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The Mekong River is the major water source in Southeast Asia and shared by six countries. There is a rush to acquire sources of alternative energy and other benefits to meet the growing demand for water and energy, while China and Myanmar have refused to cooperate fully in the Mekong River...
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We examine whether frontier rule, which disallows frontier residents from a recourse to formal institutions of conflict …km-by10km grid cell-level data on conflict in a spatial regression discontinuity design framework, we show that areas … conflict management, led to a sharp surge in attacks against state targets in frontier areas. We show that the surge in …
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Countries need capacity for a variety of reasons, including sustaining economic growth, generating jobs, reducing poverty, effectively managing development programmes, and transforming societies and economies. A lot of effort has been expended to develop capacity in Africa with mixed results....
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We examine whether frontier rule, which disallows frontier residents from recourse to formal institutions of conflict … 10km-by10km grid cell-level data on conflict in a spatial regression discontinuity design framework, we show that areas … represented a universal shock to grievances against the state which, in the absence of formal avenues of conflict management, led …
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This paper presents data from a study of Syrian diaspora organizations providing assistance to conflict …
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. Alternatively, policy makers looking to scale-up could achieve greater success by enlisting trusted local partners. …
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How does conflict, displacement, and return shape trust, reconciliation, and community engagement? And what is the … legacies of armed conflict and the differences between those who stayed in their communities of origin during the conflict …
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We investigate the impact of the political representation of minority groups on the incidence of ethnic conflict in … results in a large and significant decline in Hindu-Muslim conflict. The average result is driven by richer states and those … curbing civil conflict. …
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. We argue that more successful cases did not try to implement a golden policy template but rather pragmatically adopted …
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. Political institutions and organizational infrastructure for policy consultations, strategic analysis, knowledge management and …During the recent food crisis, developing countries responded with a wide variety of policy responses to protect their … population. Understanding the policy-making process in developing countries is important to know why such policy responses are …
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