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EVALUACION DE LOS BENEFICIOS POTENCIALES DE LA RESOLUCION DE CONFLICTOS OPERACIONALES ENTRE DESPACHADORES Y TRANSPORTISTAS TERRESTRES

DONOSO, PATRICIO; SINGER, MARCOS - In: Abante 7 (2004) 1, pp. 35-65

The purpose of this article is to analyze the main operational causes of conflict between shippers and carriers, and to …

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Identity, Grievances, and Economic Determinants of Voting in the 2007 Kenyan Elections

Kimenyi, Mwangi Samson; Romero, Roxana Gutierrez - Department of Economics, University of Connecticut - 2008

What might have caused the post-2007 election violence in Kenya? Was it election irregularities as widely claimed or could it have been simmering ethnic-rivalries waiting to spill over? While not directly focusing on the post-election violence, we investigate a number of issues that divided...

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Water, mining, and waste: an historical and economic perspective on conflict management in South Africa.

Adler, Rebecca A.; Claassen, Marius; Godfrey, Linda; … - In: Economics of Peace and Security Journal 2 (2007) 2, pp. 33-41

environment, including access to potable water, and that the country develop in a sustainable manner. But conflict remains due to … an understanding of resource driven conflict to improve the outlook of mining and access to water for all in South Africa. …

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Water stress and water wars.

Pryor, Frederic L. - In: Economics of Peace and Security Journal 2 (2007) 2, pp. 7-18

This essay argues three propositions: (1) by 2025 roughly one third of the world’s population will be living in countries which are water-stressed, at least by conventional criteria; (2) nevertheless, macro evidence does not portend that the world will be unable to feed its growing population...

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The 'No Dirty Gold' campaign: what economists can learn from and contribute to corporate campaigns

Marlin, John Tepper - In: Economics of Peace and Security Journal 1 (2006) 2, pp. 58-64

The article studies NGO's successful work on corporate campaigns for higher environmental or labor standards and what applied peace economists may learn from such campaigns. By way of example, the article employs the "No Dirty Gold" (NDG) as a model. Two main conclusions are offered. First, a...

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How trade affects international interactions.

Polachek, Solomon W. - In: Economics of Peace and Security Journal 2 (2007) 2, pp. 60-68

leads to peace. That logic is as follows: if a target country that is the recipient of conflict retaliates by cutting its … trade ties with the conflict instigator, then a portion of the costs of conflict born by the instigator results from its … lost gains from trade. Conflict is more costly the higher these gains from trade losses. This article summarizes some of …

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Trade, openness, and domestic conflict: an empirical investigation for Latin America

Bhattacharya, Prasad S.; Thomakos, Dimitrios D. - In: Economics of Peace and Security Journal 2 (2007) 2, pp. 77-80

The article reports results of an empirical investigation into trade, openness, and domestic conflict for several Latin … of domestic conflict and (2) once initiated, how variations in openness affect conflict duration. For the period 1973 …) increased trade openness reduces the chance for domestic conflict onset as well as the intensity of domestic conflict and (2 …

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Benefit-sharing as a tool of conflict transformation: applying the Inter-SEDE model to the Euphrates and Tigris river basins

Marwa Daoudy. - In: Economics of Peace and Security Journal 2 (2007) 2, pp. 26-32

differentiated on some of the economic indicators. To enhance the potential for spill-over between water cooperation and conflict …

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Reducing the cost of inter- and intrastate conflict over water in the Jordan river basin.

David J.H. Phillips. - In: Economics of Peace and Security Journal 2 (2007) 2, pp. 19-25

waters of the Jordan river itself; several other smaller surface waters; and a number of aquifers. Interstate conflict …

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Forced displacement in Colombia: magnitude and causes.

Ibáñez, Ana María - In: Economics of Peace and Security Journal 4 (2009) 1, pp. 48-54

The article describes the magnitude, geographical extent, and causes of forced populationdisplacements in Colombia. Forced migration in Colombia is a war strategy adopted by armed groups to strengthen territorial strongholds, weaken civilian support to the enemy, seize valuable lands, and...

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