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"It is the economy, companheiro!": an empirical analysis of Lula's re-election based on municipal data [PDF]

This paper discusses the reasons that led to the Lula's 2006 re-election. Spatial analysis methods revealed that, contrary to 2002, the President had more votes in less developed municipalities of Brazil.
Andre Carraro, Ari Francisco de Araujo Jr., Claudio Djissey Shikida, Leonardo Monteiro Monasterio, Otávio Menezes Damé   +4 more
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Forwarding forest restoration: Seven key socio‐ecological issues for advancing forest restoration in a world in flux

People and Nature, EarlyView.
Abstract Restoring forests can help conserve biodiversity, mitigate climate change and enhance human well‐being. Despite financial and political support for global forest restoration initiatives, projects continue to face persistent challenges and trade‐offs between environmental, climatic and socio‐economic goals.
Mariana Hernandez‐Montilla, Katie Devenish, Lucas Alencar, Rayna Benzeev, Pooja Choksi, Ida N. S. Djenontin, Matthew E. Fagan, Harry Fischer, Paola Isaacs Cubides, Thais Linhares Juvenal, Matilda Kabutey‐Ongor, Judith Kamoto, Andrew Kinzer, David Kroeker‐Maus, Stephanie Mansourian, Felipe Melo, Daniel C. Miller, Sandy Nofyanza, Adithya Pradeep, Florian Reiner, Warrangkana Rattanarat, Niken Sakuntaladewi, Conghe Song, Laura Vang Rasmussen, Johan A. Oldekop   +24 more
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The Noble Chafer and traditional orchards: Evaluating the role of indicator species in the conservation of cultural landscapes

People and Nature, EarlyView.
Abstract England's traditional orchards are important habitats for a range of invertebrate species, providing biodiverse habitat for many species not found in other landscapes. Increased loss of these once common landscape features, exacerbated by changing land use, anthropogenic habitat fragmentation, and the loss of traditional or customary practices,
Lloyd Jenkins, Jonathan Sadler, Adam Bates   +2 more
wiley   +1 more source

Political Stability and Economic Development: Institutional Sclerosis and the Moderating Role of Institutions

Sustainable Development, EarlyView.
ABSTRACT This study investigates the non‐linear effects of political stability on economic development and explores the moderating role of institutional factors. Drawing on panel data from 162 countries between 2007 and 2022, we employ a system generalised method of moments (system‐GMM) estimator to test the hypothesis that political stability follows ...
Yu Ri Kim, Woojin Kim, Yunseo Roh, Taewoo Roh   +3 more
wiley   +1 more source

Concentration of Political Power and Adaptation to Climate Change in Developing Countries: Evidence Using the Quantile Regression Method

Sustainable Development, EarlyView.
ABSTRACT The purpose of this study is to examine the effect of constitutional power concentration on adaptation to climate change in 113 countries observed between 1995 and 2023 using the quantile regression method. The results reveal that the concentration of constitutional power hinders countries' adaptation to climate change through inequalities ...
Simplice A. Asongu, Cherif Abdramane
wiley   +1 more source

Instability from trade and democracy: the long-run effect of aid [PDF]

Is there an effect of aid on democracy conditional on instability from trade? This paper reinvestigates the debated effect of aid on democracy with a new specification.
Thierry Kangoye
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Global Health Governance Cannot Keep Relying on the Development‐Goals Model to Effectively Address Health Inequalities Around the World

Sustainable Development, EarlyView.
ABSTRACT The Sustainable Development Goals (SDGs) are nearing their end in 2030, and it is highly unlikely that many of the SDGs would be met by the target date. This calls for the urgent need for an upgraded approach or a new strategy from the “development‐goals” model.
Funom Theophilus Makama
wiley   +1 more source

Advancing Sustainable Industrialization Under SDG 9: The Role of Financial Globalization and Income Inequality

Sustainable Development, EarlyView.
ABSTRACT This paper investigates how income inequality and financial globalization shape sustainable industrialization across 87 countries over 2000–2022, using the SDG 9 composite index as the outcome and the Method of Moments Quantile Regression (MMQR) to capture heterogeneous effects.
Özge Kozal, Daniel Balsalobre‐Lorente
wiley   +1 more source

Activism risk and corporate self‐regulation: Investigating how anti‐SLAPP laws impact firms' institutional corporate social performance

Strategic Management Journal, EarlyView.
Abstract Research Summary This research investigates how firms attempt to preempt activism before it mobilizes into an active threat. Employing a difference‐in‐differences design, we examine the quasi‐exogenous enactments of laws that prevent Strategic Lawsuits Against Public Participation (anti‐SLAPP laws) in the United States.
Zhiyan Wu, Garry Bruton, Ryan Krause
wiley   +1 more source

Political institutions, inequality, and agricultural growth : the public expenditure connection [PDF]

This paper brings together the literatures on the political economy of public expenditures and the determinants of economic growth. Based on a new dataset of rural public expenditures in a panel of Latin American economies, the econometric evidence ...
Allcott, Hunt, Lederman, Daniel, Lopez, Ramon   +2 more
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