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When Coffee Collapsed: An Economic History of HIV in Uganda. [PDF]

open access: yesMed Anthropol, 2022
Moore EV   +6 more
europepmc   +1 more source

Growth of Large-Scale Credit Unions in Iowa: Implications for Public Policy [PDF]

open access: yes
Over the past two decades, the financial services industry has experienced a significant increase in competition and internal rivalry. Driven by deregulation and advances in information technologies, many historical institutional distinctions among ...
Jolly, Robert W.   +2 more
core  

Solar Energy in 2025: Global Deployment, Cost Trends, and the Role of Energy Storage in Enabling a Resilient Smart Energy Infrastructure

open access: yesENERGY &ENVIRONMENTAL MATERIALS, EarlyView.
This paper explores global solar PV deployment, cost trends, and grid integration challenges in 2025. It examines the role of energy storage in firming solar output and supporting electric vehicle (EV) growth, alongside policy shifts, investment flows, and technological innovations.
Ehsan Rezaee, S. Ravi P. Silva
wiley   +1 more source

State‐Level Politics in Forest Governance: The Role of the Narrative‐Policy Nexus in the Brazilian Amazon

open access: yesEnvironmental Policy and Governance, EarlyView.
ABSTRACT Deforestation and its social impacts are an enduring challenge in agrarian frontiers, especially in the tropics. Fueled by global demand for commodities, this process is mediated by ideas, concepts, meanings, and policies that uphold socioenvironmental degradation. A key and understudied—arena in which this mediation occurs is the sub‐national
Gabriela Russo Lopes, Fabio de Castro
wiley   +1 more source

Linkages between Banks and Microfinance Institutions in Mali: A Case Study [PDF]

open access: yes
Mali, with a population of 11.7m, 70 percent rural, is located in the Sahel zone of West Africa. With a per capita income of US$245 and a Human Development Index rank of 174, it is among the poorest countries in the world, highly vulnerable to external ...
Seibel, Hans Dieter
core  

How Changing Narratives About the Future Shape Policymaking for the Long Term

open access: yesEuropean Policy Analysis, EarlyView.
ABSTRACT How can we explain decisions by governments to engage in policy investments—accepting short‐term costs in return for anticipated gains in the longer term—after previously sustaining the status quo? Our article examines the role of narratives in changing expectations about the future as a key driver of intertemporal policymaking. In light of an
Pieter Tuytens, Charlotte Haberstroh
wiley   +1 more source

Efficiency and Gender Concerns: Issues Confronting the Philippine Credit Cooperatives [PDF]

open access: yes
This Policy Notes looks at the issue of gender concerns in credit cooperatives from a different perspective. Specifically, it looks at the implications of women participation on the performance of credit cooperatives. It points out that the incorporation
Lamberte, Mario B.   +1 more
core  

Winning Legitimacy and Dodging Blame: How Government Communication Shapes Media Sentiments and Responsibility Attribution in Consensus Democracies

open access: yesEuropean Policy Analysis, EarlyView.
ABSTRACT How do governments' discursive credit‐claiming and blame‐deflection strategies shape perceived policy legitimacy in times of crisis? Despite the importance of legitimacy in conflictual times, systematic analyses of officeholders' credit‐claiming and blame‐deflection strategies and their effect on perceived legitimacy are still rare.
Céline Honegger
wiley   +1 more source

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