Missions archéologiques françaises en Orient aux XVIIe et XVIIIe siècles. Partie 2 / documents publ. par Henri Omont,...

Collection : Collection de documents inédits sur l'histoire de France

Missions archéologiques françaises en Orient aux XVIIe et XVIIIe siècles. Partie 1 / documents publ. par Henri Omont,...

Collection : Collection de documents inédits sur l'histoire de France

International commodity prices, growth and the outbreak of Civil War in Sub-Saharan Africa

To learn more about the effect of economic conditions oncivil war, we examine whether Sub-Saharan civil wars aremore likely to start following downturns in the internationalprice of countries main export commodities. The data showa robust effect of commodity price downturns on the outbreakof civil wars. We also find that Sub-Saharan countries aremore likely to see civil wars following economic downturnsin their main OECD export destinations.

The economic tragedy of the XXth Century: Growth in Africa

The dismal growth performance of Africa is the worst economic tragedy ofthe XXth century. We document the evolution of per capita GDP for thecontinent as a whole and for subset of countries south of the Saharadesert. We document the worsening of various income inequality indexesand we estimate poverty rates and headcounts. We then analyze some ofthe central robust determinants of economic growth reported bySala-i-Martin, Doppelhofer and Miller (2003) and project the annual growthrates Africa would have enjoyed if these key determinants had taken OECDrather than African values. Expensive investment goods, low levels ofeducation, poor health, adverse geography, closed economies, too muchpublic expenditure and too many military conflicts are seen as keyexplanations of the economic tragedy.

Estados Pos-Coloniais na Africa e a Institucionalização de Politicas Ambientais - Derivas e Importacao de Politicas em Cabo Verde

Focalizada nas políticas públicas ambientais em Cabo Verde, sobretudo na delimitação das áreas de conservação, esta tese busca discutir as agendas institucionais dos Estados pós-coloniais na África. Ao traçar este como seu objetivo, questiona também o papel das elites políticas na busca de referências para o desenvolvimento nacional de seus países. Assim, partindo de uma abordagem institucionalista, referenciada em M. Douglas e E. Ostrom, com um enfoque na análise dos discursos, das práticas e dos atores, foi privilegiada uma abordagem qualitativa com recurso a entrevistas estruturadas e focused interview. Delinearamse, nesses termos, as seguintes hipóteses: que os Estados pós-coloniais do Sul situam-se em matéria de políticas públicas ambientais como nos demais campos de desenvolvimento nacional – mimetizando os modelos institucionais dos países do Norte e/ou das suas ex-metrópoles; em consequência, ao assimilarem tais modelos, as entidades políticas nascentes e suas elites vêm provocando a extroversão; e a problemática de importação de modelos institucionais não é um fenômeno ex-nihilo: há sempre, por um lado, “conjunturas críticas” produtoras de “orfandades” que estimulam as referidas elites a se empenharem na procura de modelos exógenos e, por outro lado, existe também uma forte pressão por parte das agências internacionais financiadoras no sentido de as elites se situarem em relação aos modelos exógenos. Conclui-se que, não obstante a “compra” de modelos institucionais para o desenvolvimento, os efeitos decorrentes demonstraram ser problemáticos quando a importação é estabelecida como hegemônica – a única estratégia possível. No domínio do ambiente, os parques de Serra Malagueta e Fogo testemunham o caráter extrovertido da instituição.

Diptera hosts of Stylogaster Macquart (Diptera, Conopidae) from Madagascar and South Africa

The genus Stylogaster Macquart (Diptera, Conopidae) is represented by 14 species in the Afrotropical region, five of them endemic to Madagascar and two recorded from South Africa, one of them endemic. Fifteen specimens of Muscidae, 14 from Madagascar and one from South Africa, belonging to 10 species, impaled with Stylogaster eggs were examined. Among them, three new muscid host species were found. The dissected eggs were all similar, suggesting the presence of the same species in both localities, what is not recorded until now. The available data on the dipteran Stylogaster eggs hosts in Africa is summarized. Color photos of the material examined are presented.

Did colonization matter for growth? An empirical exploration into the historical causes of Africa's underdevelopment

We investigate the impact of 20th--century European colonizationon growth in Africa. We find that in the 1960--88 period growth has beenfaster for dependencies than for colonies; for British and Frenchcolonies than for Portuguese, Belgian and Italian ones; and for countrieswith less economic penetration during the colonial period. On average,African growth accelerates after decolonization. Proxies for colonialheritage add explanatory power to growth regressions and make indicatorsfor human capital, political and ethnic instability lose significance.Colonial variables capture the same effects of a sub--Saharan dummy andreduce its significance when jointly included in a cross sectionalregression with 98 countries.

The karyotype of Crocidura flavescens (Mammalia, Insectivora) in South Africa

Karyological results give evidence that the South African Crocidura flavescens (Geoffroy, 1827) is not conspecific with the West and East African giant shrews of the taxa spurrelli, manni, kivu and olivieri