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Human rights: the issues : Effects of the human rights regimes on policing and the international sharing of information

Dixon, Michael I. - In: Journal of Financial Crime 14 (2007) 1, pp. 28-33

Purpose – This paper aims to give an overview of the development of human rights within the UK and suggests to the reader that the present regimes, designed for application within inquisitorial judicial systems, are inconsistent with common law regimes. Design/methodology/approach – This...

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Placing Security and Rule of Law on the Development Agenda

Schneider, Mark L. - In: Development Outreach 11 (2009) 2, pp. 13-15

The International Crisis Group has recognized the need for simultaneity rather than sequencing in security and development to contribute to conflict prevention, end conflict where it exists, and help ensure the success of post conflict reconstruction and stabilization.

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Can foreign aid motivate institutional reform? An evaluation of the HIPC Initiative

Schlosky, Minh Tam; Young, Andrew - In: Journal of Entrepreneurship and Public Policy 6 (2017) 2, pp. 242-258

World index as a measure of economic institutions, and the Freedom House political rights (PR) and civil liberties indices …

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The ‘‘Glass of Milk’’ Subsidy Program and Malnutrition in Peru

Stifel, David; Alderman, Harold - In: The World Bank Economic Review 20 (2006) 3, pp. 421-448

This study of the Vaso de Leche (‘‘Glass of Milk’’) feeding program in Peru looks for evidence that this in-kind transfer program aimed at young children furthers nutritional objectives. The study links public expenditure data with household survey data to substantiate the targeting and...

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Should Policy-Based Lending Still Involve Conditionality?

Koeberle, Stefan G. - In: World Bank Research Observer 18 (2003) 2, pp. 249-273

, selectivity, and partnerships. This article reviews experiences with conditionality in the World Bank's policy-based lending and …Traditional conditionality in policy-based lending is often criticized as being ineffective, intrusive, and corrosive …. Disillusionment has led to proposals to replace ex ante conditionality with ex post conditionality and to focus on ownership …

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What Can We Learn about the “Resource Curse” from Foreign Aid?

Morrison, Kevin M. - In: World Bank Research Observer 27 (2012) 1, pp. 52-73

A large body of literature has arisen in economics and political science analyzing the apparent “resource curse”—the tendency of countries with high levels of natural resources to exhibit worse economic and political outcomes. The author examines the purported causal mechanisms underlying...

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Payment by Results in Development Aid: All That Glitters Is Not Gold

Clist, Paul - In: World Bank Research Observer 31 (2016) 2, pp. 290-313

Payment by Results (PbR), where aid is disbursed conditional upon progress against a pre-agreed measure, is becoming increasingly important for various donors. There are great hopes that this innovative instrument will focus attention on ultimate outcomes and lead to greater aid effectiveness by...

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Getting Credit to High Return Microentrepreneurs : The Results of an Information Intervention

de Mel, Suresh; McKenzie, David; Christopher, Woodruff - In: The World Bank Economic Review 25 (2011) 3, pp. 456-485

Small-scale entrepreneurs typically cite access to finance as the most important constraint to growth. Recent randomized experiments have shown the return to capital to be very high for the average microenterprise in Sri Lanka. An intervention was designed to improve access to credit among these...

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Segmentation of Social Norms and Emergence of Social Conflicts Through COVID-19 Laws

Iwasaki, Masaki - In: Asian Journal of Law and Economics 13 (2022) 1, pp. 1-36

Abstract In the name of combating COVID-19, many countries have enacted laws that restrict citizens’ freedom of movement and freedom to operate businesses. These laws attempt to use the expressive effects of law and legal sanctions to make people conform to legal norms different from...

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„Transparente Lieferketten per Gesetz?“

In: Zeitschrift für Wirtschaftspolitik 69 (2020) 1, pp. 25-25

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