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Protestantism and Human Capital in Guatemala and the Republic of Korea
(2013)
Protestant missions from the United States entered the Republic of Korea and Guatemala at the same time (1884 and 1882, respectively). Yet, their impact on human capital has been divergent. The analysis presented in this ...
The socioeconomic drivers of China’s primary PM 2.5 emissions
(IOP Publishing, 2014)
Primary PM2.5 emissions contributed significantly to poor air quality in China. We present an interdisciplinary study to measure the magnitudes of socioeconomic factors in driving primary PM2.5 emission changes ...
Developing Managers and Leaders: Experiences and Lessons from International NGOs
(Hauser Center for Nonprofit Organizations, John F. Kennedy School of Government, Harvard University, 2011)
This paper explores the context, practice and lessons related to management and leadership development in a handful of large international NGOs (INGOs) focused on humanitarian and development efforts. The paper is based ...
Climate change may alter human physical activity patterns
(Springer Nature, 2017)
Regular physical activity supports healthy human functioning1,2,3. Might climate change—by modifying the environmental determinants of human physical activity—alter exercise rates in the future4? Here we conduct an ...
Seven Lessons of the Cuban Missile Crisis for the Karabakh Conflict
(Belfor Center for Science and International Affairs, Harvard Kennedy School, 2012)
This paper will explore which lessons of the 1962 Cuban missile crisis Armenian and Azeri leaders should consider institutionalizing if they wish to prevent reheating of their conflict over Nagorny Karabakh into a war. ...
When Law Migrates: Refugees in Comparative International Law
(2014)
The current European migration crisis has been playing out worldwide. As record numbers of migrants have fled their countries in recent years, wealthier states have had an increasing interest in restricting their borders ...
Displaced: Why We Need New International Law to Protect Refugees, Displaced People, and Human Rights
(2015)
How can international law protect both international security and the human rights of displaced people? Existing international law protects only displaced refugees: those who flee persecution on the basis of religion, race, ...
The Emergency Framing of Solar Geoengineering: Time for a Different Approach
(SAGE Publications, 2015)
Solar geoengineering has been proposed as a possible response measure in the event of a "climate emergency." Scientific evidence for climate emergencies in the form of tipping points, however, is contested and unsettled. ...
Displaced: A Proposal for International Law to Protect Refugees, Migrants, and States
(Berkeley Law Scholarship Repository, 2016)
How can international law better protect both international security and the human rights of people fleeing violence? International refugee law protects only the refugees: those fleeing across borders due to a well-founded ...
Designing Procedural Mechanisms for the Governance of Solar Radiation Management Field Experiments: Workshop Report
(Centre for International Governance Innovation, 2015)
The unexpected ocean fertilization experiment off the west coast of Canada in 2012 highlights the reality that non-governmental actors can already initiate small- to medium-scale environmental experiments and solar radiation ...