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Self-Discovery in a development strategy for El Salvador
Ricardo Hausmann,Dani Rodrik +1 more
TL;DR: In this paper, the authors study the causes of low growth in El Salvador, a country with an impressive record of political, macroeconomic, and structural reform, and conclude that market failures in the process of self-discovering the country´s productive potential is a main obstacle to investment and growth.
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What motivates entrepreneurial entry under economic inequality? The role of human and financial capital
TL;DR: In this article, a multilevel analysis of nearly 120,000 observations across 31 countries between 2001 and 2008 was performed to study the moderating effects of economic inequality on the distinct roles of human and financial capital on different types of entrepreneurship.
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Building the Eco-Social State: Do Welfare Regimes Matter?
Max Koch,Martin Fritz +1 more
TL;DR: In this article, the authors compared the macro-structural welfare and sustainability indicators of thirty countries and raised the issue of whether differences in the institutional and organisational capabilities of combining welfare with environmental policies are reflected in people's attitudes and opinions.
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Assessing financial risks using a multicriteria sorting procedure: the case of country risk assessment
TL;DR: In this paper, the authors proposed an alternative approach to measure financial risks, considering their multidimensional nature, based on the multicriteria decision aid (MCDA) method Multi-Group Hierarchical DIScrimination (M.H.DIS).
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Poverty and Economic Growth in Nigeria: Issues and Policies
TL;DR: In this paper, the authors examined issues surrounding the paradox of rising poverty amid high economic growth in Nigeria and argued that the reasons for this absurdity include jobless growth, a non-pro-poor growth, and failure of poverty alleviation initiatives to address structural transformation required for a sustainable growth, employment generation, and bridging income gap within the economy.
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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.