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MEASURING ECONOMIC INSECURITY [PDF]

open access: yesInternational Economic Review, 2013
We provide an axiomatic treatment of the measurement of economic insecurity, assuming that individual insecurity depends on the current wealth level and its variations experienced in the past. The first component plays the role of a buffer stock to rely on in case of an adverse future event.
Walter Bossert, Conchita D'Ambrosio
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The long-term response of FDI to insecurity and corruption: evidence from Nigeria

open access: yesForum Scientiae Oeconomia, 2022
Nigeria is undoubtedly faced with unstable inflows of FDI at the present time, and that country has continued to contend with rising insecurity and a relatively high level of corruption. We employ the DOLS and ARDL estimation techniques to explore
Nurudeen Abu   +4 more
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Food Insecurity is Associated with Food Consumption Patterns and Anthropometric Measures but not Serum Micronutrient Levels in Adults in Rural Tanzania. [PDF]

open access: yes, 2010
The purpose of the present paper is to assess the relationship between food insecurity and food consumption patterns, anthropometric measures and serum micronutrient levels in rural Kilimanjaro, Tanzania.
Leyna, Germana H   +4 more
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“Diversity’s good unless you have a Southern accent, then you’re a hick”: Self-evaluation, linguistic insecurity and symbolic domination in Middle Tennessee

open access: yesAnglophonia, 2022
The linguistic variety spoken in the south of the United States (Southern American English, hereafter SAE), is a well-documented field of investigation (Farington et al., 2018; Feagin, 2018; Fridland, 2003, 2008; Labov et al., 2006; Nunnally & Bailey ...
Marc-Philippe Brunet
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Insecurity

open access: yesInternational journal of health sciences, 2022
The main purpose of the present research was to study the insecurity of involvement and Non-Involvement pregnant women at the Tapovan Center operated by Children's University. Involvement and area in the Tapovan center was incorporated here as an independent variable. 200 pregnant women were selected by the simple random method.
Sunilkumar S. Jadav, Vrundan Jayswal
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Brazilian insecurity

open access: yes, 2018
The position papers below formed the basis for a roundtable on “Brazilian Insecurity,” sponsored by the American Portuguese Studies Association at the Convention of the Modern Language Association of America, in New York City, January 4-7, 2018, in response to the presidential theme for the convention, “States of Insecurity.” The papers deal with such ...
Valente, Luiz Fernando   +2 more
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The Shifting Landscape of Organised Crime

open access: yesInternational Journal for Crime, Justice and Social Democracy
While organised crime has long been entrenched in Latin America, the spatial configuration of violence associated with it has undergone significant transformations in recent years. Homicide rates have escalated beyond traditional epicentres, spreading to
Gonzalo Croci
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La seguridad pública y la violencia durante la presidencia de Andrés Manuel López Obrador: Militarismo, criminalidad e imperio de la ley

open access: yesCahiers des Amériques Latines
This article presents a review of the evolution of violent criminality as well as the government strategies to combat them during the presidential administration of Andrés Manuel López Obrador (AMLO), 2018-2024.
Arturo Alvarado Mendoza
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Deelnemen aan de beoordeling van het veiligheids- en preventiebeleid. Tests met burgerparticipatie in Brussel

open access: yesBrussels Studies, 2023
This article is based on empirical material consisting of focus groups conducted with professionals involved in the evaluation of municipal prevention services as well as with Brussels citizens, and looks at some of the issues regarding citizen ...
Valérie Caprasse
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Insecurity in Implicature as Found in Taylor Swift’s Midnights

open access: yesPrasasti: Journal of Linguistics
People must have insecurities. In expressing the insecurities, they have their own ways, either in explicit or implicit ways. When people implicitly express their insecurities, they flout Grice’s four maxims, which generate implicature.
Imaduddin Hanif, Wildi Adila
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