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A Tale of Two Countries: Lessons from the Latin Quest for the Balance of...

By Francis J. Pedraza - In 1917 foreign oil companies came to Venezuela to start drilling in the shallow waters of Lake Maracaibo.1 By 1928 Venezuela had emerged as the world’s top oil exporter, and...

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A River for Freedom: The Itaipu Hyrdoelectric Project and the Democratization...

By Tonei Glavinic - From 1954 to 1989, Paraguay was subject to the authoritarian regime of Alfredo Stroessner and the Colorado Party. While Stroessner came to power at a time of great economic strife,...

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Elusive Economic Development in the Maghreb and Beyond

By Taha Oudghiri - How many political, economic, and social mistakes will a population accommodate before it rebels? Due to the self-checking mechanism of elections in democracies this question can be...

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Brazil's China Challenge

By Carlos Sucre - In 2001, Goldman Sachs named Brazil one of the four most important emerging economies, with China, Russia and India.1 The BRICs, a term coined by Jim O’Neill, are prophesized to...

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Revisions to Lipset's Economic Theory of Democratic Development: India as a...

By Anwesha Banerjee - Seymour M. Lipset dubbed economic development a “social requisite to democracy,” considering factors such as national wealth, a large degree of industrialization, and high levels...

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Assessing the EU's 'Lisbon Strategy:' Failures & Successes

By Jiri Krcek - The quest for economic supremacy has been at the heart of the European integration process since its very inception. Tracing the historical origins of the economic progress agenda,...

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Capital Controls in Emerging Market Economies: Comparing Their Use and...

By Urjita Sudula - The use and effectiveness of capital controls in emerging market economies is important to examine because of the potentially damaging effects that these controls may have on a...

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Corruption and Graft in Post-Conflict Afghanistan

By Parag R. Dharmavarapu - With the departure of international forces and the exit of Hamid Karzai, Afghanistan has entered a new age. While Afghanistan’s GDP has quintupled to $20 billion since 2002,...

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Development on the Outer Banks: A Case of Public Perception

By Peter Rowe - Many U.S. coastal resort areas with high amenity values have experienced a high influx of both residents (full-time and part-time) and vacationers over the last two decades. This is the...

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A Tale of Two Countries: Lessons from the Latin Quest for the Balance of...

By Francis J. Pedraza - In 1917 foreign oil companies came to Venezuela to start drilling in the shallow waters of Lake Maracaibo.1 By 1928 Venezuela had emerged as the world’s top oil exporter, and...

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A River for Freedom: The Itaipu Hyrdoelectric Project and the Democratization...

By Tonei Glavinic - From 1954 to 1989, Paraguay was subject to the authoritarian regime of Alfredo Stroessner and the Colorado Party. While Stroessner came to power at a time of great economic strife,...

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Elusive Economic Development in the Maghreb and Beyond

By Taha Oudghiri - How many political, economic, and social mistakes will a population accommodate before it rebels? Due to the self-checking mechanism of elections in democracies this question can be...

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Brazil's China Challenge

By Carlos Sucre - In 2001, Goldman Sachs named Brazil one of the four most important emerging economies, with China, Russia and India.1 The BRICs, a term coined by Jim O’Neill, are prophesized to...

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Revisions to Lipset's Economic Theory of Democratic Development: India as a...

By Anwesha Banerjee - Seymour M. Lipset dubbed economic development a “social requisite to democracy,” considering factors such as national wealth, a large degree of industrialization, and high levels...

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Assessing the EU's 'Lisbon Strategy:' Failures & Successes

By Jiri Krcek - The quest for economic supremacy has been at the heart of the European integration process since its very inception. Tracing the historical origins of the economic progress agenda,...

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Capital Controls in Emerging Market Economies: Comparing Their Use and...

By Urjita Sudula - The use and effectiveness of capital controls in emerging market economies is important to examine because of the potentially damaging effects that these controls may have on a...

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Corruption and Graft in Post-Conflict Afghanistan

By Parag R. Dharmavarapu - With the departure of international forces and the exit of Hamid Karzai, Afghanistan has entered a new age. While Afghanistan’s GDP has quintupled to $20 billion since 2002,...

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Development on the Outer Banks: A Case of Public Perception

By Peter Rowe - Many U.S. coastal resort areas with high amenity values have experienced a high influx of both residents (full-time and part-time) and vacationers over the last two decades. This is the...

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Assessing the EU's 'Lisbon Strategy:' Failures & Successes

By Jiri Krcek - The quest for economic supremacy has been at the heart of the European integration process since its very inception. Tracing the historical origins of the economic progress agenda,...

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Bridging the Gap - Towards a Transatlantic Approach to Reducing Inequality: A...

By Sergio Mukherjee - Part of the problem is that an exclusive focus on growth, defined as the increase in a country's productive capacity by comparing the monetary value of the goods and services...

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