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Correlates of national HIV seroprevalence: an ecologic analysis of 122 developing countries.
TL;DR: Ecologic analyses support population-level behavioral approaches and reinforce biologic measures, such as controlling sexually transmitted infections and promoting male circumcision, for HIV prevention and suggest potential strategies for reducing mother-to-child transmission.
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International Mobility of Researchers and Scientists Policy Options for Turning a Drain into a Gain
TL;DR: In this paper, the authors focus on improving the understanding of the push and pull factors affecting the migration decisions of researchers and scientists from developing countries and discuss policy options for maximizing the potential gains associated with international mobility of advanced human capital.
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Does Regulatory Governance Matter for Financial System Stability? An Empirical Analysis
Marc Quintyn,Kina Chenard +1 more
TL;DR: In this article, the authors provide empirical evidence that the quality of regulatory governance practices adopted by financial system regulators and supervisors matters for financial system soundness, and that good public sector governance amplifies the impact of regulatory Governance on financial systems soundness.
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Capacity Building for Ecological Modernization: Lessons from Cross-National Research
TL;DR: In this paper, the authors examined 30 advanced and developing countries using the capacity-building approach and found that an appropriate mix of institutions is decisive for policy performance and that formal institutionalization is helpful for longer term policy learning processes.
Qualitative Evidence on Adolescents' Views of Sexual and Reproductive Health in Sub-Saharan Africa
TL;DR: This qualitative study examines how young people in Sub-Saharan Africa view sexual and reproductive health issues such as abstinence condom use and sexually transmitted infections (STIs) and what they think about sources of sexual and Reproductive health information and services.
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The quality of government
TL;DR: The authors investigated empirically the determinants of the quality of governments in a large cross-section of countries and found that countries that are poor, close to the equator, ethnolinguistically heterogeneous, use French or socialist laws, or have high proportions of Catholics or Muslims exhibit inferior government performance.
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Cross-National Prevalence and Risk Factors for Suicidal Ideation, Plans, and Attempts
Matthew K. Nock,Guilherme Borges,Evelyn J. Bromet,Jordi Alonso,Matthias C. Angermeyer,Annette L. Beautrais,Ronny Bruffaerts,Wai Tat Chiu,Giovanni de Girolamo,Semyon Gluzman,Ron de Graaf,Oye Gureje,Josep Maria Haro,Yueqin Huang,Elie G. Karam,Ronald C. Kessler,Jean Pierre Lepine,Daphna Levinson,María Elena Medina-Mora,Yutaka Ono,Jose Posada-Villa,David R. Williams +21 more
TL;DR: There is cross-national variability in the prevalence of suicidal behaviours, but strong consistency in the characteristics and risk factors for these behaviours.
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The End of Poverty: Economic Possibilities for Our Time
TL;DR: The End of Poverty: Economic possibilities for our time as discussed by the authors is a book review of the book written by Jeffrey Sacks (2005), an American renounced economist and director of the Earth Institute, Columbia University.
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Global estimates of the value of ecosystems and their services in monetary units
Rudolf de Groot,Luke Brander,Sander van der Ploeg,Robert Costanza,Florence Bernard,Leon Braat,Michael Christie,Neville D. Crossman,Andrea Ghermandi,Lars Hein,Salman Hussain,Pushpam Kumar,Alistair McVittie,Rosimeiry Portela,Luis C. Rodriguez,Patrick ten Brink,Pieter van Beukering +16 more
TL;DR: In this paper, the authors presented an overview of the value of ecosystem services of 10 main biomes expressed in monetary units and showed that most of this value is outside the market and best considered as nontradable public benefits.
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Infrastructure, Geographical Disadvantage, Transport Costs, and Trade
Nuno Limão,Anthony J. Venables +1 more
TL;DR: In this article, the authors investigated the dependence of transport costs on geography and infrastructure and found that poor infrastructure is an important determinant of transportation costs, especially for landlocked countries.