The paper intends to contribute to a better understanding of the interactions between criminality, economic performance and social cohesion. We try to achieve this aim by evaluating the existing economic and criminological research and by carrying out own empirical investigation on the basis of...

This book examines the patterns, characteristics, causes and coping mechanisms of the poor in Afghanistan applying econometric and statistical techniques. The authors address and identify the extent of poverty in Afghanistan over the years, the spatial patterns and regional imbalances of poverty...

"This edited volume brings together contributions across multiple disciplines, weaving broad theoretical and empirical insights from Mozambique to India, Indonesia, Ecuador, Tanzania, Liberia, Cambodia, Scotland, Canada, Transylvania, Brazil, and the colonial United States. The authors draw on...