World Development
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Aquaculture May Reduce Rural Poverty, Income Inequality
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Since 2014, more than half of all fish consumed by humans have been farmed rather than caught in the wild. Aquaculture — which includes the farming of not only fish, but also mollusks, shellfish, algae, seaweed and more — has grown exponentially for decades and has emerged as a major…
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Participatory Budgeting: Increasing the Power of the Taxpayer over Public Expenditures
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How effective is participatory budgeting at increasing government accountability and responsiveness in municipalities? Programs in Brazil find that allowing residents to choose preferential projects improves their social welfare and shifts constituent priorities to the forefront of public expenditures.
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Intellectual Property Rights Spur Innovation…Sometimes
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Researchers find that a universal IPR level could have a sub-optimal impact on innovation.