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Societal consequences of IPS implementation in Norway 2012-2019: study protocol for the IPSRON effectiveness study. [PDF]

open access: yesBMJ Open
Mykletun A   +9 more
europepmc   +1 more source

Not‐so‐Freeway: A Relational Approach to Checkpoints and Conflict in Northeast India

open access: yesDevelopment and Change, EarlyView.
ABSTRACT Along arterial roads in northeast India, bordering Myanmar, various armed groups and state actors collect ‘taxes’ at checkpoints. These checkpoints are sites of interaction where the power dynamics between armed groups, state officials and civilians are constantly negotiated, embedded in a larger network of social and political relationships ...
Shalaka Thakur
wiley   +1 more source

Beyond the Rebel ‘Territorial Trap’: Governing Armed Sovereign Formations in Eastern Myanmar

open access: yesDevelopment and Change, EarlyView.
ABSTRACT Territorial control is a central concept in the study of civil wars and rebel governance. However, scholars often fall into a ‘territorial trap’, assuming that territorial control is either an outcome of or a precondition for armed governance. Based on immersive fieldwork in eastern Myanmar, this article traces how different spatial orderings ...
Tony Neil, Saw Day Chit Htoo
wiley   +1 more source

The Politics of Passage: Studying Checkpoints and Claim Making in Conflict‐affected Settings

open access: yesDevelopment and Change, EarlyView.
ABSTRACT Roadblocks, or checkpoints, are obligatory passage points that are erected by entities claiming authority over a given crossing. They are often the most common everyday interface between civilians and armed actors in conflict‐affected contexts, but are overlooked in studies on either trade or authority amidst conflict.
Peer Schouten   +4 more
wiley   +1 more source

Trade-off between crime and tax evasion

open access: yesTrade-off between crime and tax evasion
application/pdf Bulletin of University of Osaka Prefecture. Ser. D, Economics, business administration and law.
openaire  

What's the worth of a promise? Evaluating the long‐term effects of a programme to reduce early marriage in India

open access: yesEconomica, EarlyView.
Abstract This paper examines the long‐term effects of ‘Apni Beti Apna Dhan’ (ABAD), a unique conditional cash transfer programme implemented in the north Indian state of Haryana from 1994 to 1998. The programme provided bonds to female beneficiaries at birth, redeemable on attaining 18 years of age, if they remained unmarried. In particular, we examine
Shreya Biswas, Upasak Das
wiley   +1 more source

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