Africa's oil abundance and external competitiveness : do institutions matter? / / Mahvash Saeed Qureshi ; authorized for distribution by Cyrille Briançon

• Record Nr.: UNINA9910463595803321
• Autore: Qureshi Mahvash Saeed
• Pubbl/distr/stampa: [Washington, District of Columbia] : , : International Monetary Fund, , 2008; ©2008
• ISBN: 1-4623-1543-7; 1-4527-1477-0; 1-282-84123-8; 1-4518-7030-2; 9786612841231
• Descrizione fisica: 1 online resource (46 p.)
• Collana: IMF Working Papers; IMF working paper ; ; WP/08/172
• Altri autori (Persone): BriançonCyrille
• Disciplina: 338.27282
• Soggetti: Petroleum industry and trade - Africa, Sub-Saharan - Econometric models; Competition - Econometric models - Africa, Sub-Saharan; Electronic books.; Africa, Sub-Saharan Economic conditions Econometric models
• Lingua di pubblicazione: Inglese
• Formato: Materiale a stampa
• Livello bibliografico: Monografia
• Note generali: Description based upon print version of record.
• Nota di bibliografia: Includes bibliographical references.
• Nota di contenuto: Contents; I. Introduction; II. Oil Abundance: Blessing or Curse?; A. Africa's Oil Riches and Competitiveness; III. Measuring Competitiveness; A. Export Performance; Figures; 1. Growth in Total and Oil Export Volume, 1970-2006; 2. Share of Oil Exports in Total Exports and GDP, 1970-2006; B. Export Structure and Diversification; Tables; 1. Export Structure by Product Category, 1970-2005; 3. Share in World Exports, 1970-2006; 2. Product Categories with Revealed Comparative Advantage, 1970-2005; 3. Sectoral Distribution of Revealed Comparative Advantage, 2005; 4. Export Structure and Concentration, 1970-2005 C. Productivity, Infrastructure, and Human Capital; 5. World Share of Nonfuel ; Merchandise Exports, 1970-2005; 6. Real GDP and Non-oil GDP per Capita (US thousands), 1970-2006; 4. ICT and Transport Infrastructure Indicators for Selected Economies, 2005; D. Institutional Quality; 5. OPAC Human Development Indicators, 2005; 7. DBI Ranking for OPAC and Selected Economies, 2007; 8. WGI for OPAC and Selected Economies, 1998-2006; 9. GCI Rankings for Selected Economies, 2006; IV. Institutional Quality and Export Competitiveness; 10. Oil Abundance and Non-oil Exports A. Methodology; B. Data Issues; C. Results; D. Sensitivity Analysis; 6. Institutions and Real Non-oil Exports: Estimates for the World Sample; 7. Institutions and Real Non-oil Exports: Estimates for Sub-Saharan Africa; V. Conclusion and Policy Implications; 8. Estimates for Countries with Low and High Institutional Quality; References; Appendixes; A. Macroeconomic Indicators and Export Performance; B. Data Sources and Sensitivity Results
• Sommario/riassunto: This paper examines the structural competitiveness of oil-rich economies in sub-Saharan Africa relative to other major oil-exporting developing countries, and investigates reasons for systematic differences in the non-oil export performance across these economies. The analysis reveals that oil-rich Africa lags behind other oil-exporters in terms of diversification, global market share and the overall investment climate. The poor performance of their nonoil sector can be largely attributed to weak infrastructure and institutional quality. The results also show that institutional quality

Les origines postmycéniennes du groupe dialectal éolien : étude linguistique / José L. Garcia-Ramón

• Record Nr.: UNISALENTO991003945129707536
• Autore: Garcia Ramón, José Luis
• Pubbl/distr/stampa: Salamanca : Universidad de Salamanca, 1975
• Descrizione fisica: 118 p. ; 25 cm
• Collana: Minos. Suplementos ; 6
• Disciplina: 481
• Soggetti: Lingua greca - Dialetti - Eolico; Lingua micenea
• Lingua di pubblicazione: Greco antico
• Formato: Materiale a stampa
• Livello bibliografico: Monografia

The Dutch language in Britain (1550-1702) : a social history of the use of Dutch in early modern Britain / / Christopher Joby

• Record Nr.: UNINA9910812158603321
• Autore: Joby Christopher Richard
• Pubbl/distr/stampa: Leiden : , : Koninklijke Brill, , 2015; ©2015
• ISBN: 90-04-28521-0
• Descrizione fisica: 1 online resource (xv, 451 pages) : illustrations (chiefly color)
• Collana: Brill's Studies in Language, Cognition and Culture, , 1879-5412 ; ; Volume 10
• Disciplina: 439.31/0941
• Soggetti: Dutch language - Social aspects - Great Britain; Multilingualism - Great Britain - History; Dutch language - History - 16th century; Dutch language - History - 17th century; Great Britain History 1485-
• Lingua di pubblicazione: Inglese
• Formato: Materiale a stampa
• Livello bibliografico: Monografia
• Nota di bibliografia: Includes bibliographical references and index.
• Nota di contenuto: Preliminary Material -- Prologue -- 1 Dutch in Early Modern England: An Introduction -- 2 Dutch in the Church -- 3 Work and the Government of the Dutch Communities -- 4 Learning and the Home -- 5 The Court, Diplomacy and the Military -- 6 Dutch Literature -- 7 Dutch in Scotland and Wales -- Epilogue -- Appendix 1 -- Appendix 2 -- Bibliography -- Index.
• Sommario/riassunto: In The Dutch Language in Britain (1550-1702) Christopher Joby offers an account of the knowledge and use of Dutch in early modern Britain. Using extensive archive material from Britain and the Low Countries, Chris Joby demonstrates that Dutch was both written and spoken in a range of social domains including the church, work, learning, the home, diplomacy, the military and navy, and the court. Those who used the language included artisans and their families fleeing religious and economic turmoil on the continent; the Anglo-Dutch King, William III; and Englishmen such as the scientist Robert Hooke. Joby’s account adds both to our knowledge of the use of Dutch in the early modern period and multilingualism in Britain at this time.