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Beyond the Ban—Shedding Light on Smallholders' Price Vulnerability in Indonesia's Palm Oil Industry

Applied Economic Perspectives and Policy, EarlyView.
ABSTRACT The Indonesian government imposed a palm oil export ban in April 2022 to address rising cooking oil prices. This study explores oil palm smallholders' vulnerability to the policy using descriptive statistics, Lasso, and post‐Lasso OLS regressions.
Charlotte‐Elena Reich, Tim Ölkers, Vanessa Bonke, Oliver Musshoff   +3 more
wiley   +1 more source

Conceptualising quality early childhood education: Learning from young children in Brazil and South Africa through creative and play‐based methods

British Educational Research Journal, EarlyView., 2023
Abstract Early childhood has increasingly been acknowledged as a vital time for all children. Inclusive and quality education is part of the United Nations Sustainable Development Goals, with the further specification that all children have access to quality pre‐primary education.
Laura H. V. Wright, Irene Rizzini, Malibongwe Gwele, Lynn McNair, Cristina Laclette Porto, Marsha Orgill, E. Kay M. Tisdall, Malcolm Bush, Linda Biersteker   +8 more
wiley   +1 more source

Field diagnosis of the criteria for selecting affordable housing in less developed countries: evidence from homeowners and renters in Ghana [PDF]

Urbanization, Sustainability and Society
Purpose – In the Global North, affordable housing has evolved and thrived, and it is now gaining traction in the Global South, where governments have been vocal supporters of the concept.
Eric Kwame Simpeh, Matilda Akoto, Henry Mensah, Divine Kwaku Ahadzie, Daniel Yaw Addai Duah, Nonic Akwasi Reney   +5 more
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U.S. Consumer Preferences for Cage‐Free Eggs and Hen Housing Policies

Agribusiness, EarlyView.
ABSTRACT Farm animal welfare (FAW) continues to be a divisive issue in the egg industry. In the United States, 10 states and most major retailers have implemented policies or voluntary pledges to transition to 100% cage‐free egg sales. We use best‐worst scaling and discrete choice experiments to evaluate U.S.
Vincenzina Caputo, Aaron J. Staples, Jayson L. Lusk, Glynn T. Tonsor   +3 more
wiley   +1 more source

China’s New Housing Security Model: Evaluation of the Job–Housing Balance in Affordable Rental Housing, Shanghai

Land
The Chinese government’s recent low-income housing scheme aims to tackle housing challenges faced by the urban floating population. A notable shift in this initiative is the focus on the job–housing balance.
Peihong Wang, Kerun Li, Wenbing Zhang
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Commentary [PDF]

This paper was presented at the conference "Policies to Promote Affordable Housing," cosponsored by the Federal Reserve Bank of New York and New York University's Furman Center for Real Estate and Urban Policy, February 7, 2002. It was part of Session 2:
Jack Goodman
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Confronting California's Rent and Poverty Crisis: A Call for State Reinvestment in Affordable Homes [PDF]

, 2016
Too many California families are falling into poverty because of high housing costs. The California Housing Partnership calls on state leaders to take direct, immediate action to reinvest in affordable homes in California.

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Video and Text‐Based Supplemental Health Information and Consumer Willingness to Pay for Nutrient‐Enhanced Eggs

Agribusiness, EarlyView.
ABSTRACT Nutritional information is very important in the food choices of consumers. However, when they are too scientific or technical, they have the potential to confuse consumers, resulting in information asymmetry and dissuading them from making beneficial choices.
Edeoba W. Edobor, Michael J. Best, Anita R. Best, Ondulla T. Toomer   +3 more
wiley   +1 more source

Educational Rights of Homeless Children: Creating a Model Program in Illinois [PDF]

, 2000
The lack of affordable, permanent housing forces many families to move frequently and results in many children changing schools repeatedly. Such mobility has a devastating impact on the educational opportunities of children experiencing a housing ...
Patricia Nix-Hodes, Rene Heybach
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AI Powered Biobanks From Static Archives to Dynamic Discovery Engines

Advanced Intelligent Discovery, EarlyView.
Large language models (LLMs) provide a potential framework for transforming biobanks from static data repositories into intelligent discovery engines. By enabling unified representation and analysis of multimodal biomedical data, LLM‐based systems facilitate dynamic risk prediction, biomarker identification, and mechanistic interpretation, thereby ...
Wenzhen Yin, Yutian Feng, Wenrui Ma, Yuxin Su, Li Min, Juan Liu   +5 more
wiley   +1 more source