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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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The Effect of Social Capital on Fertiliser Adoption: Evidence from Rural Tanzania
TL;DR: In this paper, the authors extended the model of technology adoption of Feder and Slade (1984) to incorporate social capital, and then tested the model with household data from two agro-ecological zones in rural Tanzania.
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Fear of Persecution: Forced Migration, 1952-1995
TL;DR: In this paper, the authors argue that people monitor the violent behavior of both the government and dissidents and assess the threat such behavior poses to their lives, physical person, and liberty.
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Sovereignty Relinquished: Explaining Commitment to the International Human Rights Covenants, 1966-1999
TL;DR: This paper examined whether the content of the International Human Rights Covenants and the costs associated with their ratification influence the decision of countries to join and concluded that ratification is tightly coupled with internal sovereignty arrangements, human rights practices, and ideological commitments, all of which become more important as treaty enforcement strengthens.
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A comprehensive index for a sustainable society: The SSI — the Sustainable Society Index
TL;DR: The Sustainable Society Index (SSI) as discussed by the authors is a set of indicators to measure the level of sustainability of a country, which integrates the most important aspects of sustainability and quality of life of a national society in a simple and transparent way.
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Environment, Human Development and Economic Growth
TL;DR: In this article, the authors analyze the causal relationship between economic growth, human development and sustainability combining the Resource Curse Hypothesis (RCH) and the Environmental Kuznets Curve (EKC).