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Quantifying Mozambique's Peace Dividend: An Application of the Synthetic Control Method
Review of Development Economics, EarlyView.ABSTRACT Using the synthetic control method and data from 20 African countries, this study quantifies the peace dividend in Mozambique, a country that experienced over 15 years of civil war. More specifically, we use data from 1977 to 2018 to investigate whether the end of the civil war in Mozambique in 1992 brought significant benefits to the country ...
Tendai Gwatidzo, Aldo Sitoe, Busani Moyo
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Pennsylvania Legislation Relating to Slavery
, 2003 The following acts have been taken, complete or in part, from the published volumes of The Statutes At Large of Pennsylvania and Laws of Pennsylvania. These extracts are not all-inclusive, but do cover the years 1725/6-1847, from the province\u27s first ...
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Combating Trafficking in Persons: A directory of organisations [PDF]
, 2003 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 +1 more
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No One Mourns the Wicked: The Ethics of Mourning Morally Flawed Celebrities
Journal of Social Philosophy, EarlyView.
Carme Isern‐Mas +2 more
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Remittance Income and Crime in Mexico
Review of Development Economics, EarlyView.ABSTRACT This study examines the relationship between remittance inflows and criminal activity in Mexico, a country with persistently high crime rates and among the world's top remittance recipients. Using a 41‐quarter panel dataset of municipalities covering 2013–2023, the analysis estimates elasticity parameters linking remittance income to different
Diego De la Fuente Stevens
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Using Community Radio to Create Awareness of Security Tips Related to Kidnapping in Nigeria
Mdooter Journal of Communication and Digital TechnologiesObjective: This study sought to assess the use of community radio to raise awareness of security tips related to kidnapping in Nigeria. The study's objectives include identifying the degree to which community radio can be effective in raising awareness ...
Sunday Samuel Ameh
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FRAGILE STATE AND THE CHALLENGE OF INSURGENCY IN NIGERIA
African And Global Issues QuarterlyNigeria have continued to navigate into fragility as indexes like; weak state capacity, weak state legitimacy and citizens vulnerability to a range of shocks, indicative of a fragile state, is now a reality as every news item today in Nigeria is on ...
Oseghale Christian +1 more
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Criminal offences involving firearms in New South Wales, 1995-2011 [PDF]
Despite the recent upward trend in drive-by shootings, the the number of incidents involving a firearm in New South Wales declined by 48% between 1995 and 2011.
Emma Birdsey
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Studies in Ethnicity and Nationalism, EarlyView.ABSTRACT This article examines the Turkish state's Village Guard system, revived in the 1980s as part of its counterinsurgency strategy against the Kurdistan Workers Party (PKK). While often framed as a defensive militia, the Village Guards became central to the state's exceptional governance in Kurdistan, both facilitating military control and ...
Francis O'Connor +3 more
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Kidnapping politics: Captivity passions and international security
European Journal of International SecurityHere we introduce the nine research articles assembled in this special issue. Together they explore the implications for foreign policy and international security of the forced deprivation of individuals’ freedom by state or non-state actors for ...
Karl Gustafsson, Richard J. Samuels
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