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Transitional justice and aid
Hellsten, Sirkku - 2012
) authoritarian societies in order to strengthen their democracy. Special attention is paid to gender justice. Illustrations are drawn …
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Aid and governance in vulnerable states : Bangladesh and Pakistan since 1971
Khan, Mushtaq H. - 2013
Bangladesh and Pakistan had very divergent experiences with aid after 1971. Politics in Pakistan was less inclusive in terms of opportunities for intermediate class political entrepreneurs. In this context, the significant role of military aid to Pakistan had very negative effects on its...
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Does aid support democracy? : a systematic review of the literature
Gisselquist, Rachel M.; Niño-Zarazúa, Miguel; … - 2021
literature on aid and democracy. It asks: Does aid-especially democracy aid-have positive impact on democracy? How? What factors … most influence its impact? In so doing, it considers studies that explicitly focus on 'democracy aid' as an aggregate … category, its subcomponents (e.g. aid to elections), and 'developmental aid'. Overall, the evidence suggests that i) democracy …
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European aid to the MENA region after the Arab uprisings : a window of opportunity missed
Bodenstein, Thilo; Furness, Mark - World Institute for Development Economics Research - 2023
all donors promised to support democracy in MENA countries, none had a clear strategy for doing so via their development …
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How do human rights violations affect poverty and income distribution?
Apergēs, Nikolaos; Cooray, Arusha - 2019
The goal of this paper is to examine the impact of human rights on income distribution and poverty by exploring how both aid and trade can influence poverty and income distribution through human rights. The analysis employs data for 125 countries and uses a number of panel data methods. The...
Persistent link: https://www.econbiz.de/10012012340
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Civil Liberties in Times of Crisis
Alsan, Marcella - 2020
The respect for and protection of civil liberties are one of the fundamental roles of the state, and many consider civil liberties as sacred and "nontradable." Using cross-country representative surveys that cover 15 countries and over 370,000 respondents, we study whether and the extent to...
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International Migration and Human Rights
Hanson, Gordon H. - 2010
Freedom of movement is considered a basic human right by the majority of countries of the world. As defined in practice, it encompasses the right to move internally within a country, the right to move abroad, and the right to return from abroad. It does not include the right of an individual...
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White Hats or Don Quixotes? Human Rights Vigilantes in the Global Economy
Elliott, Kimberly Ann - 2001
With the continuing expansion of global economic integration, labor standards in developing countries have become a hot button issue. One result has been a proliferation of efforts to use the market to put pressure directly on multinational corporations to improve wages and working conditions in...
Persistent link: https://www.econbiz.de/10012470627
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The corruption-growth relationship : do political institutions matter?
Saha, Shrabani; Sen, Kunal - 2019
Corruption is widely believed to negatively affect economic growth. However, many East and Southeast Asia countries either achieved or currently are achieving impressively rapid economic growth despite widespread corruption - the 'East Asian Paradox'. Is this negative relationship equally likely...
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The state and development
Evans, Peter B.; Heller, Patrick - 2018
development, defined as enhanced well-being and human flourishing, and democracy, defined as accountability to the deliberatively …
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