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Understanding the paradox of primary teacher shortage in low‐income countries: Insights from Malawi

British Educational Research Journal, EarlyView.
Abstract Malawi faces a persistent and chronic teacher shortage, particularly at the primary school level, with much of the challenge attributed to teacher supply constraints. While the causes of teacher shortages are known to be complex and context‐dependent, there remains a lack of in‐depth, country‐specific research to guide effective policies ...
Peter Mtika, Edward M. Sosu
wiley   +1 more source

Investigating the Determinants of Public Debt Sustainability for European Union Countries

Scientific Annals of Economics and Business
This study investigates the determinants of public debt sustainability in the European Union (EU) countries, focusing on the combined effects of the COVID-19 pandemic and the Ukraine conflict.
Asmaa El-Naser, Gheorghița Dincă, Marius Sorin Dincă   +2 more
doaj   +1 more source

The impacts of biological invasions

Biological Reviews, EarlyView.
ABSTRACT The Anthropocene is characterised by a continuous human‐mediated reshuffling of the distributions of species globally. Both intentional and unintentional introductions have resulted in numerous species being translocated beyond their native ranges, often leading to their establishment and subsequent spread – a process referred to as biological
Phillip J. Haubrock, Teun Everts, Neil Angelo S. Abreo, Jamie Bojko, Victor Deklerck, James W. E. Dickey, Ana Clara S. Franco, Emili García‐Berthou, Stelios Katsanevakis, Natalia I. Kirichenko, Stefano Mammola, Martin A. Nuñez, Ben Parker, Riccardo Scalera, Ismael Soto, Diederik Strubbe, Ali Serhan Tarkan, Lorenzo Vilizzi, Tim Adriaens, Paride Balzani, Dagmara Błońska, Elizabeta Briski, Rein Brys, Amy L. Burgess, James E. Byers, Carlos Cano‐Barbacil, Giuseppe Castaldelli, Jaimie T.A. Dick, Victoria Dominguez Almela, Romina D. Dimarco, Margarita Florencio, Antonín Kouba, Melina Kourantidou, Irmak Kurtul, Irene Martín‐Forés, Olivier Morissette, Julian D. Olden, Bruno E. Soares, Jakub Truszkowski, Hugo Verreycken, Marc Kenis, Ronaldo Sousa, J. Robert Britton   +42 more
wiley   +1 more source

The Domestic Politics of Public Debt: A Central and Eastern European Perspective

Transylvanian Review of Administrative Sciences, 2014
According to Alesina and Tabellini (1990), persistent deficit and its consequence, debt accumulation, cannot be explained by myopia or political business cycles exclusively.
István BENCZES, Vera TAKÁCS
doaj  

Sustainability Performance, Cost of Debt, and Institutional Environment Quality: Global Evidence From the Hospitality and Tourism Industry

Business Strategy and the Environment, EarlyView.
ABSTRACT This study examines how sustainability performance affects the cost of debt financing in the hospitality and tourism industry and whether institutional environment quality moderates this relationship. Using a dataset of 2302 firm‐year observations from 34 countries between 2010 and 2022, the results show that sustainability performance is ...
Tantawy Moussa, Natalia Krasnikova, Maria Postoyeva, Amira Hawas, Akrum Helfaya   +4 more
wiley   +1 more source

Strategic Sustainability Reporting, Impression Management and Board Gender Diversity: Evidence From Luxury Fashion Industry

Business Strategy and the Environment, EarlyView.
ABSTRACT The study aims to examine the impression management (IM) of the luxury fashion industry through communications using annual reports and the influence of board gender diversity (BGD). Using a computational approach with Python and Natural Language Processing on sustainability practices and performance of 19 luxury fashion companies from Top 100
Christina Ionela Neokleous, Mahmoud Elmarzouky   +1 more
wiley   +1 more source

CHALLENGES, VULNERABILITIES AND WAYS OF APPROACH IN ROMANIA'S EXTERNAL DEBT SUSTAINABILITY [PDF]

Annals of the University of Oradea: Economic Science, 2011
The notion of a country's external debt, measured by a complex system of static and dynamic indicators, knows a lot of approaches and opinions in the literature, more or less convergent, complementary and advanced in terms of factors.
Zaman Gheorghe
doaj  

Do Sustainable Development Goal Disclosure Matter? Unpacking Value Relevance in the European Context

Business Strategy and the Environment, EarlyView.
ABSTRACT This study explores the value relevance of Sustainable Development Goal (SDG) disclosures by European listed firms, responding to calls for greater integration of sustainability into corporate strategy and reporting. Drawing on agency theory and voluntary disclosure theory, we examine whether the quality of SDG‐related disclosures affects firm
Gianluca Gabrielli, Pier Luigi Marchini, Dalila Baldini   +2 more
wiley   +1 more source

Ruble Debt Burden [PDF]

Финансовый журнал
The burden of ruble debt is measured by a ratio between the amount of rubles that Russians borrowed from their banks and their monetary income. Why ruble debt only?
Boris I. Alekhin
doaj   +1 more source

Tradeoff Theory and Leverage Dynamics of High-Frequency Debt Issuers*

, 2020
We test whether high-frequency net-debt issuers (HFIs)—public industrial companies with relatively low issuance costs and high debt-financing benefits—manage leverage toward long-run targets.
B. Eckbo, M. Kisser
semanticscholar   +1 more source