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Institutions and Economic Growth in Historical Perspective: Part 1 [PDF]

open access: yes, 2014
This is Part 1 of a two-part paper which surveys the historical evidence on the role of institutions in economic growth. The paper provides a critical scrutiny of a number of stylized facts widely accepted in the growth literature.
Carus, A. W., Ogilvie, Sheilagh
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“Hinting at Our Own Sore Spot”: Travelers to America about Slavery on the Eve of the Abolition of Serfdom in Russia

open access: yesVestnik NSU. Series: History and Philology, 2018
The investigation is dedicated to the comparison of serfdom in Russia and slavery in America made by Russian travelers taking part in the public debate on the possible abolition of serfdom in Russia in the late 1850s. The travelers published their voyage notes in highly rated newspapers and magazines, such as «Sankt-Peterburgskie vedomosti ...
openaire   +1 more source

Socio-economic and Nationally Political Reforms in the Austrian Empire on the Fracture of ХVІІІ–ХІХ of Item and their Influence on the Origin of Structures of Ukrainian Civil Society [PDF]

open access: yes, 2013
У статті висвітлено наслідки реформаторської діяльності австрійських цісарів Марії-Терези та Йосифа ІІ, зокрема скасування панщини та звільнення селян від поміщицької сваволі, створення власних селянських господарств.
Panfilova, Tetiana   +1 more
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A Global Alliance Against Forced Labour: Report I (B) [PDF]

open access: yes, 2005
Explains how the concept of forced labor is defined in international law and discusses some parameters for identifying contemporary forced labor situations in practice.
International Labour Conference 93rd Session   +1 more
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Time for Change: A call for urgent action to end the forced child begging of talibés in Senegal [PDF]

open access: yes, 2011
This document is part of a digital collection provided by the Martin P. Catherwood Library, ILR School, Cornell University, pertaining to the effects of globalization on the workplace worldwide.
Anti-Slavery International
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Reform projects of Alexander II in Russia: from conception to implementation

open access: yesИзвестия высших учебных заведений. Поволжский регион: Гуманитарные науки
Background. The relevance of the work is determined by the need to consider the policy of government reforms of the second half of the 19th century in terms of their effec-tiveness through the prism of public perception of the ongoing transformations ...
Natalia G. Karnishina
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