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Rural crime in developing countries : theoretical framework, empirical findings, research needs
Grote, Ulrike; Neubacher, Frank - 2016
Anecdotal evidence and selected information from the International Crime Victims Survey suggest that crime is higher in developing countries than in developed countries and that there are regionally big differences. Explanations and solutions to the persistence and prevalence of rural crime in...
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Applying the routine activity approach to crime victimization in rural Southeast Asia
Grote, Ulrike; Nguyen, Thanh Tung; Nguyen, Trung Thanh; … - 2022
victimization. More concretely, we ask (1) to what extent are rural people in Thailand and Vietnam affected by crime? And (2) what … factors determine rural crime victimization? We use the routine activity approach as the theoretical framework and apply … different logit models to identify determinants of crime victimization. We find that 5.46% of the rural households have been …
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Applying the routine activity approach to crime victimization in rural Southeast Asia
Grote, Ulrike; Nguyen Thanh Tung; Nguyen, Trung Thanh; … - 2022
victimization. More concretely, we ask (1) to what extent are rural people in Thailand and Vietnam affected by crime? And (2) what … factors determine rural crime victimization? We use the routine activity approach as the theoretical framework and apply … different logit models to identify determinants of crime victimization. We find that 5.46% of the rural households have been …
Persistent link: https://www.econbiz.de/10014428202
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L'evoluzione della ruralità nei Paesi in via di sviluppo (PVS). Approcci teorici ed applicativi
Pisani, Elena - Volkswirtschaftliche Fakultät, … - 2007
Rural economy, that is, the integrated system of non-homogeneous activities as performed out of urban areas, has very often been confused, in the development literature, with agricultural economy, which aims at the increase of agricultural and zootechnic production. The two terms imply distinct,...
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Aid and the environment : the case of Botswana
Juana, James S. - 2014
Botswana has serious environmental problems which, if not addressed, will undermine the attainment of sustainable economic development. This study attempts to determine what aid flows have actually been doing with regard to the environment in Botswana. The results show that although both the...
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Determinants and impacts of rural crime victimization : evidence from a case study in Southeast Asia
Grote, Ulrike; Nguyen Thanh Tung; Nguyen, Trung Thanh; … - In: Journal of Asian economics 91 (2024), pp. 1-18
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Building resilience knowledge for sustainable development : insights from development studies
Park, Albert Sanghoon - 2023
This paper explores how the concept of resilience has been used in development studies. Set amidst the rise of resilience in sustainable development, it offers insights for scholars and policy-makers, alike. Sampling 419 resilience-oriented journal articles from 2017-22, it uses Kuhnian...
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Long-term low emissions development strategies : cross-country experience
Aguilar Jaber, Aimée; Anderson, Brilé; Nachtigall, Daniel - 2020
The Paris Agreement invites signatory countries to formulate and communicate long-term low greenhouse gas emission development strategies (LT-LEDS). This report compares the experience of three developed countries that have communicated LT-LEDS within the framework of the United Nations...
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Challenges for sustainable development of agricultural holdings
Wrzaszcz, Wioletta; Zegar, Józef Stanisław - In: Economic and environmental studies : a journal for … 16 (2016) 3, pp. 377-402
Agricultural holdings have a very important role for the sustainable socio-economic development. Contemporary, the farms` activity is mainly determined by the market mechanism. Market imposes rules on agricultural holdings` functioning, on both the type and the scale of agricultural activities,...
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Development of the Sustainability Index of Farms Based on Surveys and FADN Sample
Sulewski, Piotr - 2018
This methodical paper discusses the procedure for developing the farm sustainability index using data from surveys and accountancy data collected in the FADN system database. The research covered a total of 600 farms selected similarly to the selection method used in FADN (taking into account...
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