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What Explains the Flow of Foreign Fighters to ISIS?
Benmelech, Efraim - 2016
This paper provides the first systematic analysis of the link between economic, political, and social conditions and the global phenomenon of ISIS foreign fighters. We find that poor economic conditions do not drive participation in ISIS. In contrast, the number of ISIS foreign fighters is...
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The rising resilience of emerging market and developing economies
Abiad, Abdul; Bluedorn, John Christopher; Guajardo, Jaime; … - In: World development : the multi-disciplinary … 72 (2015), pp. 1-26
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Foreign direct investment (FDI) and environmental quality : is greenfield FDI greener than mergers and acquisitions FDI?
Dung Ly-My; Thai-Ha Le; Park, Donghyun - In: The world economy : the leading journal on … 47 (2024) 5, pp. 1827-1850
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Do workers remittances reduce the probability of current account reversals?
Bugamelli, Matteo; Paternò, Francesco - In: World development : the multi-disciplinary … 37 (2009) 12, pp. 1821-1838
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Exchange rate regimes in developing and emerging economies and the incidence of IMF programs
Bird, Graham R.; Rowlands, Dane - In: World development : the multi-disciplinary … 37 (2009) 12, pp. 1839-1848
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Chicago schism on banking reforms and the debt crisis
Snowden, P. N. - In: The world economy : the leading journal on … 10 (1987) 2, pp. 219-226
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Bad governance and poor children : a comparative analysis of government efficiency and severe child deprivation in 68 low- and middle-income countries
Halleröd, Björn; Rothstein, Bo; Nandy, Shailen - In: World development : the multi-disciplinary … 48 (2013), pp. 19-31
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Banking crises and short and medium term output losses in emerging and developing countries : the role of structural and policy variables
Furceri, Davide; Zdzienicka, Aleksandra - In: World development : the multi-disciplinary … 40 (2012) 12, pp. 2369-2378
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Proposal for a contingency debt sustainability framework
Ferrarini, Benno - In: World development : the multi-disciplinary … 36 (2008) 12, pp. 2547-2565
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Global estimates of pro-poor growth
Son, Hyun H.; Kakwani, Nanak - In: World development : the multi-disciplinary … 36 (2008) 6, pp. 1048-1066
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