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Between Sustainable Development, Financialisation and Sovereign Debt Crisis: The Case of Blue Finance as Yet Another Iteration of the Washington Consensus

open access: yesGlobal Policy, EarlyView.
ABSTRACT As far as international economic law (IEL) is concerned, the ‘Washington Consensus’ generally refers to the World Bank and the International Monetary Fund (IMF)'s development finance policies and tools. It covers their application to their clients and borrowers with the support of Western governments. This acceptation is of particular interest
Leïla Choukroune
wiley   +1 more source

Competition Policy Reform in Agriculture: A Comparison of the BRICs Countries [PDF]

open access: yes
This paper forms part of a project titled ‘Facilitating Efficient Agricultural Markets in India: An Assessment of Competition and Regulatory Reform Requirements funded by the Australian Centre for International Agricultural Research (ACIAR).
Chadha, R.   +2 more
core   +1 more source

South Africa: The Ambiguities of a Middle Power

open access: yesGlobal Policy, EarlyView.
ABSTRACT South Africa represents an interesting species of a middle power. This derives from its inherited economic muscle as Africa's powerhouse and the liberation struggle against apartheid, both of which have shaped its democratic transition. The traditions of liberation and democracy, in turn, have profoundly influenced how South Africa has ...
Garth L. le Pere
wiley   +1 more source

Collective identity and the coalescence of an expert occupational community: The case of the Canadian tax profession

open access: yesContemporary Accounting Research, EarlyView.
Abstract Although the community of tax professionals is a key actor in the tax realm, its nature continues to remain elusive in many countries. Using a qualitatively driven mixed‐methods approach that integrates the insights obtained from in‐depth interviews and the results of a survey of practitioners, we examine the Canadian tax field.
Till‐Arne Hahn, Darlene Himick
wiley   +1 more source

Social cognition in Korsakoff's syndrome: A meta‐analysis

open access: yesAddiction, EarlyView.
Abstract Background and aims Korsakoff's syndrome is an alcohol‐related neurocognitive disorder characterized by episodic memory impairments, apathy, confabulations and poor illness‐insight. This meta‐analysis aimed to estimate mean effect sizes of performance in social cognition in people with Korsakoff's syndrome (KS) compared with controls. Method A
Kyra Wijnen   +4 more
wiley   +1 more source

Climate Change Mitigation Strategies in Fast-Growing Countries: The Benefits of Early Action [PDF]

open access: yes
This paper builds on the assumption that OECD countries are (or will soon be) taking actions to reduce their greenhouse gas emissions. These actions, however, will not be sufficient to control global warming, unless developing countries also get involved
Carlo Carraro   +2 more
core  

Validation of the prognosis model SIMAGRIO‐W to predict larval activity in top soil layers for Agriotes larvae in eastern Austria Validierung des Prognosemodells SIMAGRIO‐W zur Vorhersage der Aktivität von Agriotes‐Larven in den obersten Bodenschichten in Ostösterreich

open access: yesAgricultural and Forest Entomology, EarlyView.
Wireworms migrate within the soil column depending on the temperature and moisture content of the soil. SIMAGRIO‐W model accuracy comparison between Germany and Austria. Different temperature preferences highlight the need for species‐specific modelling.
Katharina Wechselberger   +9 more
wiley   +1 more source

El BRIC, el BRICS y México

open access: yes, 2011
"El BRIC, el BRICS y México cuenta dos historias paralelas: la imaginativa construcción mercadológica de Goldman Sachs -la famosa e infame corporación de servicios financieros- y la integración de un novísimo organismo intergubernamental, integrado por cinco economías emergentes de creciente dimensión e influencia en la economía mundial.
openaire   +1 more source

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