International Institutions: Regional Governance eJournal最新文献

Consultation on the Draft South African National Infrastructure Plan: Comments on ICT Networks 关于南非国家基础设施计划草案的磋商:对信息通信技术网络的评论

International Institutions: Regional Governance eJournal Pub Date : 2021-09-17 DOI: 10.2139/ssrn.3927673

E. Sutherland

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European Union in Central Asia during the COVID-19 Pandemic: Crisis Response and Future Recovery 2019冠状病毒病大流行期间的欧洲联盟中亚:危机应对和未来复苏

International Institutions: Regional Governance eJournal Pub Date : 2021-09-09 DOI: 10.2139/ssrn.3921654

Ana-Maria Anghelescu

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Child Trafficking in Uganda 乌干达贩卖儿童

International Institutions: Regional Governance eJournal Pub Date : 2020-07-24 DOI: 10.2139/ssrn.3719015

F. Offia

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How COVID-19 Affects Economic Performance in Developing Countries: The Case of Guatemala COVID-19如何影响发展中国家的经济表现:以危地马拉为例

International Institutions: Regional Governance eJournal Pub Date : 2020-06-15 DOI: 10.2139/ssrn.3627148

Mario Arturo Ruiz Estrada

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Understanding African States in International Relations: On Analytics of Sovereignty versus Elite Governmentality 在国际关系中理解非洲国家:主权与精英治理的分析

International Institutions: Regional Governance eJournal Pub Date : 2019-12-05 DOI: 10.2139/ssrn.3499278

C. Amo-Agyemang

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The Myth of the 'Latin American Decade' “拉美十年”的神话

International Institutions: Regional Governance eJournal Pub Date : 2018-07-10 DOI: 10.2139/ssrn.3211962

J. Ocampo, Eduardo F. Bastian, Marcos Reis

{"title":"The Myth of the 'Latin American Decade'","authors":"J. Ocampo, Eduardo F. Bastian, Marcos Reis","doi":"10.2139/ssrn.3211962","DOIUrl":"https://doi.org/10.2139/ssrn.3211962","url":null,"abstract":"This paper analyzes Latin American performance over the period 2003-2014 with the purpose of evaluating two ideas: whether this period constituted so-called â€˜golden yearsâ€™ and whether the 2010s were likely to be a â€˜Latin American decadeâ€™ This term was used several times by scholars, international organizations, and market experts, claiming that the region was finally on the right track after two decades of disappointing economic performance. However, the data shows that the claims were overoptimistic. We compare the regionâ€™s 2003-2014 performance with that in the 1980s and 1990s, evaluate how the region performed in the sub-periods 2003-2007 and 2008-2014, and compare the regionâ€™s 2003-2014 indicators with those of other selected developing regions during the same period. We show that the period in question was a â€˜golden decadeâ€™ only when compared with the regionâ€™s own performance during the previous two decades, but not when compared with other developing regions. Moreover, we notice that the lack of structural change during this decade implies weak development performance for the region in the near future.","PeriodicalId":201864,"journal":{"name":"International Institutions: Regional Governance eJournal","volume":"33 1","pages":"0"},"PeriodicalIF":0.0,"publicationDate":"2018-07-10","publicationTypes":"Journal Article","fieldsOfStudy":null,"isOpenAccess":false,"openAccessPdf":"","citationCount":null,"resultStr":null,"platform":"Semanticscholar","paperid":"122826238","PeriodicalName":null,"FirstCategoryId":null,"ListUrlMain":null,"RegionNum":0,"RegionCategory":"","ArticlePicture":[],"TitleCN":null,"AbstractTextCN":null,"PMCID":"","EPubDate":null,"PubModel":null,"JCR":null,"JCRName":null,"Score":null,"Total":0}

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The Modern Trend of Human Trafficking in Africa and the Role of the African Union (AU) 非洲人口贩运的现代趋势与非洲联盟的作用

International Institutions: Regional Governance eJournal Pub Date : 2017-12-25 DOI: 10.2139/ssrn.3105245

Chris Mensah-Ankrah, Rex Osei Sarpong

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The Pacific Alliance in Search for a Financial Integration: So Close and Yet so Far 寻求金融一体化的太平洋联盟:如此接近却又如此遥远

International Institutions: Regional Governance eJournal Pub Date : 2017-12-01 DOI: 10.2139/ssrn.3082799

Manuel Monteagudo

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The Challenges of ASEAN-50 About Unity in Diversity 东盟50国在多样性中团结的挑战

International Institutions: Regional Governance eJournal Pub Date : 2017-11-02 DOI: 10.2139/ssrn.3064464

Trung Hieu Van

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Security Reform during Democratic Transitions: Experimental Evidence from Tunisia 民主转型期间的安全改革:来自突尼斯的实验证据

International Institutions: Regional Governance eJournal Pub Date : 2017-08-24 DOI: 10.2139/ssrn.3090059

N. Lotito

{"title":"Security Reform during Democratic Transitions: Experimental Evidence from Tunisia","authors":"N. Lotito","doi":"10.2139/ssrn.3090059","DOIUrl":"https://doi.org/10.2139/ssrn.3090059","url":null,"abstract":"The “Arab Spring” of 2010-2011 demonstrated that authoritarian collapse does not guarantee a transition to democracy. After revolutions, newly elected governments face a dilemma: they must rely on existing security institutions to restore order and stability, but they also must reform these potentially counterrevolutionary forces. In addition, these governments are now responsible to newly enfranchised populations. This paper offers a tradeoff hypothesis to explain the success or failure of transitional reforms, and points to elites’ framing of public debates as a primary factor leading public opinion, which either demands or neglects difficult reforms during moments of transition. The theory is tested with an original survey of Tunisian adults conducted in January 2017. An embedded vignette experiment asks respondents to adjudicate between investments in security sector reform versus economic or political reform, the exact types of tradeoffs countries face during the transition from authoritarian rule. An additional treatment tests whether citizens perceive a tradeoff between providing national security – i.e. against terrorist threats – and reforming the military to protect civil liberties, a question that has been debated since Tunisia’s 2011 uprising. I find that public opinion can be swayed by the framing of tradeoffs. Economic development is strongly preferred over other reforms. This finding has important implications for the success of both security sector reform and democratic consolidation.","PeriodicalId":201864,"journal":{"name":"International Institutions: Regional Governance eJournal","volume":"4 1","pages":"0"},"PeriodicalIF":0.0,"publicationDate":"2017-08-24","publicationTypes":"Journal Article","fieldsOfStudy":null,"isOpenAccess":false,"openAccessPdf":"","citationCount":null,"resultStr":null,"platform":"Semanticscholar","paperid":"125454888","PeriodicalName":null,"FirstCategoryId":null,"ListUrlMain":null,"RegionNum":0,"RegionCategory":"","ArticlePicture":[],"TitleCN":null,"AbstractTextCN":null,"PMCID":"","EPubDate":null,"PubModel":null,"JCR":null,"JCRName":null,"Score":null,"Total":0}

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