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The Impact of Human Rights Organizations on Naming and Shaming Campaigns
TL;DR: In this article, the authors argue that the increasing presence of human rights organizations in such states is the critical link between the local and the international, and that increases in the number of such groups contributes significantly to the generation of Amnesty International urgent actions, one of the most often-utilized tools in naming and shaming campaigns against human rightsabusing regimes.
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The consequences of tobacco tax on household health and finances in rich and poor smokers in China:an extended cost-effectiveness analysis
Stéphane Verguet,Cindy L Gauvreau,Sujata Mishra,Mary MacLennan,Shane M. Murphy,Elizabeth Brouwer,Rachel Nugent,Kun Zhao,Prabhat Jha,Dean T. Jamison +9 more
TL;DR: In this paper, the authors used extended cost-effectiveness analysis methods to estimate, across income quintiles, the health benefits (years of life gained), the additional tax revenues raised, the net financial consequences for households, and the financial risk protection provided to households, that would be caused by a 50% increase in tobacco price through excise tax fully passed onto tobacco consumers.
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Strategies and priorities for African agriculture: Economywide perspectives from country studies
TL;DR: In the first decade of the twenty-first century, countries within Sub-Saharan Africa reached milestones that seemed impossible only ten years ago: macroeconomic stability, sustained economic growth, and improved governance as mentioned in this paper.
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Convergence in CO 2 emissions, carbon footprint and ecological footprint: evidence from OECD countries
TL;DR: This paper uses the residual augmented least squares regression to examine the stochastic convergence of the environmental indices in 27 OECD countries and suggests that conditional convergence exists in 12 countries for CO2 emissions per capita, 15 countries for carbon footprint per capita and also 13 countries for ecological footprintper capita.
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Global Surgery 2030: a roadmap for high income country actors
Joshua S Ng-Kamstra,Joshua S Ng-Kamstra,Sarah L M Greenberg,Sarah L M Greenberg,Fizan Abdullah,Fizan Abdullah,Vanda Amado,Geoffrey A. Anderson,Geoffrey A. Anderson,Matchecane Cossa,Ainhoa Costas-Chavarri,Ainhoa Costas-Chavarri,Justine Davies,Haile T. Debas,George S.M. Dyer,George S.M. Dyer,Sarnai Erdene,Paul Farmer,Paul Farmer,Amber Gaumnitz,Lars Hagander,Adil H. Haider,Adil H. Haider,Andrew J M Leather,Yihan Lin,Yihan Lin,Robert Marten,Robert Marten,Jeffrey T. Marvin,Craig D. McClain,Craig D. McClain,John G. Meara,Mira Mehes,Charles Mock,Swagoto Mukhopadhyay,Swagoto Mukhopadhyay,Sergelen Orgoi,Timothy Prestero,Raymond R. Price,Raymond R. Price,Nakul P Raykar,Johanna N Riesel,Johanna N Riesel,Robert Riviello,Robert Riviello,Stephen M. Rudy,Saurabh Saluja,Saurabh Saluja,Richard Sullivan,John L. Tarpley,Robert H. Taylor,Louis Franck Telemaque,Gabriel Toma,Asha Varghese,Melanie Walker,Gavin Yamey,Mark G. Shrime,Mark G. Shrime +57 more
TL;DR: A consensus statement providing practical advice to major actors in global surgery traces a common policy agenda between major actors and provides a roadmap for maximising benefit to surgical patients worldwide.
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The End of Poverty: Economic Possibilities for Our Time
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Infrastructure, Geographical Disadvantage, Transport Costs, and Trade
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