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human rights (health, free education, adequate living (or welfare), and environment) and the American Convention on Human … total amount and composition of government spending. (2) Introducing a right to health into the national constitution is … among the general population. (3) The right to education, welfare, and environment and the ratification of the ACHR are not …
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their causes. This paper studies how some armed groups have responded to two recent global emergencies-climate change and …Terrorist and other types of armed groups often exploit natural and human-made disasters and emergencies to advance …
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The Development under Climate Change research effort provides a basis for determining quantitative impacts on … infrastructure from climate change. This paper provides results of an analysis of sea level rise impacts on road infrastructure in …
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We examine the impact of temperature shocks and climate change on household financial behaviour in Viet Nam. To do so … trajectory in which countervailing measures are not adopted to address climate change, climate change will be responsible for an …
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African cities seek to understand the impact of climate change and how to integrate climate change considerations into urban …This study examines the effect of climate on citywide labour productivity in the Accra city region. We use data from … Ghana's Integrated Business and Establishment Survey dataset, climate data at the sub-city level from Ghana Meteorological …
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; maximum humidity; precipitation; precipitation standard deviation; malaria cases; health facilities; hospital beds; health … workers; per capita health expenditure and gross domestic product per capita. The Fixed Effects Model was found to be … preferable. Health facilities, per capita GDP, the interaction of temperature and precipitation, the interaction of precipitation …
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. However, as the better-off regions, areas, and households approach the upper limits of achievable education and health …
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This paper examines the link between health indicators, environmental variables, and economic development, and the … could be cancelled or mitigated by environmental degradation through health (and other channels), and create a vicious … poor countries to reach developed ones economically. -- environmental quality ; health indicator ; income growth ; economic …
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The hypothesis that ethnic diversity has a negative impact on public goods provision is widely accepted. Notably, most work on this issue fails to distinguish adequately between national versus subnational governance. We find that subnational empirical evidence in particular is inconclusive, and...
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government failed to provide relief to its people and left many of them, particularly the poor, without food, health care, or …
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