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Lokshin, Michael - 2009

"The authors use data from three waves of the India National Family Health Survey to explore the relationship between … the month of birth and the health outcomes of young children in India. They find that children born during the monsoon … variations in affecting environmental conditions at the time of birth and determining the health outcomes of young children in …

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Political violence and economic growth

Bodea, Cristina - 2008

"This paper analyzes the economic growth impact of organized political violence. First, the authors articulate the theoretical underpinnings of the growth impact of political violence in a popular model of growth under uncertainty. The authors show that, under plausible assumptions regarding...

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Natural Resources and Violent Conflict : Options and Actions

Bannon, Ian - World Bank - 2003

Intro -- Contents -- Preface -- Contributors -- Acronyms and Abbreviations -- 1. Natural Resources and Conflict: What We Can Do -- 2. The Natural Resource Curse: How Wealth Can -- 3. Who Gets the Money? Reporting Resource Revenues -- 4. Where Did It Come From? Commodity Tracking Systems -- 5....

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Elections, special interests, and the fiscal costs of financial crisis

Keefer, Philip - 2004

"Keefer proposes a new approach to explain why the costs of crisis are greater in some countries than in others. He begins with the premise that many crises result from the willingness of politicians to cater to special interests at the expense of broad social interests. A parsimonious model...

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