Mintewab Bezabih

Abstract The Agreement Under the United Nations Convention on the Law of the Sea on the Conservation and Sustainable Use of Marine Biological Diversity of Areas Beyond National Jurisdiction (BBNJ agreement) established a historic legal framework for conserving and sustainably using marine biological diversity in areas beyond national jurisdiction. However, translating this framework into implementation hinges critically on adequate financing, particularly for developing States Parties.

How large is the premium to attractiveness in politics? Previous work on the “beauty premium in politics” has shown that more attractive politicians are more successful in elections (e.g., Rosar et al., 2008; Leigh and Susilo, 2009; King and Leigh, 2009; Rosar, 2009; Berggren et al., 2010, Berggren et al., 2017; Potrafke et al., 2020). Being attractive may also open up opportunities once being elected into office.

This is an early access version, the complete PDF, HTML, and XML versions will be available soon. Open AccessArticle by Abyiot Teklu 1,*, Belay Simane 1 and Mintewab Bezabih 2 1 College of Development Studies, Addis Ababa University, Addis Ababa 1176, Ethiopia 2 Ethiopian Policy Studies Institute, Addis Ababa 2479, Ethiopia * Author to whom correspondence should be addressed.