Despite increasing evidence about the value and importance of breastfeeding, less than half
of the world's infants and young children (aged 0–36 months) are breastfed as …

In many parts of the world, people live in “dual polities”: they are governed by the state and
organize collective decision making within their ethnic community according to traditional …

Contemporary writing on North African borderlands invokes the idea of a general,
unregulated porosity through which small-scale informal traders of food or textiles move …

Does the political empowerment of women increase human development? Using equality of
access to schooling and health as indicators of pro-poor development policy and objective …

This paper examines the role of institutional factors, primarily, political stability, in shaping
the dynamics of innovation activity in today's modern society. Using panel data consisting of …

Background This paper uses the framework of institutional economics to assess the impact
of formal and informal institutions that influence the transaction costs on the cannabis …

Religion, Peacebuilding, and Social Cohesion in Conflict-affected Countries Page 1 Religion,
Peacebuilding, and Social Cohesion in Conflict-affected Countries Research Report Authors …

Abstract In the Colombian Andes, peasants have co-evolved with their environment for
centuries, but it is uncertain whether traditional informal institutions and natural models are …

Taking a livelihood perspective to study tourism has become popular in recent years, but as
an essential part of livelihood analysis, institutional processes have not yet received enough …

Can informal'traditional'institutions help to build more legitimate, accountable and efficient
states and governance? This article aims to contribute to that emerging discussion by …