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Economías inflamables en tiempos de COVID-19: La reventa de gasolina en la frontera de Venezuela-Brasil. [PDF]
J Lat Am Caribb Anthropol, 2022 Resumen La reventa de gasolina brasilera en la frontera Venezuela–Brasil es un acontecimiento emergente que facilita el entendimiento sociopolítico nuevo de las estrategias de sobrevivencia locales más allá de la resiliencia social e informalidad en tiempos de crisis.
Morillo Ramos M, van Roekel E.
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Do tax policies discriminate against female traders? A gender framework to study informal marketplaces in Nigeria. [PDF]
Poverty Public Policy, 2022 Abstract Scholars have long debated formalizing the informal sector through taxation, but how do these processes affect gender inequalities? Our study in Nigerian markets contributes a gender framework to the equitable taxation literature on formalization.
Akpan I, Cascant-Sempere MJ.
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Risk, Hazards &Crisis in Public Policy, Volume 14, Issue 4, Page 297-320, December 2023., 2023 Abstract Urban marketplace fires in Ghana are chronic, devasting in economic losses and disproportionately impacting informal sector workers. Yet, the scholarly works on urban disasters have focused on hydrometeorological and other man‐made disasters to the neglect of marketplace fires, particularly the challenges in risk communication between ...
Matthew Abunyewah +5 more
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The dark web trades wildlife, but mostly for use as drugs
People and Nature, Volume 5, Issue 3, Page 999-1009, June 2023., 2023 Abstract Contemporary wildlife trade is massively facilitated by the Internet. By design, the dark web is one layer of the Internet that is difficult to monitor and continues to lack thorough investigation. Here, we accessed a comprehensive database of dark web marketplaces to search across c. 2 million dark web advertisements over 5 years using c. 7 k
Oliver C. Stringham +14 more
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Fisheries in a border area of the Moxos Lowlands (Bolivia) after invasion of Arapaima gigas
Aquaculture, Fish and Fisheries, Volume 3, Issue 2, Page 196-210, April 2023., 2023 We characterized fisheries in the area of the port city of Riberalta (upper Madeira River basin) and evaluated the contribution of an invasive species (Arapaima gigas) to the landings. A. gigas represented 57.6% of the overall economic value of fish in the region.
Gabriela Rico Lopez +4 more
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HUMBOLDT IN VENEZUELA AND CUBA: THE ‘SECOND SLAVERY’
German Life and Letters, Volume 74, Issue 3, Page 311-325, July 2021., 2021 ABSTRACT The reception of Humboldt's work now spans more than 200 years. It began with the publication of the texts that form his Opus Americanum (1808–31). Among these works, it was in the Political Essay on Cuba, where a chapter was devoted to the demography of the slave trade from Africa to Cuba, that became a cornerstone of the global historical ...
Michael Zeuske
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Nobreza e riqueza no antigo regime ibérico setecentista
Revista de História, 2013 Este artigo analisa a ideia de nobreza na península e ultramar ibéricos. Recorrendo a balanço historiográfico, ele analisa as estratégias de ascensão de vários grupos sociais, mas particularmente dos comerciantes e mineiros que recorriam a seu patrimônio
Ronald Raminelli
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Comerciantes “alemanes” en la ciudad de Valladolid (1760-1850)
Investigaciones Históricas, 2022 La investigación sobre los comerciantes “alemanes” en la ciudad de Valladolid pretende desentrañar su papel en la dinámica socioeconómica de la misma y su participación tanto en el mercado interior como en el internacional.
Isabel Miguel López
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Historia y Memoria, 2023 El objetivo del artículo es dar cuenta de la producción de cacao en la gobernación de Girón y su circulación en el mercado interno neogranadino, a fines del siglo XVIII y principios del XIX.
Jason Andrés Bedolla Acevedo
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International Journal of Urban and Regional Research, Volume 44, Issue 2, Page 185-199, March 2020., 2020 Abstract This article provides an ethnographic perspective on urban planning by presenting the creative practices of marginalized slum residents in Recife, Northeast Brazil, who are affected by planners’ decisions. It argues that such a perspective contributes to current critical urban theory in three ways.
Martijn Koster
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