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Financial development, foreign direct investment and economic growth : challenges for developing countries (2011)
Thesis
Babatunde, A. F. (2011). Financial development, foreign direct investment and economic growth : challenges for developing countries. (Thesis). University of Hull. Retrieved from https://hull-repository.worktribe.com/output/4213564

Although the pattern of growth in developing countries is characterised by instability, uncertainties and volatility, the experience of the five fast-growing developing economies of Brazil, Russia, India, Mexico and China (BRIMCs) presents an unprece... Read More about Financial development, foreign direct investment and economic growth : challenges for developing countries.

Commodity buffer stock redux: the role of International Cocoa Organization in prices and incomes (2011)
Journal Article
Swaray, R. (2011). Commodity buffer stock redux: the role of International Cocoa Organization in prices and incomes. Journal of policy modeling, 33(3), 361-369. https://doi.org/10.1016/j.jpolmod.2011.03.002

This paper utilizes linear demand and supply models, with additive independent shocks, to derive producer price and income variances of a typical commodity during and after a buffer stock control. It proceeds to use the models to evaluate Internation... Read More about Commodity buffer stock redux: the role of International Cocoa Organization in prices and incomes.

New Labour legacy: comparing the Labour governments of Blair and Brown to Labour governments since 1945 (2010)
Journal Article
Mullard, M., & Swaray, R. (2010). New Labour legacy: comparing the Labour governments of Blair and Brown to Labour governments since 1945. The Political quarterly, 81(4), 511-521. https://doi.org/10.1111/j.1467-923x.2010.02131.x

The election of the Conservative-Liberal coalition in May 2010 provides the opportunity to start to map out the record of the Labour governments between 1997 and 2010. This paper deals with the specific question how the Brown/Blair governments perfor... Read More about New Labour legacy: comparing the Labour governments of Blair and Brown to Labour governments since 1945.

The impact of coffee market liberalisation on producer price behaviour in Tanzania (2009)
Thesis
Lukanima, B. K. (2009). The impact of coffee market liberalisation on producer price behaviour in Tanzania. (Thesis). University of Hull. Retrieved from https://hull-repository.worktribe.com/output/4208851

Agricultural commodity price volatility in developing countries is a challenging phenomenon that has attracted attention amongst researchers and policy makers. Although this is a global issue, it has different magnitudes and impacts across countries... Read More about The impact of coffee market liberalisation on producer price behaviour in Tanzania.

The politics of public expenditure from Thatcher to Blair (2006)
Journal Article
Mullard, M., & Swaray, R. (2006). The politics of public expenditure from Thatcher to Blair. Policy and Politics, 34(3), 495-515. https://doi.org/10.1332/030557306777695343

The central concerns of this study are twofold: first, to analyse the nature of the politics of public expenditure under both the Thatcher and Blair governments and to ask whether changes in government did make a difference. Second, to deal with the... Read More about The politics of public expenditure from Thatcher to Blair.