MARGINS ,EQUITY RETURNS ,HOUSING ,BUDGETING ,PUBLIC GOODS ,LOCAL ECONOMY ,STREET CLEANING ,REVENUES ,PUBLIC INVESTMENT ,PUBLIC WORKS ,CAPITAL EXPENDITURE ,LOCAL TAXES ,SHARE ,INVESTMENT SPENDING ,POVERTY RATE ,MINING ,EXPENDITURE ,TAX SYSTEM - Abstract
This paper analyzes the socioeconomic, fiscal, and governance impact of gold mining in Mali. The analysis finds that, at the national level, mining plays an important role by contributing to export earnings and overall government fiscal revenue. In 2013, the mining sector represented 7 percent of gross domestic product, contributed 1.5 percent to growth in total gross domestic product, and accounted for 65 percent of total export earnings and 25 percent of total government budget revenues. At the local level, despite higher population growth, there is some evidence that outcomes (poverty and infrastructure services) are marginally better in mining communes compared with non-mining communes. Local governments receive fiscal windfalls that are spent significantly on education capital expenditures and current expenditures (salaries and non-salaries). Non-salary current expenditures are 10 times higher in mining areas. Analysis of the political economy of public service provision at the local level suggests that technical or absorptive capacities may be the bottleneck to increasing the local benefit of mining instead of corruption or accountability.
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- 2015
5. International trends in forest products consumption: is there convergence?
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BUONGIORNO, J.
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- 2009
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