Search Full Text
Now showing items 1-10 of 14
North Korea's Transnational Media Commodity Network
(Georgetown University, 2015)
Why are there are increasing numbers of North Koreans inside the country willing to consume and share illegal foreign media over the last ten years, despite greater risk of capital punishment due to tighter border controls ...
DOES JOINING THE EXTRACTIVE INDUSTRIES TRANSPARENCY INITIATIVE HAVE AN IMPACT ON EXTRACTIVE AND NON-EXTRACTIVE FDI INFLOWS?
(Georgetown University, 2013)
The Extractive Industries Transparency Initiative (EITI) invites resource-rich countries to voluntarily publish the payments they receive from corporations and open their books to the scrutiny of certified auditors. In ...
Does a country's inflation rate influence the possibility of its involvement in a foreign policy crisis?
(Georgetown University, 2012)
DOES A COUNTRY'S INFLATION RATE INFLUENCE THE
IMF Lending Programs: A Signal to Invest?
(Georgetown University, 2012)
This paper seeks to reexamine the empirical evidence supporting the theory that the IMF induces private capital inflows to countries that participate in IMF programs; a concept also known as "catalytic official finance". ...
Perilous Waters: The Political Economy of International Warship Exports
(Georgetown University, 2013)
Why would a state export warships that could be used against it? Strategic logic suggests that increasing another state's combat power is bad policy, as the United Kingdom discovered when it faced British-built destroyers ...
Investigating the Women's Multiplier Effect and Propensity for Community-Oriented Spending
(Georgetown University, 2017)
Among international development conventions, the most common in the gender empowerment field is: When you invest in women, they re-invest 90 percent back into their families and communities. This rate is considered ...
FOREIGN AID IN AFRICA IN THE NEW MILLENNIUM: THE CHINA AND U.S. MODEL FIGHT FOR RELEVANCE
(Georgetown University, 2013)
Poverty remains the scourge of the modern world. Millions of people live in poverty despite the best efforts of the most powerful governments in the world. Due to a myriad of political and historical reasons, the most ...
THE BLIND MAN'S ELEPHANT: BROADENING PERSPECTIVES TO SAVE THE AFRICAN ELEPHANT
(Georgetown University, 2014)
Ivory poaching has evolved from a local and regional nuisance to a vexing global threat in need of immediate action. The ivory trade is one of the world's largest illicit activities, funneling money to terrorist groups, ...
WHAT IS THE EFFECT OF U.S.-LED SANCTIONS ON A TARGET NATION'S FOREIGN CURRENCY EXCHANGE RATE?
(Georgetown University, 2014)
This study seeks to assess the relationship between United States-led sanctions and the foreign exchange rate (vis-à-vis the U.S. dollar) of targeted nations. Recent research has examined various impacts that sanctions ...
All the Ships that Never Sailed: A General Model of Transnational Illicit Market Suppression
(Georgetown University, 2014)
This model predicts progress in transnational illicit market suppression campaigns by comparing the relative efficiency and support of the suppression regime vis-à-vis the targeted illicit market. Focusing on competitive ...