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Does foreign aid reduce income inequality in developing countries?
Ho Chi Minh City Open University Journal of Science - Economics and Business AdministrationIncome inequality has become an increasingly pressing concern within developing economies. Foreign aid, a crucial source of financial assistance, plays a significant role in bridging the wealth gap in these nations.
Bon Van Nguyen +5 more
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Toponymic commodification and the neoliberal city
Domínios de Lingu@gem, 2021 After being practiced for nearly three decades in the city of São Paulo for privately-owned venues such as cinemas, theaters and, more recently, sports stadiums, the sale of naming rights is being applied to state-owned spaces: in April 2020, the ...
Martin Jayo, Adriana Tavares Lima
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Foreign ownership and national governance quality affect liquidity risk – case in Vietnam
Cogent Business & Management, 2023 The paper aim to examine the impact of foreign ownership and national governance quality on liquidity risk in Vietnam’s listed commercial banks from 2010 to 2021, covering the COVID-19 outbreak. Using the two-step generalized method of moments regression
Pham Tien Dat, Kim Quoc Trung Nguyen
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Ho Chi Minh City Open University Journal of Science - Social SciencesThis paper quantitatively predicts the factors that impact English as a Foreign Language (EFL) students’ Writing Competence (WC), examining the multiple-level effects of three independent constructs (Environmental Factors [EF], Personal Beliefs [BL ...
Phe Quang Chu +2 more
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PS-InSAR Analysis of Precursory Deformation Before the September 2018 Naga Landslide, Philippines [PDF]
The International Archives of the Photogrammetry, Remote Sensing and Spatial Information SciencesPersistent Scatterer Interferometry (PSI) has become a crucial remote sensing tool over the past decade for detecting and monitoring ground instabilities across various fields, including infrastructure development, geological hazards, and mining ...
J. B. E. Ricofuerto, N. A. S. Veracruz
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The market for wired city services [PDF]
ACM SIGCAS Computers and Society, 1979 This paper attempts to develop estimates of the amount and pattern of home use that might ensue if home information/computer systems were introduced into the contemporary social system. This discussion is not intended to have technological orientation. The services described are possible, and exist, on a small scale. The problems involved in building a
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Advances in Sustainable and Wearable Textile Based Soft Robotics
Advanced Functional Materials, EarlyView.This Review examines advances in wearable textile‐based soft robotics, focusing on sustainable materials, integrated sensing, and scalable actuation. It discusses manufacturing and system integration across healthcare, assistive robotics, prosthetics, and human–machine interfaces, and highlights key challenges in circular design, including life‐cycle ...
Zahir Abbas +6 more
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Factors affecting supply chain efficiency in commercial banks’ operations – Case in Vietnam
Cogent Business & Management, 2023 The paper aims to estimate factors affecting supply chain efficiency in commercial banks’ operations in Vietnam. To achieve this objective, the study uses structural equation modeling (SEM) to define the determinants of supply chain efficiency in ...
Kim Quoc Trung Nguyen, Hang Minh Nguyen
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Global Cities as Market Civilisation [PDF]
Global Society, 2019 Building upon interdisciplinary efforts to understand the origins, logic and significance of global cities, this article argues that global cities should be seen as a critical component and outcome...
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Bacterial Cellulose‐Based Bilayer Passive Cooler for High‐Performance Radiative/Evaporative Cooling
Advanced Functional Materials, EarlyView.A sustainable bilayer passive cooler based on bacterial cellulose integrates radiative and evaporative cooling for efficient zero‐energy temperature reduction. The scalable, low‐carbon material shows strong potential for food preservation, low‐temperature storage, and cold‐chain logistics.
Yibing Zhang +6 more
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