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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 paper attempts to fill that void by building on a newly constructed dataset (Binningsbo, Elster, and Gates 2005), which reports the presence of various forms of post-conflict...
Persistent link: https://www.econbiz.de/10012747783
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Climate Change Impacts and Mitigation in the Developing World : An Integrated Assessment of the Agriculture and Forestry Sectors
Havlík, Petr - 2017
a world with high inequalities than in a more equal world. In the long run, impacts could be much stronger, with global …
Persistent link: https://www.econbiz.de/10012970677
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New Evidence on the Cyclicality of Fiscal Policy
Carneiro, Francisco - 2017
This paper presents new evidence on the patterns of cyclicality in the fiscal policy stance of developing and industrialized countries over a period of more than three decades covering 180 countries during 1980?2012. First, the paper considers issues of robustness in the choice of the proxy for...
Persistent link: https://www.econbiz.de/10012971636
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Ethiopia?S Growth Acceleration and How to Sustain It?Insights from a Cross-Country Regression Model
Moller, Lars Christian - 2017
Ethiopia has experienced a growth acceleration over the past decade on the back of an economic strategy emphasizing public infrastructure investment and supported by heterodox macro-financial policies. To analyze the country?s growth performance during 2000?13, the paper employs a neoclassical...
Persistent link: https://www.econbiz.de/10012971637
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On the Sustainable Development Goals and the Role of Islamic Finance
Ahmed, Habib - 2017
Millennium Development Goals set the stage for global support of ambitious development goals behind which the world must rally … mobilized if the world is to succeed in meeting its targets. Thus, the potential for Islamic finance to play a role in …
Persistent link: https://www.econbiz.de/10012971752
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Is Green Growth Good for the Poor?
Dercon, Stefan - 2017
The developing world is experiencing substantial environmental change, and climate change is likely to accelerate these …
Persistent link: https://www.econbiz.de/10012974894
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Toward a Sustainable Global Energy Supply Infrastructure : Net Energy Balance and Density Considerations
Kessides, Ioannis - 2017
This paper complements previous work on the economics of different energy resources by examining the growth potential of alternative electricity supply infrastructures as constrained by innate physical limits. Coal-fired generation meets the criteria of longevity (abundance of energy source) and...
Persistent link: https://www.econbiz.de/10012976199
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"Green Stimulus,"Economic Recovery, and Long-Term Sustainable Development
Strand, Jon - 2017
This paper discusses short-run and long-run effects of "green stimulus" efforts, and compares these effects with "non-green" fiscal stimuli. Green stimulus is defined here as short-run fiscal stimuli that also serve a "green" or environmental purpose in a situation of "crisis" characterized by...
Persistent link: https://www.econbiz.de/10012976746
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The Medium-Term Impact of Entrepreneurship Education on Labor Market Outcomes : Experimental Evidence from University Graduates in Tunisia
Alaref, Jumana Jamal Subhi - 2019
Despite the widespread popularity of entrepreneurship education, there is thin evidence on its effectiveness in improving employment outcomes over the medium to long term. A potential time lag between entrepreneurial intentions and actions is sometimes presented as a reason why employment...
Persistent link: https://www.econbiz.de/10012894861
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The Demand for, and Impact of, Youth Internships : Evidence from a Randomized Experiment in Yemen
McKenzie, David J. - 2017
to hire recent graduates of universities and vocational schools. The first round of the program took place in 2014 and … context of an economy facing substantial political and economic uncertainty, it appears there is an oversupply of graduates in … science, technology, engineering, and mathematics, and a relative undersupply of graduates in marketing and business …
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