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ABSTRACT Managed aquifer recharge (MAR) is presented as a water management approach that fits well within the broad sustainability agenda. Three European MAR projects' outcomes were analyzed to assess how these projects interpret sustainability. This article argues that MAR projects are pushed to a narrow interpretation of sustainability by funder ...
Helen Sundberg, Klaas Schwartz
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Abstract Illegal wildlife trade (IWT) is one of the largest global illegal activities, and it negatively affects biodiversity and sustainable development worldwide. DNA barcoding coupled with high‐throughput sequencing (i.e., metabarcoding) is useful in identifying taxa affected by IWT and has been used routinely for decades.
Maria Joana Ferreira da Silva +9 more
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Threats to and management of Natura 2000 protected areas relative to agricultural practices
Abstract The Natura 2000 (N2K) network combines biodiversity protection and socioeconomic targets. Human activities, such as agricultural practices, can affect biodiversity in N2K sites in diverse ways. Limiting activities with negative impacts while enforcing land management that supports biodiversity is crucial for effective conservation.
Giorgio Zavattoni +7 more
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Universal social protection schemes in forced displacement settings: Evidence from Colombia
With forcibly displaced persons reaching 123.2 million people globally in 2024, host low‐ and middle‐income countries face a dual social protection coverage challenge: including new populations while their own systems cover less than a third of their citizens.
Carlos Santiago Guzmán Gutiérrez
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Este documento define cuales son los tipos de financiación que existen en el ecosistema de acuerdo a la etapa de desarrollo del emprendimiento. Divide las etapas en cuatro, siendo estas de menor a mayor madurez las siguientes: 1.
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ABSTRACT Sub‐Saharan Africa (SSA)'s infrastructure deficit is not fundamentally a consequence of insufficient capital but rather of legal and institutional failure. This article argues that law is a decisive factor in determining whether infrastructure finance becomes possible, functioning not merely as a background condition but as a mechanism through
Augustine Edobor Arimoro
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Fiscal decentralization in Spain: An asymmetric transition to democracy [PDF]
Asymmetric fiscal decentralization, by which we mean different fiscal arrangements between the central government and different groups of, or individual, lower-level governments, may be justified from an economic efficiency perspective.
Therese J. McGuire, Teresa Garcia-Milà
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La financiación de las oligarquías provinciales en el apogeo y crisis del negocio inmobiliario en España: una reflexión sociológica sobre las cajas de ahorros [PDF]
El hundimiento, en el contexto de la crisis internacional del capitalismo, del modelo económico basado en el “ladrillo” y la especulación urbanística −además de en el turismo− ha puesto sobre la mesa el problema de las cajas de ahorros.
José Manuel Rodríguez Acevedo +2 more
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Institutional Arrangements and Procurement Procedures for Post‐War Reconstruction in Yemen
ABSTRACT The reconstruction of Europe and Japan after World War II is often credited to US political will and financial aid. However, differing outcomes suggest that other factors played a crucial role. Factors such as security, a functioning government, pre‐war development levels, and wartime destruction played crucial roles in determining the ...
Sumaia A. Al‐Kohlani +1 more
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Local government debt: an application to the Spanish case [PDF]
For the last years, Europe has been subject to fiscal austerity in order to satisfy the Maastrich criteria. In this way, Spanish municipalities have been affected by new regulations and local government structure has changed. This paper is focused on the
María A. García-Valiñas +3 more
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