Sentence examples for perverse effects from from inspiring English sources

"Countries with a history of conflict have perverse effects from mineral wealth -- more war, more corruption, less democracy and more inequality," said Terry Lynn Karl, a political science professor at Stanford and the author of "The Paradox of Plenty," which shows how the populations of poor countries like Nigeria often get poorer after oil is discovered and a tiny elite benefits.

But beware perverse effects, even from good roads: firms may relocate away from depressed regions if they can ship their goods in more easily.In the end it is national policies, especially in the areas of taxation and labour law, which determine a country's attractiveness to investment.

Many authors such as McIntyre et al.[ 2] and Storeng et al.[ 30] report on perverse effects of borrowing from money lenders to pay for health care related costs but do not mention interest rates associated with such loans.

The Environmental Protection Agency said the changes, to what is called the New Source Review program, would eliminate "perverse" effects that kept antiquated plants from being modernized.

The rapacious habits of fishermen and perverse effects of the subsidies some extract from governments are well known.

A sunset that goes sharply from day to night may have perverse effects.

But disclosure can have perverse effects.

But they have had some perverse effects.

This supposedly temporary measure has perverse effects.

The disordered desire for money cannot but produce perverse effects.

Litigation driven by individuals often produces perverse effects.