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Homeownership, community interactions, and segregation

Hoff, Karla Ruth - 2004

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Lighting Rural India : Experience of Rural Load Segregation Schemes in States

World Bank - 2014

This paper summarizes the findings of a study in rural load segregation for lighting rural India. The study focused on … (i) analyzing differences in approach to rural feeder segregation across states, (ii) assessing the financial viability … guidance note for a national action plan on rural load segregation. Traditionally, power supply to agriculture in India has …

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Local conflict in Indonesia : measuring incidence and identifying patterns

Pradhan, Menno - 2004

"The widespread presence of local conflict characterizes many developing countries such as Indonesia. Outbreaks of violent conflict not only have direct costs for lives, livelihoods, and material property, but may also have the potential to escalate further. Recent studies on large-scale...

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Local Conflict in Indonesia : Incidence and Patterns

World Bank - 2012

Major intrastate conflicts, such as civil wars, and the resulting set-backs for economic and political development, have received increasing research attention in recent years. A growing literature has sought to investigate conditions that affect the probability of countries experiencing...

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Voices of Youth in Post-Conflict Burundi : Perspectives on Exclusion, Gender, and Conflict

World Bank - 2013

This report examines youth in post-conflict Burundi. The research responds to the nascent but growing body of knowledge on conflict, young men and gender. War and violence have devastated societies and economies throughout Africa with young men being the main perpetrators of this violence. This...

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Violence against women and girls : lessons from South Asia

Solotaroff, Jennifer L. - 2014

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Exit and save : migration and saving under violence

Grun, Rebekka E. - 2009

"This paper examines how households trade off migration and savings when subject to exogenous violence. The authors propose that households under violence decide jointly on migration and saving, because a higher asset-stock is more difficult to carry to a new place. When confronted with...

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Household investment under violence : the Colombian case

Grun, Rebekka E. - 2008

"Households in rural Colombia are confronted with a variety of violent threats: attacks and displacement threats by guerrillas and paramilitaries, gang violence among drug traffickers, and high common delinquency. In this context, households have to adjust their day-to-day decisions, including...

Persistent link: https://www.econbiz.de/10010521046

Preventing and responding to gender-based violence in middle and low-income countries : a global review and analysis

Bott, Sarah - 2005

"Worldwide, patterns of violence against women differ markedly from violence against men. For example, women are more likely than men to be sexually assaulted or killed by someone they know. The United Nations has defined violence against women as "gender-based" violence, to acknowledge that...

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Addressing gender-based violence in the Latin American and Caribbean region : a critical review of interventions

Morrison, Andrew R. - 2004

"Morrison, Ellsberg, and Bott present an overview of gender-based violence (GBV) in Latin America, with special emphasis on good practice interventions to prevent GBV or offer services to its survivors or perpetrators. Intimate partner violence and sexual coercion are the most common forms of...

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