Search Results - subject:"Gangs"

Against the odds : small business strategies for managing extortion in San Salvador

Bergmann, Adrian; Bull, Benedicte; Gude, Rafael - In: Journal of illicit economies and development : JIED 6 (2024) 1, pp. 79-92

Since the mid-2000s, extortion has impacted social and economic development in El Salvador significantly. Against the grain of the extant literature, which predominantly takes for granted that extorted businesses are passive victims, we leverage business surveys and 103 interviews, primarily...

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Bad men, good roads, Jim Crow, and the economics of southern chain gangs

Bodenhorn, Howard - In: Essays in economic & business history : the journal of … 41 (2023) 2, pp. 149-170

Penology in the Jim Crow South centered on the chain gang. Gangs ostensibly served three purposes: their severity … economics of crime literature, this paper analyzes whether chain gangs reduced road maintenance costs. Using a fixed …-effects design, the analysis finds that the costs of using gangs in road maintenance were marginally lower on average than using wage …

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The social consequences of organized crime in Italy

Rolla, Pierfrancesco; Justino, Patricia - 2022

Organized crime affects security, development, and democracy worldwide, but not much is known about its social consequences. We study how exposure to the presence of organized crime groups shapes the social capital of Italian citizens, including political participation, civic engagement, and...

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The social consequences of organized crime in Italy

Rolla, Pierfrancesco; Justino, Patricia - 2022

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Characterization of Salvadoran gangs through thejournalistic chronicle

Baltazar Landeros, Edgar - In: Revista CIFE : lecturas de economía social 24 (2022) 40

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Obstacles to achieve the SDGS in El Salvador : youth policies, young gangs and NGOs: a complex analysis

Martínez Reyes, Kevin Alberto; Navarro Pérez, José Javier - In: Revista iberoamericana de estudios de desarrollo 9 (2020) 1, pp. 28-51

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Faith-based organizations, community development, and room of manoeuvre in gang controlled neighbourhoods in San Salvador

Borgh, Chris van der - In: Journal of illicit economies and development : JIED 2 (2020) 2, pp. 143-154

This paper aims to contribute to our understanding of the feasibility and effectiveness of development interventions in situations of chronic violence, paying particular attention to the capacity and room of manoeuvre of intervening organisations in contexts where illicit groups have built up a...

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Does it pay to fight crime? : evidence from the pacification of slums in Rio de Janeiro

Bellego, Christophe; Drouard, Joeffrey - 2019

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Formal employment and organized crime : regression discontinuity evidence from Colombia

Khanna, Gaurav; Medina, Carlos; Nyshadham, Anant; … - 2019

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Formal employment and organized crime : regression discontinuity evidence from Colombia

Khanna, Gaurav; Medina, Carlos; Nyshadham, Anant; … - 2019

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