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The Momentum of ‘Developed’: Bodies of Water, Aging Bodies and Malta's Interventions at the UN

History, EarlyView.
Abstract Histories of major powers continue to shape how many scholars conceptualize internationalism. By focusing on Malta's interventions at the UN challenges, this article challenges such narrative. In particular, it examines Arvid Pardo's 1967 petition that the seabed be reconceived and protected as the ‘common heritage of mankind’ and Vincent ...
Brianne Wesolowski
wiley   +1 more source

VOID URBANISM: Unbuilt New Cities and State Formation in the Democratic Republic of Congo

International Journal of Urban and Regional Research, EarlyView.
Abstract Based on an analysis of the planning process behind Kitoko City in the Democratic Republic of Congo—a new city project officially launched in 2019 but never implemented—this article examines the political, social, and spatial effects generated by urban initiatives that remain at the stage of intention. It investigates how such unbuilt projects
Patrick Belinga Ondoua
wiley   +1 more source

Unequal Family Ties, Wealth Transmission and Social Mobility Among Congolese Traders in Kinshasa

The British Journal of Sociology, EarlyView.
ABSTRACT Based on ethnographic fieldwork among Congolese traders operating in Kinshasa's urban economy, this article examines how differentiated family ties and wealth transmission shape social mobility and the intergenerational reproduction of inequality. We show that family support is neither uniform nor equally productive: its effects depend on both
Héritier Mesa, Joël Noret
wiley   +1 more source

Effects of Green Finance on Economic Growth and Renewable Energy in Developing Countries: A Panel Cointegration Analysis

Natural Resources Forum, EarlyView.
ABSTRACT This empirical study examines the impact of green finance on economic growth and renewable energy in a group of 76 developing nations in 2010–2019. Results from a cointegration analysis, vector error correction model, and Granger causality test confirm a cointegrating relationship between green finance, renewable energy, economic growth, and ...
Xuan‐Hoa Nghiem, Walid Bakry, Girijasankar Mallik   +2 more
wiley   +1 more source

Determinants of case outcomes in Rwanda's postgenocide gacaca courts

Criminology, EarlyView.
Abstract Transitional justice trials have become a central mechanism for addressing mass violence and human rights violations, yet little is known about the determinants of case outcomes within these courts—particularly in domestic contexts. This study examines Rwanda's gacaca courts, a localized transitional justice system that tried people suspected ...
Hollie Nyseth Nzitatira, Jared Edgerton, Anneliese Ward   +2 more
wiley   +1 more source

“Green Developmentalism” and the Role of International Law in Negotiating the Energy Transition

Global Policy, EarlyView.
ABSTRACT Policy evolutions in North American and European capitals have prompted debates about ongoing shifts in global economic governance from a primary emphasis on promoting markets to a more extensive role for the state in steering economic relations.
Lorenzo Cotula
wiley   +1 more source

The “Digital Turn” of Value Chain Due Diligence Regulation: How Technology Reconfigures Stakeholder Engagement

Global Policy, EarlyView.
ABSTRACT This article examines the “digital turn” in value chain due diligence, focusing on how emerging digital tools and technologies are reshaping the practice and politics of stakeholder engagement in transnational labor governance. As value chain legislation—most notably the EU Corporate Sustainability Due Diligence Directive (CSDDD)—extends ...
Klaas Hendrik Eller, Antoine Duval
wiley   +1 more source

The PhenoChange network protocol for monitoring leaf phenology in tropical dry ecosystems using phenocameras

Methods in Ecology and Evolution, EarlyView.
Abstract Tropical dry ecosystems (TDEs) cover half of the tropics and play a key role in global carbon dynamics. TDEs present distinct canopy and ground layers that often exhibit contrasting phenological patterns. On‐the‐ground observations of phenology by the human eye, though valuable, may suffer from limited temporal resolution and observer biases ...
Desirée Marques Ramos, Francisco Maiato P. Gonçalves, Magna Soelma de Moura, Mário Marcos do Espírito‐Santo, Ítalo Antônio Cotta Coutinho, Vera De Cauwer, Bruna de Costa Alberton, Jonathan Muledi, Casey M. Ryan, Manuel Jundo Cachissapa, Millena C. N. Santana, Gabriel Ileni K. Uusiku, Antonia Mirelle Lopes Marques, Frances O'Leary, Renata D. Françoso, Nattália do Prado Neves, John L. Godlee, Maria Maraíza P. Santos, Leena Naftal, David Nkulu, Mathew Williams, Albert B. Phillimore, Andrew D. Richardson, Matúš Seči, Milcíades Chicomo, Natasha Wesely, David T. Milodowski, Sam B. Harrison, Ludovica Oddi, Consolata Siniscalco, Fabrícia Conceição M. Mota, Jurandy Almeida, Ricardo da Silva Torres, Mario B. B. Siqueira, Kyle G. Dexter, Leonor Patricia C. Morellato   +35 more
wiley   +1 more source

A checklist of the vascular plants of the Democratic Republic of the Congo. [PDF]

PhytoKeys
Meerts P, Ballings P, Barberá P, Bauters K, Beentje H, Cheek M, Couvreur TLP, Damen THJ, de Almeida RF, De Block P, de la Estrella M, Dessein S, Engledow H, Fischer E, Gautier L, Haigh A, Harris DJ, Hetterscheid W, Jongkind CCH, Lachenaud O, Larridon I, Ley A, Maurin O, Mayo SJ, Mbandu Luzolawo P, Moafo Tchioffo C, Morel J, Mwanga Mwanga I, Pellegrini MOO, Quintanar A, Reynders M, Robbrecht E, Rusaati BIW, Simões ARG, Sosef MSM, Stévart T, Stone RD, Sukhorukov AP, van der Zon T, Verstraete B, Wiland-Szymańska J, Xanthos M, Zuloaga F.   +42 more
europepmc   +1 more source

Seeing like a citizen: Experimental evidence on how empowerment affects engagement with the state

American Journal of Political Science, EarlyView.
Abstract Building a strong and effective state requires revenue. Yet, in many low‐income countries, citizens do not make formal payments to the state or forego engaging with the state altogether due to vulnerability to opportunistic demands by state agents. We study two randomized interventions in Kinshasa, Democratic Republic of the Congo, designed to
Soeren J. Henn, Laura Paler, Wilson Prichard, Cyrus Samii, Raúl Sánchez de la Sierra   +4 more
wiley   +1 more source