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Keeping refugee children in school and out of work: Evidence from the world's largest humanitarian cash transfer program

Aygün, Aysun Hızıroğlu; Kirdar, Murat G.; Koyuncu, Murat - 2021

This paper investigates whether unconditional cash transfers can keep refugee children in school and out of work. We raise this question in the unique context of Turkey, which hosts the world's largest refugee population (including 3.6 million Syrians). Refugees in Turkey are supported by the...

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Pipeline Power

Hubert, Franz; Cobanli, Onur - 2012

We use cooperative game theory to analyze the impact of three controversial pipeline projects on the power structure in …

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Local Economies and General Elections

Elinder, Mikael - 2006

This paper estimates voters' response to municipality and regional level unemployment and economic growth, in Swedish general elections from 1985 to 2002, using data on 284 municipalities and 9 regions. An increase in regional growth or a reduction in regional unemployment by one percentage...

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The role of waterways in promoting urban resilience: The case of Kochi City

Aziz, Zeba; Ray, Indro; Paul, Sandeep - 2018

Kochi, an Indian city located at the centre of a rapidly urbanizing coastal and estuarine region. In Kochi, a port city …-economic and cultural development of the region. They not only supported the commerce and economy but also connected communities … enhance connectivity in the region. The study examines how water ways can promote the climate, social and economic resilience …

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Land use and land acquisition laws in India

Hoda, Anwarul - 2018

The enactment of the Right to Fair Compensation and Transparency in Land Acquisition, Rehabilitation and Rehabilitation Act, 2013, has made sweeping changes in the land acquisition laws of India (LARR Act, 2013). By increasing the compensation for acquired land, mandating a social impact...

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Child growth and refugee status: Evidence from Syrian migrants in Turkey

Demirci, Murat; Foster, Andrew D.; Kirdar, Murat G. - 2022

This study examines disparities in health and nutrition among native and Syrian-refugee children in Turkey. With a view toward understanding the need for targeted programs addressing child well-being among the refugee population, we analyze, in particular, the Turkey Demographic and Health...

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Amazon green recovery and labor market in Brazil: Can green spending reduce gender and race inequalities?

Marques, Pedro Romero; Pires, Luiza Nassif; Taioka, Tainari - 2024

Announced in June 2021, the never-implemented Green Recovery Plan for the Brazilian Legal Amazon Region (GRP) would be … a green transition initiative to be carried out by the state governments of the region. The GRP represented the first … created-and qualitatively-exploring the distribution of those jobs by region and according to gender and race categories. We …

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Institutional Fragmentation and Urbanisation in the EU Cities

Cappelli, Federica; Guastella, Gianni; Pareglio, Stefano - 2020

This article examines the relationship between institutional fragmentation and the spatial extent of cities in Europe’s Functional Urban Areas. European Union planning regulations vary across member states, but in most cases, local authorities determine land use within the more general...

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The Contribution of the European Cohesion Policy to the 2030 Agenda: an Application to the Autonomous Region of Sardinia

Cavalli, Laura; Sanna, Sandro; Alibegovic, Mia; Arras, … - 2020

The 2030 Agenda has been adopted on a global level, but its implementation must also take place at the local level (Cavalli, 2018). The integration between the different levels of government - supranational, national and local - is essential; they must necessarily cooperate and coordinate their...

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Rethinking Venice from an Ecosystem Services Perspective

da Mosto, Jane; Bertolini, Camilla; Markandya, Anil; … - 2020

Safeguarding the future of Venice is a globally recognised challenge of urban sustainability. We propose a sustainable management model, alternative to the current strategy, that primarily focuses on the built heritage and which interprets the city together with its encircling lagoon as a matrix...

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