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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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Inequality of opportunity and economic development

Ferreira, Francisco H. G. - 2006

"Just as equality of opportunity becomes an increasingly prominent concept in normative economics, the authors argue that it is also a relevant concept for positive models of the links between distribution and aggregate efficiency. Persuasive microeconomic evidence suggests that inequalities in...

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Equity in educational expenditures : / can government subsidies help?

Das, Jishnu - 2004

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Inequality of outcomes and inequality of opportunities in Brazil

Bourguignon, François - 2003

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A Roadmap to Achieve Social Justice in Health Care in Egypt

World Bank - 2015

This paper lays out a roadmap to achieve social justice in healthcare by prioritizing areas related to service delivery, financial protection, and quality of care. The aim is to assist the Government of Egypt (GoE) in realizing the principle of social justice in the provision of healthcare. In...

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Measuring inequality of opportunity in Latin America and the Caribbean

Barros, Ricardo Paes de (contributor) - 2009

Inequality of opportunity : what it is, how it can be measured, and why it matters -- A human opportunity index for children -- Uses and policy applications of the human opportunity index -- Inequality of economic opportunity in seven Latin American countries -- Inequality of opportunity in...

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Turkey : Greater Prosperity with Social Justice

World Bank - 2013

These policy notes are intended as background for initial discussions between the new Government and the World Bank about the development strategy for Turkey, and the possible support the World Bank could bring to implement that strategy. This paper presents recent work on specific sectors where...

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Islamic Republic of Iran - Health Sector Review : Volume 1. Main Report

World Bank - 2012

The Government of the Islamic Republic of Iran has stated its commitment to improving the health and nutritional status … Islamic Republic of Iran. The government is quite advanced in the type of analysis it already undertakes on various aspects of … of Iran and the World Bank on the health sector. …

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Islamic Republic of Iran - Health Sector Review : Volume 2. Background Sections

World Bank - 2012

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