Building blocks of economic complexity
2009 study in PNAS on diversity in developing economies and corresponding potential for growth, based on products produced and their global context.
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Global senior executives’ perceptions of the role of the firm in society
2011 study in the Socio-Economic Review on the attitudes of senior executives about corporate social responsibility.
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Trends in daily solar radiation and precipitation coefficients of variation since 1984
2011 study in the online journal of the American Meteorological Society on long-term trends in the variability of sunshine and precipitation.
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Global shift in the social relationships of networked individuals: Meeting and dating online comes of age
2011 study by University of Oxford on global online dating practices, focusing on how the couples met, how they communicate, and the role of the Internet in their daily lives.
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United Nations 2011 global study on homicide
2011 U.N. report on rates of homicide per capita in 207 countries based on data from the World Health Organization, the Global Burden of Injuries Project; and other sources.
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After unipolarity: China’s visions of international order in an era of U.S. decline
2011 report from the Belfer Center for Science and International Affairs at the Harvard Kennedy School on China’s rise to power and its implications.
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Global model for forecasting political instability
2010 study in American Journal of Political Science on factors that may predict state conflict, collapse.
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Globalization, structural change and productivity growth
2011 Tufts and Harvard Kennedy School study on structural changes within the labor sector of developing countries and whether they promote economic growth.
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Pentagon Papers: Report of the Office of the Secretary of Defense Vietnam Task Force
Complete and unredacted release of the Pentagon Papers by the U.S. National Archives, including all supporting documentation and an account of the Vietnam peace negotiations.
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Growing income inequality in OECD countries
2011 report from the Organisation for Economic Co-operation and Development on widening income inequalities among its member countries worldwide.
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