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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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Greed and Grievance in Civil War
Paul Collier,Anke Hoeffler +1 more
TL;DR: Collier and Hoeffler as discussed by the authors compare two contrasting motivations for rebellion: greed and grievance, and show that many rebellions are linked to the capture of resources (such as diamonds in Angola and Sierra Leone, drugs in Colombia, and timber in Cambodia).
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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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Globalization, Taxation, and Burden-Shifting in Latin America
Erik Wibbels,Moisés Arce +1 more
TL;DR: The authors investigate the relationship between international market integration and the evolving burden of taxation on capital, as well as the subsequent response of markets to shifts in tax policy in Latin America since the late 1970s.
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The effects of globalization on Ecological Footprints: an empirical analysis
TL;DR: The authors analyzes the statistical relationship between the most recent Maastricht Globalization Index (MGI) and the ecological dimension of sustainable development and concludes that the overall index of globalization significantly increases the ecological footprint of consumption, exports and imports.
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Cold climate in Copenhagen: China and the United States at COP15
TL;DR: In this article, the key contributions of China and the United States are assessed, with consequences that amplified longstanding weaknesses in the UNFCCC and shaped the Copenhagen Accord's result, and why domestic institutions and circumstances influenced and constrained these states' actions.
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Brain drain and human capital formation in developing countries: winners and losers
TL;DR: In this paper, the authors examined the impact of brain drain migration on human capital formation in developing countries and found evidence of a positive effect of skilled migration prospects on gross human capital levels in a cross-section of 127 developing countries.
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Collective Learning in Global Diffusion: Spreading Quality Standards in a Developing Country Cluster
TL;DR: This study explains the intertwined process of spreading new standards and changing existing local practices by elaborating the relationship among building collective capabilities, learning, and standards diffusion in a late developing context.