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Diamanten-, Holz- und Drogenschmuggel : die Gewaltökonomien der "Neuen Kriege"
Heupel, Monika - In: Söldner, Schurken, Seepiraten : von der Privatisierung …, (pp. 165-179). 2010
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Reducing crime and violence : experimental evidence on adult noncognitive investments in Liberia
Blattman, Christopher; Jamison, Julian C.; Sheridan, … - 2015
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Measuring the measurement error : a method to qualitatively validate survey data
Blattman, Christopher; Jamison, Julian C.; … - 2015
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Liberia's gender-sensitive police reform : starting from scratch? ; improving representation and responsiveness
Bacon, Laura - 2013
After its 14-year civil war, Liberia worked with multiple donors and partners to restore security. This paper explores … the Liberia National Police's innovative efforts to create a more gender-sensitive police service and describes the … international and domestic support it received in doing so. In particular, the paper analyses Liberia National Police's efforts to …
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Reducing crime and violence : experimental evidence on adult noncognitive investments in Liberia
Blattman, Christopher; Jamison, Julian C.; Sheridan, … - 2016
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Combining mentoring programs with cash transfers for adolescent girls in Liberia : baseline report
Hallman, Kelly; Kelvin, Elizabeth; Özler, Berk; Seban, … - 2016
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The Risk that Travels with You : Links between Forced Displacement, Conflict and Intimate Partner Violence in Colombia and Liberia
Kelly, Jocelyn TD. - 2021
displacement, and intimate partner violence in two different conflict-affected settings: Colombia and Liberia. This paper draws on … partner violence. Displaced women in Colombia and Liberia have between 40 and 55 percent greater odds of experiencing past …
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Combining Mentoring Programs with Cash Transfers for Adolescent Girls in Liberia : Baseline Report
Hallman, Kelly - 2017
) program in Nimba County, Liberia. GE seeks to help 13 to 14 year-old girls make healthy life choices and decrease their risk …
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Reducing Crime and Violence : Experimental Evidence on Adult Noncognitive Investments in Liberia
Blattman, Christopher - 2017
The paper shows that self-control, time preferences, and values are malleable in adults, and that investments in these skills and preferences reduce crime and violence. The authors recruited criminally-engaged Liberian men and randomized half to eight weeks of group cognitive behavioral therapy,...
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Reducing Crime and Violence : Experimental Evidence from Cognitive Behavioral Therapy in Liberia
Blattman, Christopher - 2016
We show that a number of “noncognitive” skills and preferences, including patience and identity, are malleable in adults, and that investments in them reduce crime and violence. We recruited criminally-engaged men and randomized half to eight weeks of cognitive behavioral therapy designed to...
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