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Broke Autocrats, Broken Elections: Trade Shocks and Electoral Fraud in Autocracies

Economics &Politics, EarlyView.
ABSTRACT We argue that when terms‐of‐trade (ToT) shocks reduce resource rents, autocrats lose the fiscal capacity to sustain loyalty through patronage and increasingly rely on electoral manipulation as a survival strategy. We present a simple model in which rents finance patronage in normal times, while adverse shocks reduce the effectiveness of ...
Antonis Adam, Sofia Tsarsitalidou
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Bolivian Model of Excellence and its relationship with the Ibero-American Model and with Living Well proposed by the government

, 2020
O modelo mostra a relação do Modelo Boliviano de Excelência com o Modelo Ibero-americano e como ele tem sido modificado para se adaptar à política do Viver Bem proposto pelo governo. Para isto foram comparados os modelos e foi realizada uma investigação sobre a participação das organizações nos prêmios de excelência nos últimos 7 anos.
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China inside out: Explaining silver flows in the triangular trade, c. 1820s‒70s

The Economic History Review, EarlyView.
Abstract This paper analyses a new large dataset of silver prices, as well as silver and merchandise trade flows in and out of China in the crucial decades of the mid‐nineteenth century when the Empire was opened to world trade. Silver flows were associated with the interaction between heterogeneous monetary preferences and availability of specific ...
Alejandra Irigoin, Atsushi Kobayashi, David Chilosi   +2 more
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CHILE AND BOLIVIA RELATIONSHIP IN THE AFTERMATH OF THE BOLIVIAN GOVERNMENT’S ANNOUNCEMENT OF A CLAIM AGAINST CHILE BEFORE AN INTERNATIONAL COURT

Política y Estrategia, 2017
This article analyses the bilateral relations between Chile and Bolivia in 2011, based on five important variables that affected their relations, namely, the irreconcilable clash of two foreign policies based on opposing principles, the notions of “mistrust” and “victimization” as the axis that shape Bolivia’s foreign policy, the disruptive role of the
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The War of the Pacific and Chilean public revenues: Reallocation of the tax burden and institutional change

The Economic History Review, EarlyView.
Abstract A substantial body of literature has considered warfare a fundamental driver of fiscal capacity. We argue that the nature of the tax base available to governments can either foster or constrain the ability and incentives of central elites to impose their legitimacy once the war is over.
Oriol Sabaté, José Peres‐Cajías
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Formal institutions, local arrangements and conflicts in Northern Bolivian communities after forest governance reforms

, 2012
In the last decades, community forest management (CFM) has become an alternative to reach important objectives related to forests sustainability and the improvement of forest dwellers’ wellbeing. In many countries the recognition and development of specific CFM models has been closely related to social struggles for new rights or the recognition of ...
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How Does Credit Information Sharing Shape the Cyclicality of Bank Liquidity Creation?

Financial Review, EarlyView.
ABSTRACT We investigate the effect of credit information sharing in the banking sector on the fluctuations of bank liquidity creation over the business cycle. Using the Berger and Bouwman comprehensive measure of bank liquidity creation and data representing 354 banks from 40 developing countries between 2012 and 2020, we find that on‐ and off‐balance ...
Jeffrey Ighedosa, Victor Murinde, Tolulola Lawal   +2 more
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Screening for Trypanosoma cruzi infection (Chagas disease) in the Latin American population living with HIV in London

HIV Medicine, EarlyView.
Abstract Background There are an estimated 2482 people born in Latin American countries receiving care for HIV in the United Kingdom. Although national guidance recommends screening for Trypanosoma cruzi infection (Chagas disease) in this population, there is no formal screening programme.
Natalie Elkheir, Shivani Singh, Birgit Barbini, Lucy Campbell, Alice Sharp, Jacqueline O'Connell, Louise Terry, Margherita Bracchi, Javier Rubio, Nicolo Girometti, Mohammed Hassan, Hannah Davies, Frank A. Post, Laura Nabarro, Debbie Nolder, Geraldine O'Hara, Julie Fox, Peter L. Chiodini, David A. J. Moore   +18 more
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Navigating ambiguous waters: a relational approach to nested conflicts in the Katari River Basin, Bolivia

Ecology and Society
The Katari River Basin, the most densely populated basin in Bolivia, discharges into Lake Titicaca, the world’s highest navigable lake and a crucial water resource in the Andes.
Afnan Agramont, Leonardo D. Villafuerte Philippsborn, Guadalupe Peres-Cajias, Analy Baltodano Martinez, Ann van Griensven, Marc Craps, Marcela F. Brugnach   +6 more
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Before It Was ‘New’: A Neglected History of Lived Experience–Led Criminal Justice

The Howard Journal of Crime and Justice, EarlyView.
ABSTRACT A growing range of criminal justice initiatives are being shaped and delivered by people with lived experience, including peer mentoring, prisoner councils and policy advocacy roles. While often seen as recent innovations, we reveal a deeper, largely unacknowledged history dating back to at least the 19th century.
Gillian Buck, Matthew Rive, Annabelle Rogers   +2 more
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