It is widely thought that oil and democracy do not mix. Rentier states, it is argued, need not tax their citizens, thus breaking a crucial link between citizens and their governments, and dimming the prospects for democracy. In this paper I examine the link between rentierism and democracy using a cross-regional dataset. I pay particular attention to the possibility that there are both positive...

The article examines the links between corruption and development in developing world. There is a close relationship development, which why ending needs to be at core of any developmental agenda for least developed countries (henceforth LCDs). Moreover, this includes discussion on causes, scope, impact state society LCDs. As there lack oversight, transparency, central guidance direction, couple...

Do states in the Global South learn from each other regarding management of forced migration? Although research has shown that refugees have recently been recast as an economic benefit for non-Western host states, little scholarly work exists on whether and how such a normative change is adopted across regions. In this article, we identify diffusion refugee rent-seeking behaviour, namely use st...

This research aimed at studying the proposed legal and financial mechanisms to solve crisis that Lebanon is witnessing, while maintaining economic, monetary strength of Lebanese state, by relying on descriptive analytical approach fits with nature collecting data information public debt, its sustainability, impact The economic social realities, leading most prominent results represented in coun...