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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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Linkages between pro-poor growth, social programmes and labour market : the recent Brazilian experience
TL;DR: In this article, the authors analyzed the relationship between growth patterns, poverty, and inequality in Brazil during its globalization process, focusing on the role played by the labor market and social programs.
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Overcoming barriers to solar and wind energy adoption in two Asian giants: India and Indonesia
TL;DR: In this article, the authors focus on the use of reverse auction processes able to deliver low-price solar and wind contracts, as are being successfully employed in India, on tax and subsidy reform options, on regulatory and incentive-design strategies, on approaches to bolster grid management capacities, and on the importance of minimizing protectionist barriers.
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Patterns of tourism in the Antarctic Peninsula region: a 20-year analysis
TL;DR: In this paper, the authors examined trends in passenger numbers, landings, and nationalities of passengers travelling to the Antarctic Peninsula region over 20 years of commercial cruise activity using recently digitized historical records and new data on vessel landings since 2008/09.
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Out-of-pocket health expenditures and antimicrobial resistance in low-income and middle-income countries: an economic analysis
Marcella Alsan,Marcella Alsan,Lena Schoemaker,Karen Eggleston,Karen Eggleston,Nagamani Kammili,Prasanthi Kolli,Jay Bhattacharya,Jay Bhattacharya +8 more
TL;DR: Out-of-pocket health expenditures were strongly correlated with antimicrobial resistance among LMIC, and cost-sharing of antimicrobials in the public sector may drive demand to the private sector where supply-side incentives to overprescribe are likely heightened and quality assurance less standardized.
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Rural-urban disparities in child nutrition in Bangladesh and Nepal.
TL;DR: Public health interventions aimed at overcoming rural-urban disparities in child nutrition outcomes need to focus principally on bridging gaps in socio-economic endowments of rural and urban households and improving the quality of rural infrastructure.