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Value for money? Vote-buying and politician accountability by Leight, Jessica, Foarta, Dana, Pande, Rohini, Ralston, Laura

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How do UK politicians respond to the climate emergency? by Wojcik, Alice

“…Environmental issues are being discussed more openly and directly within society. But how do politicians respond to the climate emergency? How do they communicate their political promises to the public on such a complex and multifaceted issue? …”
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Do wealthy politicians underreport their income? Evidence from general election data by Ray, Soumyajit, Singh, Ram

“…In this article, we use a new and unique source of information to examine the income reporting behaviour of politicians from across a wide range of wealth spectrums. …”
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Who is responsible for the shift to a more sustainable society? : how politicians view responsibility and accountability for environmental problems by Larson, Rebecca

“…Lately, an increased demand that politicians need to act stronger and faster in the fight against climate change has been heard from the public. …”

Why should it matter what commodity is the source of agricultural profits? Dairy development in India by Alderman, Harold

“…In 1896, an obscure out-of-office politician rose to prominence and the Democratic presidential nomination on the basis of a rousing speech condemning the gold standard. …”
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An experimental inquiry into the effect of yardstick competition on corruption by Viceisza, Angelino

“…The results reveal that on the incumbent's side, yardstick competition acts as a corruption-taming mechanism only if the incumbent politician is female. On the voter's side, voters focus on the difference between the tax rate in their own jurisdiction versus that in another jurisdiction. …”
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MANA: improving food and nutrition security in Antioquia, Colombia by Garrett, James

“…The Food and Nutrition Improvement Plan of Antioquia (Plan de Mejoramiento Alimentario y Nutricional de Antioquia, or MANA) began in 2001 as an outgrowth of one Colombian politician's passion to reduce child mortality from malnutrition. …”
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Taxing informality: Compliance and preferences in urban Zambia by Resnick, Danielle

“…A vote choice experiment further reveals that regardless of market type, those who pay taxes are more likely to favour a politician interested in improving market services rather than one campaigning to improve the city’s schools and health clinics. …”
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The political economy of Zambia’s recovery: Structural change without transformation? by Resnick, Danielle, Thurlow, James

“…In addition, the veteran politician Michael Sata, who led the opposition Patriotic Front (PF) until he was elected president in 2011, repeatedly argued that the country had experienced rising unemployment and inequality under the tenure of Movement for Multiparty Democracy (MMD). …”
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Processen kring skapandet av Uppsala kommuns översiktsplan 2010-2014 och hur medborgarnas åsikter tas till vara i planen by Nasiripour, Negin

“…The interviewees consist of an official, a politician and two landowners (a couple) who have had a collaboration with the municipality of Uppsala concerning a sale of their land.…”
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Vad är en sinnesträdgård? by Andresen, Tanja Charlotte Baast, Larsson, Victoria

“…According to our six informants - a politician, a project manager, two landscape architects and scientists, and two occupational therapists, the concept has not yet been defined. …”
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När man gör som man bör : en studie om medborgardialog som styrmedel by Heldmark, Lina

Medborgardialog och delaktighet i Områdesprogram Lindängen : en studie av programmets policy för involvering av (invandrar-)boende i Lindängen by Farzin Saba, Nafiseh

“…I conducted literature reviews and oral interviews with three civil servants, an architect, a politician and thirteen residents in the Lindängen in order to be able to answer the questions stated earlier in this study. …”

Balancing politics, economics and conservation: the case of the Cameroon forestry law reform by Ekoko, F.

“…The formulation of Cameroon's 1994 Forestry Law was influenced by the World Bank, the Government of Cameroon and French politicians, as well as by logging companies and individual Cameroonian politicians. …”
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The Italo-African Institute by Technical Centre for Agricultural and Rural Cooperation

“…The Italo-African Institute was created at the initiative of a group of politicians and scholars at the beginning of this century. …”
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Caribbean governments defend their banana growers by Technical Centre for Agricultural and Rural Cooperation

“…Banana producers elsewhere in the world are questioning the competitiveness of the Caribbean banana industry; and they do not all welcome the favourable terms of trade being offered to the Caribbean producers. How are the politicians responding? In...…”
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Satsning på biobränsle i Uganda och Kenya - möjlighet eller risk by Ekdahl, Jan

“…Researchers, economists, politicians and the agricultural sector has different opinions if growing crops for energy- and biofuel production can coexist or not with food production. …”
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Improved marketing for the Third World by Technical Centre for Agricultural and Rural Cooperation

“…A new service has been created to provide companies, investors and politicians with the latest information on new products and processes, promising research and market trends. …”
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Grains of truth 1 by Technical Centre for Agricultural and Rural Cooperation

“…Grains of truth The world has listened to several years of acrimonious and zealous debate about genetically modified organisms (GMOs) inwhich some politicians, scientists, consumers and corporations have done little justice to truth or to...…”
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What a way to go! by Technical Centre for Agricultural and Rural Cooperation

“…Or is it a blessed alternative, as many southern politicians, rather more privately, actually believe? …”
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