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Burying Futures: Artisanal Mining Deaths and the Politics of Negligence in Zimbabwe

American Anthropologist, EarlyView.
ABSTRACT In the gold‐mining town of Kwekwe, central Zimbabwe, injury and death are a constant presence. Collapsing shafts, sudden explosions, gang fights, and neglected health infrastructure characterize the everyday lives of the town's impoverished residents.
Melusi Nkomo
wiley   +1 more source

Fair Workweek laws in the US: An appraisal of intended and unintended consequences. [PDF]

Sci Adv
Schneider D, Harknett K, Arbelaez D.
europepmc   +1 more source

Estimating the Impact of Foreign Direct Investment (FDI) Policies on FDI Inflows Into Australia

Asian-Pacific Economic Literature, EarlyView.
ABSTRACT To what extent FDI policy settings and changes influence FDI inflows is an empirical question for which global answers are scarce. Australia is a pertinent locale to test this question, having a long history of attracting FDI and a policy approach distinct from most developed countries.
Stewart Nixon
wiley   +1 more source

The impact of sustainable development on the relevance of accounting information and financial activities: Evidence from Thailand. [PDF]

PLoS One
Moolkham M.
europepmc   +1 more source

From Loss to Transformation? Towards Pluralistic and Politicised Agrarian‐Climate Futures

Asia Pacific Viewpoint, EarlyView.
ABSTRACT Understanding how actors perceive and anticipate future states of the world is gaining traction in climate change governance scholarship and related calls for sustainability transformations. However, smallholder farmers, indigenous groups, and local communities, who are expected to bear disproportionate burdens of loss and damage from climate ...
Joel Persson, Kelly Dorkenoo, Monin Nong, Sodavy Nhong, Van Hai Thi Nguyen   +4 more
wiley   +1 more source

Promoting Participation for Children With Disabilities in Belgium-Parents' Perspectives. [PDF]

Child Care Health Dev
Dupont E, Peeters B, Piskur B.
europepmc   +1 more source

Frayed Rope and Resilient Threads: Fijian Healthcare and the COVID‐19 Pandemic

Asia Pacific Viewpoint, EarlyView.
ABSTRACT In April 2021, Fiji faced international scrutiny due to ‘horrific’ hospital conditions, including staff and patients lacking food, non‐operational operating theatres, and critical shortages of beds, medicine, and equipment. After successfully avoiding a major outbreak in 2020, a sudden surge in COVID‐19 cases in 2021 overwhelmed the public ...
Sharon McLennan, Johanna Thomas‐Maude, Apisalome Movono, Akisi Ravono   +3 more
wiley   +1 more source

Making low-wage work and family fit: Perceptions and strategies among working families. [PDF]

Community Work Fam
Bruns A, Wething H, Hill HD.
europepmc   +1 more source

Exploring Heterogeneity in Equivalence Scales and Minimum Income Protection

Asia Pacific Viewpoint, EarlyView.
ABSTRACT Korea's minimum income protection system has significantly expanded both its coverage and benefit levels. Moreover, the first‐ever universal benefit was introduced during the COVID‐19 pandemic. However, improving an equivalence scale has received relatively little attention.
Taiwon Ha
wiley   +1 more source

Predictability of the psychological impact of the economic crisis on family functioning within the family context in Sri Lanka. [PDF]

Front Psychol
Uditha S, Bulathwatta A.
europepmc   +1 more source