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Understanding the Role of Migration, Culture and Transnational Ties in Family Financial Assistance With Home Ownership

The British Journal of Sociology, EarlyView.
ABSTRACT Family financial assistance with home ownership has attracted significant scholarly attention in recent years. However, the role of culture and ethnicity, transnational ties, and migration in this practice remains significantly under‐addressed.
Julia Cook
wiley   +1 more source

Cover Crop Root Channels Promote Bacterial Adaptation to Drought in the Maize Rhizosphere. [PDF]

Glob Chang Biol
Ghosh D, Shi Y, Zimmermann IM, Holzhauser K, von Bergen M, Kaster AK, Spielvogel S, Dippold MA, Müller JA, Jehmlich N.   +9 more
europepmc   +1 more source

Pass‐Through of Cocoa Prices Along the Supply Chain: What's Left for Farmers in Côte d'Ivoire?

Journal of Agricultural Economics, EarlyView.
ABSTRACT Most cocoa farmers in Côte d'Ivoire are trapped in a cycle of poverty and farming practices that degrade the environment. This paper aims to provide an in‐depth understanding of the price formation process for cocoa at each stage of the supply chain in the world's largest cocoa‐producing country.
Kathrin Kaestner, Gunther Bensch, Colin Vance   +2 more
wiley   +1 more source

Techno-Economic Analysis and Life Cycle Assessment of Alternative Fuels for Locomotives in the U.S. Freight Rail Sector. [PDF]

Environ Sci Technol
Huang TY, Masum FH, Jiang Y, Li S, Curran SJ, Biruduganti MS, Hawkins TR.   +6 more
europepmc   +1 more source

Women's Off‐Farm Employment and Dietary Quality in Rural Africa

Journal of Agricultural Economics, EarlyView.
ABSTRACT Most households in rural Africa are involved in smallholder farming, but off‐farm employment is an important additional income source for many. Previous research has analysed links between off‐farm employment and well‐being, but mostly at the household level, not considering that household members may be affected differently.
Chrispinus Mutsami, Martin C. Parlasca, Matin Qaim   +2 more
wiley   +1 more source

Preparation and characterization of self-cured geopolymer binder using metakaolin precursor. [PDF]

Sci Rep
Khater HM, ElMoied SA.
europepmc   +1 more source

Cash Conversion Cycle and Value-Enhancing Operations: Theory and Evidence for a Free Lunch [PDF]

, 2017
Rodrigo Zeidan, Offer Moshe Shapir
openalex  

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

Global 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

Emerging insect-based aquafeed for sustainable African catfish production. [PDF]

PLoS One
Maina AN, Osuga IM, Munga LK, Munguti JM, Sevgan S, Barwani DK, Meenakshisundaram M, Mboya JB, Bourou S, Zachariadi A, Zachariadis V, Yossa R, Beesigamukama D, Ochieng BO, Yusuf AA, Chia SY, Liti DM, Tanga CM.   +17 more
europepmc   +1 more source

Iron Ore Pricing in China: Financialization Through a Marxist Lens

Abacus, EarlyView.
We offer a Marxist interpretation of financialization as we examine the Chinese market for iron ore and the shift in the pricing mechanism from an annual fixed price to an indexed price from 2010. Drawing upon Marx's theory of the circuit of capital, we illustrate an empirical case of financialization that results from the conflict between social ...
Xun Gong, Eagle Zhang, Corinne Cortese
wiley   +1 more source