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International commodity problems and schemes for international compensatory financing

open access: yesPSL Quarterly Review, 2014
Several economic and political problems have arisen from the fall in commodity prices over the last ten years. The existing international commodity agreements, while useful, in practice face several difficulties. For this reason, the article proposes a development insurance fund to stabilize export proceeds.
openaire   +2 more sources

Commodity murabaha: does it violate Islamic norms? Note [PDF]

open access: yes
Recently commodity murabaha has run into disrepute due to court decisions going against the use of this instrument in Islamic banks. This brief note argues that at fault has been the structure of contracts and the excessive use of the instrument.
Hasan, Zubair
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School readiness and the good level of development: Policy constructions in English early childhood education

open access: yesBritish Educational Research Journal, EarlyView.
Abstract This paper critically analyses how school readiness has been historically and discursively constructed in Early Childhood Education (ECE) policy in England over the past four decades. Using Bacchi's ‘What's the Problem Represented to be?’ framework and Foucauldian concepts of governmentality, the paper explores how school readiness has shifted
Louise Kay
wiley   +1 more source

Butter Mountains, Milk Lakes and Optimal Price Limiters [PDF]

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It is known that simple price limiters may have unexpected consequences in irregular commodity price fluctuations between bull and bear markets and complicated impacts on the size of buffer stocks.
Frank Westerhoff   +2 more
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Academic misconduct appeal services in China: Platform logics, self‐platformization and implications for integrity education

open access: yesBritish Educational Research Journal, EarlyView.
Abstract Academic misconduct appeal services have quietly emerged within China's education marketplace, with commercial agencies promoting themselves on social media to assist international students facing misconduct hearings. While existing research on academic integrity has emphasized prevention and detection, far less attention has been paid to what
Gengyan Tang   +2 more
wiley   +1 more source

Agricultural markets and risks - management of the latter, not the former [PDF]

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The authors review the historical relationship between the work of applied economists, and policymakers, and the institutions that came to characterize the commodity, and risk markets of the 1980s.
Anderson, Jack R.   +2 more
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Exposing the work of the market through the case of Alternative Provision for English school students

open access: yesBritish Educational Research Journal, EarlyView.
Abstract Pupils in England who, for some reason, are not able to attend school often find themselves in Alternative Provision (AP). These are special arrangements designed to address their specific needs and help them return to mainstream schooling.
Nick Pratt   +2 more
wiley   +1 more source

Cotton Futures Dynamics: Structural Change, Index Traders and the Returns to Storage [PDF]

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The commodity bull cycle of 2006-2008 and subsequent dramatic price decline have been a source of hardship for traditional commodity market participants such as producers and merchant/shippers.
Power, Gabriel J., Robinson, John R.C.
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Beyond salaries: Teachers' experiences of navigating early years education amid economic instability in Türkiye

open access: yesBritish Educational Research Journal, EarlyView.
Abstract The intersection of economic conditions and early years education has long been debated, particularly where financial constraints shape educational practice and professional realities. Türkiye, characterised by high inflation and structural vulnerabilities in purchasing power parity, provides a critical context for examining how economic ...
Ebru Aydın, Şerif Yüksel
wiley   +1 more source

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