"Assistant Professor of Political Science & International and Public Affairs at Columbia University, using field work and statistics to study poverty, political participation, the causes and consequences of violence, and policy in developing countries. The questions I’m most passionate about: Why are some societies so poor, violent and unequal? What got the richer, peaceful and equal countries to where they are today? And what to do about it today? I’m presently an adviser to the International Rescue Committee and the World Bank, and in recent years have been an adviser to the UN Peacebuilding Fund, Uganda’s Office of the Prime Minister, and Liberia’s Ministry of Internal Affairs."

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“Salwa Publishers” is an independent publishing house established in 1996 in Jordan.

It specializes in Arabic picture books for children, for ages ranging from newborns to 13 years old. Salwa Publishers has recently expanded into the digital electronic media by producing applications, ebooks, interactive CDs, DVDs, and audio books.

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