1.
Determinants of Bank Profitability: Macroeconomic Evidence from Nigeria
Number of pages: 34
Posted: 19 Aug 2008
Last Revised: 03 Sep 2008
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Deakin University
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4,376
2.
On the Determinants of Foreign Direct Investment to Developing Countries: Is Africa Different?
Number of pages: 24
Posted: 11 Sep 2001
Working Paper Series
University of Kansas - Department of Economics
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On the Determinants of Foreign Direct Investment to Developing Countries: Is Africa Different?
Number of pages: 24
Posted: 11 Sep 2001
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3,373
On the Determinants of Foreign Direct Investment to Developing Countries: Is Africa Different?
World Development, Vol. 30, No. 1, 2002
Posted: 16 Jan 2002
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3,373
3.
An African Success Story: Botswana
MIT Department of Economics Working Paper No. 01-37
Number of pages: 46
Posted: 14 Nov 2001
Working Paper Series
Massachusetts Institute of Technology (MIT) - Department of Economics, Massachusetts Institute of Technology (MIT) - Entrepreneurship Center and Harvard University - Department of Government
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An African Success Story: Botswana
MIT Department of Economics Working Paper No. 01-37
Number of pages: 46
Posted: 14 Nov 2001
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An African Success Story: Botswana
CEPR Discussion Paper No. 3219
Number of pages: 49
Posted: 14 Mar 2002
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158
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3,330
4.
Foreign Direct Investment in Africa: The Role of Natural Resources, Market Size, Government Policy, Institutions and Political Instability
Number of pages: 24
Posted: 09 May 2005
Working Paper Series
University of Kansas - Department of Economics
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Foreign Direct Investment in Africa: The Role of Natural Resources, Market Size, Government Policy, Institutions and Political Instability
Number of pages: 24
Posted: 09 May 2005
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3,114
Foreign Direct Investment in Africa: The Role of Natural Resources, Market Size, Government Policy, Institutions and Political Instability
The World Economy, Vol. 29, No. 1, pp. 63-77, January 2006
Number of pages: 15
Posted: 12 Apr 2006
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29
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3,114
5.
The Poverty of 'Development Economics'
IEA Hobart Paper No. 144
Number of pages: 272
Posted: 02 Apr 2005
Working Paper Series
University of California, Los Angeles (UCLA) - Department of Economics
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2,723
6.
Tax Revenue in Sub-Saharan Africa: Effects of Economic Policies and Corruption
IMF Working Paper No. 98/135
Number of pages: 25
Posted: 15 Feb 2006
Working Paper Series
International Monetary Fund (IMF)
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1,428
7.
The Economic Consequences of Hiv/Aids in Southern Africa
IMF Working Paper No. 02/38
Number of pages: 41
Posted: 29 Jan 2006
Working Paper Series
International Monetary Fund (IMF) - Research Department
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1,376
8.
Analyzing the Impact of Globalization on Economic Development in Developing Economies: An Application of Error Correction Modelling (ECM) To Nigeria
Applied Econometrics and International Development, Vol. 6, No. 3, 2006
Number of pages: 10
Posted: 25 Aug 2008
Accepted Paper Series
affiliation not provided to SSRN, affiliation not provided to SSRN and affiliation not provided to SSRN
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1,302
9.
Putting Regulation Before Responsibility: The Limits of Voluntary Corporate Social Responsibility
Cornell International Law Journal, Vol. 40, p. 171, 2007
Number of pages: 30
Posted: 01 Feb 2005
Last Revised: 02 Oct 2009
Accepted Paper Series
Loyola University Chicago School of Law
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1,247
10.
On the Effect of Foreign Aid on Corruption
Economics Bulletin, 32(3), pp. 2174-2180. (2012)
Number of pages: 9
Posted: 10 Sep 2014
Last Revised: 01 Apr 2015
Working Paper Series
African Governance and Development Institute
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1,203
11.
Does Religion Influence Views Toward Homosexuality: An Empirical Study of 16 Countries
Number of pages: 22
Posted: 25 Jun 2016
Working Paper Series
Fayetteville State University - Department of Accounting
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1,051
12.
Budget Deficits, External Debt and Economic Growth in Nigeria
Applied Econometrics and International Development, Vol. 6, No. 3, 2006
Number of pages: 27
Posted: 25 Aug 2008
Accepted Paper Series
affiliation not provided to SSRN and affiliation not provided to SSRN
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1,028
13.
Access to Bank Credit in Sub-Saharan Africa: Key Issues and Reform Strategies
IMF Working Paper No. 05/166
Number of pages: 39
Posted: 03 Mar 2006
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International Monetary Fund (IMF)
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966
14.
Economic Growth in Egypt: Constraints and Determinants
World Bank MENA Working Paper No. 42
Number of pages: 36
Posted: 28 Dec 2005
Working Paper Series
World Bank and World Bank
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Economic Growth in Egypt: Constraints and Determinants
World Bank MENA Working Paper No. 42
Number of pages: 36
Posted: 28 Dec 2005
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966
Economic Growth in Egypt: Constraints and Determinants
Journal of African Development, Vol. 9, No. 1, pp. 31-66
Posted: 22 Sep 2007
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966
15.
An Empirical Examination of Why Mobile Money Schemes Ignite in Some Developing Countries but Flounder in Most
University of Chicago Coase-Sandor Institute for Law & Economics Research Paper No. 723
Number of pages: 52
Posted: 18 Mar 2015
Last Revised: 26 Mar 2015
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Global Economics Group and Global Economics Group
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919
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Doing Well by Doing Good: The Impact of Foreign Aid on Foreign Public Opinion
Quarterly Journal of Political Science, Vol 9, Issue 1, pp. 87-114, March 2014
Number of pages: 51
Posted: 01 Dec 2013
Last Revised: 20 Jun 2015
Accepted Paper Series
School of Politics & International Relations, Dartmouth College - Department of Government and Australian National University (ANU) - Crawford School of Public Policy
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918
17.
The Relationship between Religion and Views Toward Homosexuality: An Empirical Study of 98 Countries
Number of pages: 13
Posted: 25 Jun 2016
Working Paper Series
Fayetteville State University - Department of Accounting
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878
18.
Privatization in Africa: What Has Happened? What is to Be Done?
FEEM Working Paper No. 127.05, Center for Global Development Working Paper No. 25
Number of pages: 45
Posted: 16 Nov 2005
Working Paper Series
Center for Global Development
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877
19.
Development Assistance and Economic Growth: A Case Study of Botswana
Number of pages: 15
Posted: 28 Feb 2008
Working Paper Series
National Graduate Institute for Policy Studies (GRIPS) and Musashi University
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849
20.
The Modern Impact of Precolonial Centralization in Africa
Number of pages: 62
Posted: 16 Nov 2005
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Bocconi University - Department of Finance and Securities and Exchange Commission (SEC)
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842
21.
The Characteristics and Determinants of FDI in Ghana
Number of pages: 23
Posted: 01 Dec 2008
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London School of Economics & Political Science (LSE), Ruhr-University Bochum and University of Ghana - Institute of Statistical, Social and Economic Research (ISSER)
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816
22.
The Effects of Poverty on the Susceptibility to Crime in South Africa
Number of pages: 44
Posted: 26 Oct 2008
Last Revised: 29 Aug 2014
Working Paper Series
University of Washington - Economics
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734
23.
Foreign Direct Investment (FDI): Determinants and Growth Effects in a Small Open Economy
The International Journal of Business and Finance Research, Vol. 4, No. 4, pp. 75-88, 2010
Number of pages: 14
Posted: 03 Jul 2011
Accepted Paper Series
CUNY York College
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711
24.
Monetary Growth and Exchange Rate Depreciation as Causes of Inflation in African Countries: An Empirical Analysis
IMF Working Paper No. 91/67
Number of pages: 49
Posted: 15 Feb 2006
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affiliation not provided to SSRN
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25.
The Marketing of Rebellion: Insurgents, Media, and International Activism
THE MARKETING OF REBELLION: INSURGENTS, MEDIA, AND INTERNATIONAL ACTIVISM, Cambridge University Press, 2005
Number of pages: 10
Posted: 14 Jun 2006
Accepted Paper Series
Duquesne University
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686
26.
Market Intelligence: Making Market Research Work for Microfinance
Accion's InSight Series, No. 7, October 2003
Number of pages: 18
Posted: 09 Aug 2005
Accepted Paper Series
ACCION International
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679
27.
The New Partnership for Africa's Development (Nepad): Opportunities and Challenges
IMF Working Paper No. 03/69
Number of pages: 35
Posted: 28 Jan 2006
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International Monetary Fund (IMF) - African Department and International Monetary Fund (IMF)
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640
28.
Why Ethnic Fractionalization? Polarization, Ethnic Conflict and Growth
UPF Economics and Business Working Paper No. 660
Number of pages: 44
Posted: 10 Aug 2003
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Universitat Pompeu Fabra - Faculty of Economic and Business Sciences and Universitat Pompeu Fabra - Faculty of Economic and Business Sciences
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634
29.
Poverty Dynamics, Violent Conflict and Convergence in Rwanda
MICROCON Research Working Paper No. 4
Number of pages: 62
Posted: 05 Apr 2008
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University of Sussex - Institute of Development Studies and Université Libre de Bruxelles (ULB) - Solvay Brussels School of Economics and Management
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Poverty Dynamics, Violent Conflict and Convergence in Rwanda
MICROCON Research Working Paper No. 4
Number of pages: 62
Posted: 05 Apr 2008
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Poverty Dynamics, Violent Conflict, and Convergence in Rwanda
Review of Income and Wealth, Vol. 59, Issue 1, pp. 66-90, 2013
Number of pages: 25
Posted: 05 Feb 2013
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2
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615
30.
Bank Privatization and Performance: Empirical Evidence from Nigeria
World Bank Policy Research Working Paper No. 3511
Number of pages: 37
Posted: 09 Feb 2005
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City University London - Sir John Cass Business School, World Bank - Development Research Group (DECRG) and Nigeria Governors' Forum
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609
31.
Trade Liberalisation, Growth and Poverty in Senegal: A Dynamic Microsimulation Cge Model Analysis
CIRPEE Working Paper No. 05-12
Number of pages: 31
Posted: 15 May 2005
Last Revised: 16 Jul 2018
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Université Laval - Département d'Économique, Université Cheikh Anta Diop, Partnership for Economic Policy (PEP) and Université Laval - Département d'Économique
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601
32.
Entrepreneurship, Education and the Fourth Industrial Revolution in Africa
IZA Discussion Paper No. 10855
Number of pages: 25
Posted: 10 Jul 2017
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Maastricht University
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598
33.
Agricultural Trade Reform and the Doha Development Agenda
World Bank Policy Research Working Paper No. 3607
Number of pages: 40
Posted: 08 Jul 2005
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University of Adelaide - Centre for International Economic Studies (CIES) and International Food Policy Research Institute (IFPRI)
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Agricultural Trade Reform and the Doha Development Agenda
World Bank Policy Research Working Paper No. 3607
Number of pages: 40
Posted: 08 Jul 2005
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Agricultural Trade Reform and the Doha Development Agenda
The World Economy, Vol. 28, No. 9, pp. 1301-1327, September 2005
Number of pages: 27
Posted: 31 Oct 2005
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13
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589
34.
Has Homosexuality Become More Accepted Over Time? A Longitudinal Study of 98 Countries
Number of pages: 14
Posted: 25 Jun 2016
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Fayetteville State University - Department of Accounting
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579
35.
The Social Dimension of Regional Integration in ECOWAS
International Labour Office Working Paper No. 49
Number of pages: 64
Posted: 24 Jul 2006
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affiliation not provided to SSRN
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576
36.
Voluntary Disclosure Practices Among Listed Companies in Nigeria
Advances in Accounting, Forthcoming
Number of pages: 42
Posted: 10 Jan 2010
Last Revised: 18 Jun 2011
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De Montfort University - Leicester Business School
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575
37.
Africa's Export Structure in a Comparative Perspective
Number of pages: 78
Posted: 26 Dec 1998
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University of Oxford and United Nations - Conference on Trade and Development (UNCTAD)
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528
38.
Could Africa Be Like America?
Number of pages: 54
Posted: 25 Jun 2002
Working Paper Series
University of Oxford
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516
39.
Governance of Nongovernmental Organizations: A Framework and Application to Poverty Programs in East Africa
GWU Law School Public Law Research Paper No. 117
Number of pages: 34
Posted: 02 Dec 2004
Working Paper Series
George Washington University - Department of Economics
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516
40.
Assessing the Impact of Acp/Eu Economic Partnership Agreement on West African Countries
HWWA Discussion Paper No. 294
Number of pages: 29
Posted: 07 Oct 2004
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Ruhr-University Bochum and Hamburg Institute of International Economics (HWWI) - World Economy
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504
41.
A VECM and Cointegration Analysis on the Impact of Structural Adjustments on Manufacturing Growth in Malawi: Do Institutional Reforms Matter?
Number of pages: 39
Posted: 21 Nov 2007
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World Bank
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495
42.
An Impact Study of the EU-ACP Economic Partnership Agreements (EPAs) in the Six ACP Regions
Number of pages: 91
Posted: 03 Aug 2008
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University of Paris 1 Panthéon Sorbonne, International Food Policy Research Institute (IFPRI) and Centre d'Etudes Prospectives et d'Info. Internationales (CEPII)
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481
43.
Economic Growth in Sub-Saharan Africa
Number of pages: 38
Posted: 23 Nov 2005
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Brigham Young University - Department of Economics
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477
44.
Beyond Retribution and Impunity: Responding to War Crimes of Sexual Violence
GWU Law School Public Law Research Paper No. 104
Number of pages: 67
Posted: 02 Sep 2004
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George Washington University - Law School
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476
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Trends in Human Development and Human Poverty in Namibia
Number of pages: 31
Posted: 23 Nov 2007
Last Revised: 08 Feb 2011
Working Paper Series
United Nations Development Programme
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449
46.
In Which Countries is Homosexuality Most (and Least) Acceptable? A Ranking of 98 Countries
Number of pages: 11
Posted: 25 Jun 2016
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Fayetteville State University - Department of Accounting
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435
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Do Customs Trade Facilitation Programmes Help Reduce Customs-Related Corruption?
International Journal of Public Administration 35(2)
Number of pages: 75
Posted: 10 Nov 2010
Last Revised: 29 Nov 2012
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University of Oxford, affiliation not provided to SSRN and UNDP-Tajikistan
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Evidence of Returns to Schooling in Africa from Household Surveys: Monitoring and Restructuring the Market for Education
Yale University Economic Growth Center Discussion Paper No. 875
Number of pages: 55
Posted: 17 Jan 2004
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Yale University - Economic Growth Center
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417
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Addressing the Natural Resource Curse: An Illustration from Nigeria
IMF Working Paper No. 03/139
Number of pages: 46
Posted: 30 Jan 2006
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Columbia University, Graduate School of Arts and Sciences, Department of Economics and International Monetary Fund (IMF)
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Addressing the Natural Resource Curse: An Illustration from Nigeria
IMF Working Paper No. 03/139
Number of pages: 46
Posted: 30 Jan 2006
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Addressing the Natural Resource Curse: An Illustration from Nigeria
NBER Working Paper No. w9804
Number of pages: 46
Posted: 30 Jun 2003
Last Revised: 24 Jun 2013
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326
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406
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The Political Economy of Central Bank Independence and the Challenges for Development in African Economies
Number of pages: 23
Posted: 20 Jul 2011
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University of Chester
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