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Alcohol, violence and injury-induced mortality: evidence from a modern-day prohibition

Barron, Kai; Parry, Charles D. H.; Bradshaw, Debbie; … - 2022

This paper evaluates the impact of a sudden and unexpected nation-wide alcohol sales ban in South Africa. We find that this policy causally reduced injury-induced mortality in the country by at least 14% during the five weeks of the ban. We argue that this estimate constitutes a lower bound on...

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A pandemic of violence? : the impact of COVID-19 on conflict

Polo, Sara M. T. - In: Peace economics, peace science and public policy 26 (2020) 3, pp. 1-13

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Alcohol and short-run mortality : evidence from a modern-day prohibition

Barron, Kai; Bradshaw, Debbie; Parry, Charles D. H.; … - 2021

On July 13, 2020 a complete nation-wide ban was placed on the sale and transport of alcohol in South Africa. This paper evaluates the impact of this sudden and unexpected five-week alcohol prohibition on mortality due to unnatural causes. We find that the policy reduced the number of unnatural...

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Trust as key to health sector reforms

Kulkarni, Vani S.; Kulakarṇi, Vīṇā; Gaiha, Raghav - In: Asian development review : studies of Asian and pacific … 40 (2023) 2, pp. 145-176

, nurses, and other health personnel. In the Indian context, studies on violence against doctors and other medical staff … violence against medical personnel partly, we argue that it is largely rooted in a lack of trust in doctors and hospitals …

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Violence and disposability at the intersection of twin pandemics

Howard, Ashley M. - In: Labor studies journal 47 (2022) 4, pp. 493-500

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Cutting Bread or Cutting Throats? – Findings from a New Database on Religion, Violence and Peace in Sub-Saharan Africa, 1990 to 2008

Basedau, Matthias; Strüver, Georg; Vüllers, Johannes - 2011

incompatibilities, several forms of non-state religious violence) and ambivalence (inter-religious networks, religious peace initiatives …) of religion vis-à-vis violence. In 22 of the 48 sub-Saharan countries, religion plays a substantial role in violence, and … different religious aspects of violence. …

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Gender-based violence and gender bias in schooling decision : evidence from sub-Saharan Africa

Koissy-Kpein, Sandrine A. - 2015

This paper examines the impact of gender based violence against women and girls (GBV), in the environment the children … partner violence, early marriage, and female genital mutilations - negatively affect the schooling of boys and girls …

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Violence, bribery, and fraud : the political economy of elections in Sub-Saharan Africa

Collier, Paul; Vicente, Pedro C. - In: Public choice 153 (2012) 1/2, pp. 117-147

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Intimate partner violence and HIV in Sub-Saharan Africa

Durevall, Dick; Lindskog, Annika - 2013

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Climate change and the risk of mass violence : Africa in the 21st century

Exenberger, Andreas; Pondorfer, Andreas - In: Peace economics, peace science and public policy 19 (2013) 3, pp. 381-392

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