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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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Poor Quality for Poor Women? Inequities in the Quality of Antenatal and Delivery Care in Kenya.
TL;DR: The quality of maternal care is low in Kenya, and care available to the impoverished is significantly worse than that for the better off; policy initiatives need to tackle low quality of care, starting with high-poverty areas.
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Impacts of Conditional Cash Transfer Programs on Educational Outcomes in Developing Countries: A Meta-analysis
Juan E. Saavedra,Sandra García +1 more
TL;DR: In this paper, the authors meta-analyzes enrollment, attendance and dropout effect estimates from forty two references of conditional cash transfer program evaluations in fifteen developing countries and finds evidence in support of publication bias and selective reporting.
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Resources, Agriculture and Economic Growth in Economies in Transition
TL;DR: In this paper, the authors present empirical, cross-sectional evidence of various aspects of this relationship in the transition economies in Central and Eastern Europe and Central Asia since 1990 and conclude that heavy dependence on natural resources and agriculture may result in rent seeking (e.g., corruption) and policy failures and may discourage education, external trade, and genuine saving, thereby retarding economic growth.
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Labor Market "Rigidity" and the Success of Economic Reforms Across more than One Hundred Countries
Alvaro Forteza,Martin Rama +1 more
TL;DR: This paper showed that labor market policies and institutions have an impact on the effectiveness of economic reform programs and found that relatively “rigid” labor markets experienced deeper recessions before adjustment and slower recoveries afterwards.
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Does the IMF Help or Hurt? The Effect of IMF Programs on the Likelihood and Outcome of Currency Crises
TL;DR: In this paper, the authors examined how IMF programs, disbursed loans, and compliance with conditionality affect the risk of currency crises and the outcome of such crises and found that IMF involvement significantly increased the probability that the authorities devalue the exchange rate.