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Legal Needs of Vulnerable People : A Study in Azerbaijan, Mali, Rwanda, Egypt and Bangladesh
Gramatikov, Martin; Verdonschot, Jin Ho - 2010
In this paper we study the legal needs of groups of vulnerable people in five developing countries: Azerbaijan, Mali, Rwanda, Egypt and Bangladesh. Our first objective is to explore the legal problems which are encountered by vulnerable people in these societies. Second, our study looks at the...
Persistent link: https://www.econbiz.de/10014190317
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Economic and cultural development : empirical studies of micro-level data
Sperling, Lena Lindbjerg - 2019 - 1st edition
What a ects the economic and cultural development tracks of societies? We know that large events such as political changes, natural disasters and migration can change a society dramatically at the macro level, but what exactly happens at the individual level? When conditions change, people are...
Persistent link: https://www.econbiz.de/10012123117
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The elusive peace dividend of development policy : from war traps to macro complementarities
Rohner, Dominic; Thoenig, Mathias - In: Annual review of economics 13 (2021), pp. 111-131
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COVID-19 and conflict : major risks and policy responses
Rohner, Dominic - In: Peace economics, peace science and public policy 26 (2020) 3, pp. 1-6
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On the Links Between Violent Conflict and Household Poverty : How Much do We Really Know?
Justino, Patricia - 2008
This paper assesses the usefulness of a new emerging body of work on the micro-level analysis of conflict and violence … in advancing our current understanding of the relationship between violent conflict and household poverty. Micro …-level empirical evidence on the relationship between violent conflict and poverty has been scarce and at times contradictory. This …
Persistent link: https://www.econbiz.de/10012724691
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Land inequality and the emergence of human capital promoting institutions
Galor, Oded; Moav, Omer; Vollrath, Dietrich - 2005
distribution of land ownership, adversely affected the implementation of human capital promoting institutions (e.g., public …
Persistent link: https://www.econbiz.de/10010318918
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War as an Investment
Chadefaux, Thomas - 2013
States often bargain over objects that affect their future bargaining power. A large territory, for example, is not only valuable in itself, but also as a source of raw material, population and defense. As a result, states not only try to maximize their benefits when they negotiate over the...
Persistent link: https://www.econbiz.de/10014162111
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Development in Africa
Pelizzo, Riccardo; Kinyondo, Abel; Nwokora, Zim - 2018
The purpose of the chapter is to analyze Africa's economic successes in the past half century, to understand not only what made it possible but also and more importantly what risk factors may eventually bring it to an end or compromise it. While it may not be possible for Africa to alter, for...
Persistent link: https://www.econbiz.de/10011794986
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Inequality and human development : the role of different parts of the income distribution
Castells-Quintana, David; Gradín, Carlos; Royuela, Vicente - 2022
several country-specific characteristics, including the quality of institutions. …
Persistent link: https://www.econbiz.de/10013380766
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Escaping the fragility/conflict poverty trap : how the interaction between service delivery, capacity development and institutional transformation drives the process of transition...
Dia, Mamadou - 2022
Conflict-affected States (FCS) during the last decades were a resounding success in terms of official development resources … regressed. The main reason for the poor value for money is that while International Financial Institutions (IFIs) have spent …
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