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		<title>Research for ICT4D</title>
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		<pubDate>Sun, 05 Feb 2012 19:50:49 +0000</pubDate>
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		<description><![CDATA[ICT4D ICT4D stands for Information Communication Technology For Development. The main examples usually are mobile phone applications or Internet to boost sustainable development especially for the poor in developing countries. A technically driven wave of ICT4D in the last decade mainly failed to reach this goal [1, 2]. Two common examples are usually adduced to [...]<img alt="" border="0" src="http://stats.wordpress.com/b.gif?host=butzplog.wordpress.com&amp;blog=26162973&amp;post=809&amp;subd=butzplog&amp;ref=&amp;feed=1" width="1" height="1" />]]></description>
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		<title>Interventions against a dictator</title>
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		<pubDate>Mon, 23 Jan 2012 18:14:09 +0000</pubDate>
		<dc:creator>Utz</dc:creator>
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		<description><![CDATA[The Arab Spring, a wave of revolutions in nondemocratic countries in North Africa and the Middle East, forced some dictators to flee from their countries while others stayed and one faced intervention by an international coalition. Using a stylized game-theoretic model, this article analyzes the decision-making process of a dictator and explains the different outcomes. [...]<img alt="" border="0" src="http://stats.wordpress.com/b.gif?host=butzplog.wordpress.com&amp;blog=26162973&amp;post=806&amp;subd=butzplog&amp;ref=&amp;feed=1" width="1" height="1" />]]></description>
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		<title>Greece: Growth after Collapse!</title>
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		<pubDate>Tue, 22 Nov 2011 02:10:59 +0000</pubDate>
		<dc:creator>Utz</dc:creator>
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		<description><![CDATA[In my recent post, I argued that Greece as a peripheral Euro country will suffer severely from a collapse of the Euro. Depreciation of the new domestic currency will extirpate national savings &#8211; this expectation will trigger a bank run and a capital flight leading to bankruptcies in the private sector especially for banks. Workers [...]<img alt="" border="0" src="http://stats.wordpress.com/b.gif?host=butzplog.wordpress.com&amp;blog=26162973&amp;post=797&amp;subd=butzplog&amp;ref=&amp;feed=1" width="1" height="1" />]]></description>
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		<title>Is trade liberalization good for the Democratic Republic of Congo?</title>
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		<pubDate>Mon, 21 Nov 2011 03:25:47 +0000</pubDate>
		<dc:creator>Utz</dc:creator>
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		<description><![CDATA[In the 1960 at the time of independence, the Democratic Republic of Congo (DRC) was one of the most industrialized countries in Africa – only surpassed by South Africa. After two major wars and five million deaths, its economy is devastated, it lost its leading position and fell back to place twenty in GDP (PPP) [...]<img alt="" border="0" src="http://stats.wordpress.com/b.gif?host=butzplog.wordpress.com&amp;blog=26162973&amp;post=790&amp;subd=butzplog&amp;ref=&amp;feed=1" width="1" height="1" />]]></description>
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		<title>Costs of a collapse of the Euro</title>
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		<pubDate>Sun, 20 Nov 2011 16:54:01 +0000</pubDate>
		<dc:creator>Utz</dc:creator>
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		<description><![CDATA[A collapse of the European Monetary Union (EMU) and a return to their previous currency for each member country would have severe economic impacts. With focus on monetary effects, I will discuss the pros and cons of a collapse of the EMU. Based on these effects, costs can be estimated and put into perspective to [...]<img alt="" border="0" src="http://stats.wordpress.com/b.gif?host=butzplog.wordpress.com&amp;blog=26162973&amp;post=784&amp;subd=butzplog&amp;ref=&amp;feed=1" width="1" height="1" />]]></description>
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		<title>MPA at LSE and SIPA</title>
		<link>http://butzplog.wordpress.com/2011/11/16/mpa-at-lse-and-sipa/</link>
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		<pubDate>Wed, 16 Nov 2011 16:20:30 +0000</pubDate>
		<dc:creator>Utz</dc:creator>
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		<description><![CDATA[The Master of Public Administration program at London School of Economics (LSE) and School of International and Public Affairs (SIPA) at Columbia University in New York allows to pursue a dual degree option with the first/second year at the partner institution. Some more institutions like Hertie School in Berlin, Lee Kuan Yew School of Public [...]<img alt="" border="0" src="http://stats.wordpress.com/b.gif?host=butzplog.wordpress.com&amp;blog=26162973&amp;post=734&amp;subd=butzplog&amp;ref=&amp;feed=1" width="1" height="1" />]]></description>
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		<title>Effect of rich countries’ subsidies on Uganda</title>
		<link>http://butzplog.wordpress.com/2011/11/15/effect-of-rich-countries%e2%80%99-subsidies-on-uganda/</link>
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		<pubDate>Tue, 15 Nov 2011 14:33:47 +0000</pubDate>
		<dc:creator>Utz</dc:creator>
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		<description><![CDATA[The agricultural sector in Uganda contributes a major fraction of GDP and employment. Food crops are the main fraction of agricultural GDP with bananas followed by cereals, root crops, pulses and oilseeds. Despite the domestic production, wheat and rice are imported to serve the urban population. Exports are dominated by cash crops like coffee, cotton, [...]<img alt="" border="0" src="http://stats.wordpress.com/b.gif?host=butzplog.wordpress.com&amp;blog=26162973&amp;post=732&amp;subd=butzplog&amp;ref=&amp;feed=1" width="1" height="1" />]]></description>
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		<title>Japan’s intervention in the foreign-exchange market</title>
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		<pubDate>Mon, 14 Nov 2011 22:17:34 +0000</pubDate>
		<dc:creator>Utz</dc:creator>
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		<description><![CDATA[Since years, the yen appreciates against the dollar, which makes Japan’s exports more expensive. Repeatedly, Japan’s government intervened in the foreign exchange market via the Bank of Japan with the most recent intervention in October 2011. An intervention to depreciate the exchange rate is done by purchasing foreign currencies / assets. In the case of [...]<img alt="" border="0" src="http://stats.wordpress.com/b.gif?host=butzplog.wordpress.com&amp;blog=26162973&amp;post=729&amp;subd=butzplog&amp;ref=&amp;feed=1" width="1" height="1" />]]></description>
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		<title>Greece&#8217;s Referendum: An Opportunity.</title>
		<link>http://butzplog.wordpress.com/2011/11/02/greeces-referendum-an-opportunity/</link>
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		<pubDate>Wed, 02 Nov 2011 14:51:02 +0000</pubDate>
		<dc:creator>Utz</dc:creator>
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		<description><![CDATA[The Euro crisis continues. After the summit last week, most Germans (&#62;80%) believed that this would have been the end of the crisis. Although the package of the summit for Greece and other EMU countries could have been more comprehensive, it was sufficiently substantial to calm the markets. The positive reaction the next days confirmed [...]<img alt="" border="0" src="http://stats.wordpress.com/b.gif?host=butzplog.wordpress.com&amp;blog=26162973&amp;post=717&amp;subd=butzplog&amp;ref=&amp;feed=1" width="1" height="1" />]]></description>
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		<title>Fiscal Austerity</title>
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		<pubDate>Wed, 02 Nov 2011 14:50:14 +0000</pubDate>
		<dc:creator>Utz</dc:creator>
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		<description><![CDATA[Fiscal austerity contracts the local economy. Without monetary adjustments, the local economy is hit even harder. Therefore, there is an upper bound of feasible austerity measures &#8211; but it is hard to assess whether the current demands from the EU already reached the limit. Also, the resulting current account balance of a country caused by [...]<img alt="" border="0" src="http://stats.wordpress.com/b.gif?host=butzplog.wordpress.com&amp;blog=26162973&amp;post=719&amp;subd=butzplog&amp;ref=&amp;feed=1" width="1" height="1" />]]></description>
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