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Human Development Report 2000: United Nations Development Programme. (2000). New York: Oxford University Press. 290 pp. ISBN 0-19-521679-2 (cloth) US$38.95, 0-19-521678-4 (paperback) US$22.95
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Global cancer statistics in the year 2000
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Constructing knowledge societies : new challenges for tertiary education
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TL;DR: In this paper, the authors describe how tertiary education contributes to building up a country's capacity for participation in an increasingly knowledge-based world economy and investigate policy options for tertiary Education that have the potential to enhance economic growth and reduce poverty.
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The Geographic Distribution of Big Five Personality Traits Patterns and Profiles of Human Self-Description Across 56 Nations
David P. Schmitt,Jüri Allik,Robert R. McCrae,Verónica Benet-Martínez,Lidia Alcalay,Lara Ault,Ivars Austers,Kevin Bennett,Gabriel Bianchi,Fredric Boholst,Mary Ann Borg Cunen,Johan Braeckman,Edwin G. Brainerd,Leo Gerard A. Caral,Gabrielle Caron,María Martina Casullo,Michael Cunningham,Ikuo Daibo,Charlotte J. S. De Backer,Eros De Souza,Rolando Díaz-Loving,Glaucia Ribeiro Starling Diniz,Kevin Durkin,Marcela Echegaray,Ekin Eremsoy,Harald A. Euler,Ruth Falzon,Maryanne L. Fisher,Dolores Foley,Douglas P. Fry,Sirspa Fry,M. Arif Ghayur,Debra L. Golden,Karl Grammer,Liria Grimaldi,Jamin Halberstadt,Shamsul Haque,Dora Herrera,Janine Hertel,Heather Hoffmann,Danica Hooper,Zuzana Hradilekova,Jasna Hudek-Kene-Evi,Jas Laile Suzana Binti Jaafar,Margarita Jankauskaite,Heidi Kabangu-Stahel,Igor Kardum,Brigitte Khoury,Hayrran Kwon,Kaia Laidra,Anton Laireiter,Dustin Lakerveld,Ada Lampert,Mary Anne Lauri,Marguerite Lavallée,Suk Jae Lee,Luk Chung Leung,Kenneth D. Locke,Vance Locke,Ivan Lukšík,Ishmael Magaisa,Dalia Marcinkeviciene,André Mata,Rui Mata,Barry Mccarthy,Michael E. Mills,Nhlanhla Mkhize,João Manuel Moreira,Sérgio Moreira,Miguel Moya,M. Munyae,Patricia Noller,Adrian Opre,Alexia Panayiotou,Nebojša Petrović,Karolien Poels,Miroslav Popper,Maria Poulimenou,Volodymyr P'yatokh,Michel Raymond,Ulf-Dietrich Reips,Susan E. Reneau,Sofía Rivera-Aragón,Wade C. Rowatt,Willibald Ruch,Velko S. Rus,Marilyn P. Safir,Sonia Salas,Fabio Sambataro,Kenneth Sandnabba,Marion K. Schulmeyer,Astrid Schütz,Tullio Scrimali,Todd K. Shackelford,Phillip R. Shaver,Francis J Sichona,Franco Simonetti,Tilahun Sineshaw,Tom Speelman,Spyros Spyrou,H. Canan Sümer,Nebi Sümer,Marianna Supekova,Tomasz Szlendak,Robin Taylor,Bert Timmermans,William Tooke,Ioannis Tsaousis,F. S.K. Tungaraza,Griet Vandermassen,Tim Vanhoomissen,Frank Van Overwalle,Ine Vanwesenbeeck,Paul L. Vasey,João Veríssimo,Martin Voracek,Wendy W.N. Wan,Ta Wei Wang,Peter Weiss,Andik Wijaya,Liesbeth Woertman,Gahyun Youn,Agata Zupanèiè,Mithila B. Sharan +123 more
TL;DR: The Big Five Inventory (BFI) is a self-report measure designed to assess the high-order personality traits of Extraversion, Agreeableness, Conscientiousness, Neuroticism, and Openness as discussed by the authors.
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Islam and Authoritarianism
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Staying Secure, Staying Poor: The “Faustian Bargain”
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