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A Framework for Understanding and Evaluating Localization: The Case of HelpAge International
Public Administration and Development, EarlyView.ABSTRACT Many transnational non‐governmental organizations (TNGOs) are reevaluating their organizational forms and norms as they pursue localization. Localization itself is a contested and multifaceted concept, however, complicating the design, implementation, and evaluation of localization efforts.
Hans Peter Schmitz, George E. Mitchell
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Miscellaneous Letters on Burma, 1755-1760, I, edited by Alexander Dalrymple and re-edited by Michael W. Charney [PDF]
, 2005 These letters, and in cases extracts of letters, were reproduced by Alexander Dalrymple in 1808, published in London under the title Oriental Repertory, by William Ballintine for the East India Company. Relevant portions of Dalrymple’s commentary to some
Charney, Michael W. +1 more
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Explaining Myanmar's Regime Transition: The Periphery is Central [PDF]
, 2014 In 2010, Myanmar (Burma) held its first elections after 22 years of direct military rule. Few compelling explanations for this regime transition have emerged.
Brooker Paul +27 more
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People and Nature, EarlyView.Abstract Reciprocal relationships between fishers and marine life have been documented in Indigenous fishing contexts, but there are few case studies that describe the mechanisms of such relationships, and even fewer that explore other contexts, such as that of artisanal fishers in Latin American countries.
Jaime Ojeda +5 more
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A New Dynamical Index for India-Burma Trough
Advances in Meteorology, 2018 Based on the vertical velocity field of reanalysis datasets, this study defines a new dynamical index for the India-Burma trough and supports this index’s advantages by analyzing reanalysis and observational datasets.
Kui Liu +3 more
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Highly localised traditional knowledge of Mien medicinal plants in Chiang Rai, Thailand
People and Nature, EarlyView.Abstract The Mien ethnic people have migrated from China to Thailand over centuries and traditionally settled in remote areas of northern Thailand. They relied extensively on the local ecosystem for construction, food, fodder, and medicine. There are only a few studies of Mien traditional knowledge in China and Nan, Thailand.
Methee Phumthum +3 more
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Aung San Suu Kyi and U.S. Policy toward Burma/Myanmar
Journal of Current Southeast Asian Affairs, 2010 No living foreigner has shaped contemporary U.S. attitudes toward a single country more than Aung San Suu Kyi. As the seemingly vulnerable international avatar of democracy, she has effectively determined the parameters of possible U.S.
David I. Steinberg
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W(h)ither \u3ci\u3eZschernig\u3c/i\u3e? [PDF]
, 2001 The author argues here that a declaration of victory by the critics of the dormant foreign affairs doctrine would be premature. Notwithstanding the Court\u27s citation of Ashwander v.
Vázquez, Carlos Manuel
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, 2002 Amber from Kachin, northern Burma, has been used in China for at least a millennium for carving decorative objects, but the only scientific collection of inclusion fossils, at the Natural History Museum, London (NHML), was made approximately 90 years ago.
D. Grimaldi +2 more
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