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Cash, Credit, or Kin? Financing Pathways and the Uneven Sustainability of Off‐Grid Solar Electrification in Tanzania and Malawi

Sustainable Development, EarlyView.
ABSTRACT Solar home systems (SHSs) are celebrated as a technological antidote to sub–Saharan Africa's chronic electricity deficits, yet the financial and social mechanisms that move them from warehouse to household remain underexplored. Drawing on 157 interviews with SHS owners in Tanzania and Malawi, this study examines the financial pathways used to ...
Nathanael Ojong, Annelise Gill‐Wiehl, Eyram Agbe   +2 more
wiley   +1 more source

Impact of Personality Trait of Agreeableness on Oral Parafunctional Habits

, 2023
Ruhab Afsar, Laiba Shoaib, Arslan Haider, Samra Liaqat, Hira Butt, Nauman Rauf Khan, Maria Jabbar   +6 more
openalex   +2 more sources

A Systematic Scoping Review of Biogas as an Instrumental Technology for a Circular Economy and a Way Forward to Ensure Sustainable Development in the Context of Global South Nations

Sustainable Development, EarlyView.
ABSTRACT Sustainable development (SD) was introduced in 1987 by the Brundtland Commission report. This leads to the induction of the circular economy (CE). Within these two frameworks, biogas technology plays a crucial role in facilitating the transformation of organic waste into energy and organic fertilizer without producing non‐recyclable waste ...
Tewodros Tarekegn Lapiso, Hynek Roubík
wiley   +1 more source

The Returns to Cognitive Abilities and Personality Traits in Germany [PDF]

We provide the first joint evidence on the relationship between individuals' cognitive abilities, their personality and earnings for Germany. Using data from the German Socio-Economic Panel Study, we employ scores from an ultra-short IQ-test and a set of
Guido Heineck, Silke Anger
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Workplace bullies, not their victims, score high on the Dark Triad and Extraversion, and low on Agreeableness and Honesty-Humility

, 2019
Anna Maria Dåderman, Carina Ragnestål-Impola   +1 more
openalex   +1 more source

Towards a Sustainable Future: Addressing Climate Change and Promoting Sustainable Development

Sustainable Development, EarlyView.
ABSTRACT This study aims to analyze policy research and global agreements on the decarbonization of economic development. Climate change and economic development are separate and equal, and strategies should separate responsibility from action. This will be required beyond the Kyoto and Paris agreements.
Woo‐Sik Sohn
wiley   +1 more source

Agreeableness Trait as one Predictor to Learning Outcome for Children Aged from 2-11 years old

, 2019
Xin Liu, Zhihong Hu
openalex   +1 more source

The Socio‐Cultural and Spiritual Dimensions on Non‐Marketed Environmental Valuation

Sustainable Development, EarlyView.
ABSTRACT The present review aims to strengthen both the theoretical foundation and real‐world relevance of environmental valuation methods, especially in regions marked by cultural diversity or spiritual significance. Its goal is to explore how embracing socio‐cultural pluralism can support more inclusive, meaningful, and accepted environmental ...
George E. Halkos, Panagiotis‐Stavros C. Aslanidis   +1 more
wiley   +1 more source

The mediating role of the big five personality traits in the relationship between self-efficacy and depressive symptoms among Chinese university students. [PDF]

Front Psychiatry
Yang Y, Mou Z, Zhang L, Ma S, Zhao Z.
europepmc   +1 more source

Beyond Supply and Demand: The Moral Economy of Price Formation in Slab City

Economic Anthropology, EarlyView.
ABSTRACT This article investigates the unique economic practices of Slab City, California, an off‐grid community that rejects mainstream US values. Despite operating within the broader US economic system, Slab City residents have developed alternative forms of exchange, using cigarettes and cannabis alongside US dollars.
Bailey C. Hauswurz
wiley   +1 more source