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Features Of Child Food Insecurity After The 2010 Haiti Earthquake: Results From A Random Survey Of Households, Royce Hutson, Eileen Trzcinski, Athena Kolbe
Features Of Child Food Insecurity After The 2010 Haiti Earthquake: Results From A Random Survey Of Households, Royce Hutson, Eileen Trzcinski, Athena Kolbe
Royce A. Hutson
Purpose: In January 2010, a 7.0 earthquake struck the island nation of Haiti resulting in the estimated deaths of 230,000 people and billions of dollars in destruction. Researchers estimated that 160,000 individuals died in Port-au-Prince alone. Recently several high profile journals have editorialized that this earthquake was not just a natural disaster and that proper prevention efforts could have reduced the casualties significantly. However, there is a paucity of research on the antecedents to victimization in natural disasters. Using a two-wave 1,500 household survey with the second wave conducted six weeks after the earthquake; this study examines the household and …
Smuggling, Border Security And International Development In Wadi Khaled, Lebanon: Results From A Random Survey Of Households, Royce Hutson, Taylor Long
Smuggling, Border Security And International Development In Wadi Khaled, Lebanon: Results From A Random Survey Of Households, Royce Hutson, Taylor Long
Royce A. Hutson
Purpose: The prevention the smuggling of drugs, guns, humans, and other criminal contraband has posed a significant challenge for many governments. The problem is even more acute in developing and underdeveloped countries. Of particular concern to international development experts is the ‘enabling environment' for smuggling that is created when communities accept smuggling behaviors as normative. Also, concern has grown that improving border security in smuggling areas may have significant negative socio-economic impacts on these communities. Using a randomized household survey conducted in a frontier region between Lebanon and Syria well-known for smuggling, this study examines factors associated with smuggling behaviors …
Survey Studies, Royce Hutson, Athena Kolbe
Testing Received Wisdom: Perceptions Of Security In Southern Lebanon, Royce Hutson, A. Kolbe, T. Haines, B. Springer, H. Shannon, I. Salamey
Testing Received Wisdom: Perceptions Of Security In Southern Lebanon, Royce Hutson, A. Kolbe, T. Haines, B. Springer, H. Shannon, I. Salamey
Royce A. Hutson
The Small Arms Survey 2009 focuses on the security challenges facing post-conflict societies.