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Aiding Conflict: The Impact of U.S. Food Aid on Civil War
Nunn, Nathan; Qian, Nancy - eSocialSciences - 2012
This paper examines the effect of U.S. food aid on conflict in recipient countries (these include Asian countries like Afghanistan, Sri Lanka). To establish a causal relationship, time variation in food aid is exploited which is caused by fluctuations in U.S. wheat production together with...
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A Simple Model of the Financial Crisis of 2007-9 with Implications for the Design of a Stimulus Package
Basu, Kaushik - eSocialSciences - 2009
isolates two very different kinds of interventions needed to restore the economy back to health, arguing that government …
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Swine Flu Casts its Spell across the Globe
Mavani, Rajeev - eSocialSciences - 2009
The swine flu has come to India also. What measures have been taken by the government to fight against the pandemic? …
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From Theory to Practice: Translating Research into Health Outcomes
Medicine, PLoS - eSocialSciences - 2008
Commenting on recent research articles which look at the potential health benefits of behaviour change, the PLoS Medicine Editors say that publication of the findings of such research is only one part of the behaviour-change process.
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Managing Capital Flows: The Case of India
Shah, Ajay; Patnaik, Ila - eSocialSciences - 2008
From the early 1990s, India embarked on easing capital controls. Liberalization emphasised openness towards equity flows, both FDI and portfolio flows. In particular, there are few barriers in the face of portfolio equity flows. In recent years, a massive increase in the value of foreign...
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The Evolving Dynamics of Global Economic Power in the Post-crisis World: Revelations from a New Index of Government Economic Power
Basu, Kaushik; De, Supriyo; Ghosh, Rangeet; Shweta . - eSocialSciences - 2011
basic idea is to encapsulate the economic representative power of a nation’s government in the international arena in as … sources is used. The index is composed of four variables: government revenues, foreign currency reserves, export of goods and …:[http://finmin.nic.in/WorkingPaper/Index%20of%20Government%20Economic%20Power.pdf]. …
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Dishonesty and Selection into Public Service
Hanna, Rema; Wang, Shing-Yi - eSocialSciences - 2013
predictive of corrupt behavior by real government workers, implying that this measure captures a meaningful propensity towards … to enter the government, while outcomes on explicit, two-player games to measure cheating and attitudinal measures of …
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Does Economic Growth Reduce Corruption? Theory and Evidence from Vietnam
Bai, Jie; Jayachandran, Seema - eSocialSciences - 2013
Government corruption is more prevalent in poor countries than in rich countries. This paper uses cross …
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The Nuclear Safety Regulatory Authority Bill, 2011
eSocialSciences; Parliamentary Research Service PRS - 2012
A bill to establish an Authority and such other regulatory bodies for regulation of radiation safety or nuclear safety and achieving highest standards of such safety based on scientific approach, operating experience and best practices followed by nuclear industry and to ensure that the use of...
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Creative Budgeting or Actual Deficit Reduction? The case of FRBM Act
Mazumdar, Surajit - eSocialSciences - 2014
current Government represents, a real departure from the past may safely be ruled out. …
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