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Framing Local Conflict and Justice in Bangladesh
Das, Maitreyi Bordia - 2017
an empirical mapping of local conflict and justice and pointers to possible policy reforms. It suggests a number of … opportunities for strengthening local justice and argues that the village courts may pose a useful bridge between Bangladesh …'s informal and formal justice institutions …
Persistent link: https://www.econbiz.de/10012975794
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The Speed of Justice
Kondylis, Florence - 2018
Can changing the rules of the game affect government performance? This paper studies the impact of a simple procedural reform on the efficiency and quality of adjudication in Senegal. The reform gave judges the duty and powers to conclude pre-trial proceedings within a four-month deadline. The...
Persistent link: https://www.econbiz.de/10012924085
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Inequality of Opportunity, Income Inequality and Economic Mobility : Some International Comparisons
Brunori, Paolo - 2017
Despite a recent surge in the number of studies attempting to measure inequality of opportunity in various countries, methodological differences have so far prevented meaningful international comparisons. This paper presents a comparison of ex-ante measures of inequality of economic opportunity...
Persistent link: https://www.econbiz.de/10012974717
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Inequality of Opportunity and Economic Growth : A Cross-Country Analysis
Ferreira, Francisco H. G. - 2017
Income differences arise from many sources. While some kinds of inequality, caused by effort differences, might be associated with faster economic growth, other kinds, arising from unequal opportunities for investment, might be detrimental to economic progress. This study uses two new metadata...
Persistent link: https://www.econbiz.de/10012966024
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Post-Conflict Justice and Sustainable Peace
Gates, Scott - 2016
No systematic study has examined the effect of post-conflict justice on the duration of peace on a global basis. This … reports the presence of various forms of post-conflict justice efforts (trials, purges, reparation to victims, and truth … commissions) as well as processes associated with abstaining from post-conflict justice (amnesty and exile). It investigates the …
Persistent link: https://www.econbiz.de/10012747783
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Measuring Equity in Health Care Financing - Reflections on (and Alternatives to) the World Health Organization's Fairness of Financing Index
Wagstaff, Adam - 2017
In its latest World Health Report, The World Health Organization (WHO) argues that a key dimension of a health system …
Persistent link: https://www.econbiz.de/10012966166
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Transformational Climate Finance : Donors'Willingness to Support Deep and Transformational Greenhouse Gas Emissions Reductions in Lower-Income Countries
Strand, Jon - 2020
This paper uses simple analytical models to study high-income donor countries' willingness to pay to supply mitigation finance to low-income countries; how this depends on modality for finance supply; and how it changes as the global greenhouse gas mitigation agenda moves forward. The paper...
Persistent link: https://www.econbiz.de/10012833615
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Macro-Financial Aspects of Climate Change
Feyen, Erik H.B. - 2020
This paper examines the interaction between macro-financial and climate-related risks. It brings together different strands of the literature on climate-related risks and how these relate to macro-financial management and risks. Physical impacts of climate change as well as the transition toward...
Persistent link: https://www.econbiz.de/10012844088
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Environment and Development : Penalized Non-Parametric Inference of Global Trends in Deforestation, Pollution and Carbon
Andree, Bo Pieter Johannes - 2019
This paper revisits the issue of environment and development raised in the 1992 World Development Report, with new …
Persistent link: https://www.econbiz.de/10012891714
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Understanding the Economic Impacts of Greenhouse Gas Mitigation Policies on Shipping : What is the State of the Art of Current Modeling Approaches?
Halim, Ronald Apriliyanto - 2019
The International Maritime Organization's initial strategy on reduction of greenhouse gas emissions from ships stipulates that the international shipping sector should assess the impacts on states prior to adoption of the mitigation measures included in the strategy. This assessment should be...
Persistent link: https://www.econbiz.de/10012894299