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Publication Bias in the Economic Freedom and Economic Growth Literature
TL;DR: In this article, the authors explore publication bias in economic growth literature by means of traditional funnel plots, meta-significance testing, as well as by bootstrapping these meta-Significance tests.
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The Effects of Education Quality on Income Growth and Mortality Decline
TL;DR: The authors showed that higher levels of education quality (as measured by international student achievement tests) increases growth rates of national income and showed that improved education quality increases the rate of decline in infant mortality.
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Climate volatility and poverty vulnerability in Tanzania
Syud Amer Ahmed,Noah S. Diffenbaugh,Thomas W. Hertel,Thomas W. Hertel,David B. Lobell,Navin Ramankutty,Ana R. Rios,Pedram Rowhani +7 more
TL;DR: In this article, the authors assessed the vulnerability of Tanzania's population to poverty due to changes in climate variability between the late 20th century and early this century and found that the greatest predicted increase in poverty was equal to 880,000 people, while in the 21st century, the highest possible poverty increase was equivalent to 1.17 million people.
Review of evidence on drylands pastoral systems and climate change: implications and opportunities for mitigation and adaptation.
C. Neely,S. Bunning,A. Wilkes +2 more
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Design and implementation of a health management information system in Malawi: issues, innovations and results
Chet N Chaulagai,Christon M Moyo,Jaap Koot,Humphrey B M Moyo,Thokozani C Sambakunsi,Ferdinand M Khunga,Patrick D Naphini +6 more
TL;DR: The conclusion is that, no matter how good the design of an information system, it will not be effective unless there is internal desire, dedication and commitment of leadership to have an effective and efficient health service management system.
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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.