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From Empire to Aid: Analysing Persistence of Colonial Legacies in Foreign Aid to Africa

open access: yesJournal of International Development, EarlyView.
ABSTRACT For decades now, Western development agencies and donors have been castigated for their colonial biases in providing aid to Africa. It is well established that donors provide considerably more foreign aid to their former colonies relative to other countries.
Swetha Ramachandran
wiley   +1 more source

Flows of educational knowledge. The space-time of Portuguese speaking countries [PDF]

open access: yes, 2002
Carvalho, Luís Miguel   +4 more
core  

The Brazilian development in the nineties - myths, circles, and structures [PDF]

open access: yes
The article argues that theories of economic development are metaphors which have a strong mythical content, albeit unacknowledged by social scientists.
Fabio Stefano Erber
core  

Sunshine Duration in Brazil From Meteosat (1983–2020): Climatology, Variability and Long‐Term Trends

open access: yesInternational Journal of Climatology, EarlyView.
Using nearly four decades of Meteosat satellite data (1983–2020), this study presents a country‐wide climatology of sunshine duration (SDU) in Brazil. The results reveal marked regional contrasts, dominant modes of variability, and significant long‐term trends, providing new information on the most relevant meteorological systems that influence SDU and
Maria Lívia Lins Mattos Gava   +2 more
wiley   +1 more source

The Rebel Body: The Subversive Meanings of Illness. [PDF]

open access: yesCult Med Psychiatry
Scheper-Hughes N   +2 more
europepmc   +1 more source

The regulatory frameworks surrounding CRISPR‐edited papaya and their impact on international commerce

open access: yesJournal of the Science of Food and Agriculture, EarlyView.
Abstract The papaya tree (Carica papaya L.), native to the Americas, is cultivated in tropical regions and holds substantial economic importance, with an estimated export volume of 365 000 t in 2023. However, diseases caused by viruses, fungi, bacteria, and nematodes can lead to severe losses.
Luíza Favaratto   +7 more
wiley   +1 more source

The dialectics of trauma and political conscientization: A psychosocial study of activism for supporting sexual and gender minoritized communities in Brazil

open access: yesJournal of Traumatic Stress, EarlyView.
Abstract This qualitative study examined the dialectical association between psychosocial trauma and political conscientization in the lives of activists advocating for persons with marginalized sexual orientations and gender identities (2SLGBTQIA+) in São José dos Campos, Brazil.
Gab C. Siqueira   +2 more
wiley   +1 more source

Building a health system resilience framework: national, state, regional, and local perspectives. [PDF]

open access: yesLancet Reg Health Am
Paschoalotto MAC   +4 more
europepmc   +1 more source

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