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  "title": "Reported Social Unrest Index: August 2023 Update",
  "publication": "IMF Working Papers, August 18, 2023",
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  "summary": "This paper is the second update of the Reported Social Unrest Index (Barrett et al. 2022), outlining developments in global social unrest since March 2022. It shows that the fraction of countries experiencing major social unrest events has been stable.",
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      "content": "- This paper is the second update of the Reported Social Unrest Index (Barrett et al. 2022), outlining developments in global social unrest since March 2022.\n- It shows that the fraction of countries experiencing major social unrest events has been stable.\n- Reasons for social unrest can be broadly categorized as stemming from sdebate over constitutional issues, protests connected to specific policies, and other generalized disorder."
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      "content": "- Second update of the Reported Social Unrest Index covering developments since March 2022.\n- The fraction of countries experiencing major social unrest events has been stable."
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      "content": "- Stemming from sdebate over constitutional issues.\n- Protests connected to specific policies.\n- Other generalized disorder."
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      "heading": "Subjects and keywords",
      "content": "- Subject: COVID-19, Expenditure, Financial markets, Health, Machine learning, Pension reform, Pension spending, Stock markets, Technology\n- Keywords: attempts to proxy, copyright page, COVID-19, fraction of country, Global, IMF surveillance, Machine learning, Pension reform, Pension spending, Stock markets, update of the Reported Social Unrest Index\n\nReported Social Unrest Index: August 2023 Update, IMF Working Papers 2023, 168 (2023), accessed 9/16/2026.\n\n---\n\n Content in this bundle\n\n- Working Paper\n  - Working Paper (Markdown version){rel=\"alternate\" type=\"text/markdown\"}\n  - Working Paper (PDF){rel=\"external\" type=\"application/pdf\"}\n\n---\n\nSource: https://www.imf.org/en/publications/wp/issues/2023/08/18/reported-social-unrest-index-august-2023-update-537696"
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    "Authors: Philip Barrett, Euihyun Bae",
    "Published: August 18, 2023",
    "Series: IMF Working Papers",
    "DOI: https://doi.org/10.5089/9798400252266.001",
    "This paper is the second update of the Reported Social Unrest Index (Barrett et al. 2022), outlining developments in global social unrest since March 2022.",
    "It shows that the fraction of countries experiencing major social unrest events has been stable.",
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    "The fraction of countries experiencing major social unrest events has been stable.",
    "Stemming from sdebate over constitutional issues.",
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    "Subject: COVID-19, Expenditure, Financial markets, Health, Machine learning, Pension reform, Pension spending, Stock markets, Technology",
    "Keywords: attempts to proxy, copyright page, COVID-19, fraction of country, Global, IMF surveillance, Machine learning, Pension reform, Pension spending, Stock markets, update of the Reported Social Unrest Index",
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