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Lost in aggregation? On the importance of local food price data for food poverty estimates
American Journal of Agricultural Economics, EarlyView.Abstract This paper explores within‐country variations in food price dynamics and food poverty estimates by employing local market price data and national consumer price index (CPI) data. Our results show that national CPI data may be useful for approximating national trends but they fail to detect and identify spatial variations in local trends, which
Stephan Dietrich +4 more
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Does Foreign Aid Increase Foreign Direct Investment? [PDF]
The notion that foreign aid and foreign direct investment (FDI) are complementary sources of capital is conventional among governments and internationalcooperation agencies. This paper argues that the notion is incomplete. Within the framework of an open
Eva R. Sunesen, Pablo Selaya
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Food insecurity and unemployment among immigrants in the United States
American Journal of Agricultural Economics, EarlyView.Abstract Immigrants can be more vulnerable to economic downturns and, during periods of economic hardship, more likely to experience food insecurity compared to natives. This study examines the differential effect of the unemployment rate on the probability of being food insecure among diverse groups of immigrant households relative to natives in the ...
Siwen Zhou +3 more
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The influence of state‘s capital structure on econo-mic growth
Mokslas: Lietuvos Ateitis, 2010 The article analyses state‘s capital formation problems and its impact on economic growth. The purpose of this article is to determine the major economic growth indicators affected by foreign capital as well as to measure the intensity on economic growth.
Agnė Šimelytė
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The Composition of Foreign Capital Stocks in South Africa: The Role of Institutions, Domestic Risk and Neighbourhood Effects [PDF]
This paper investigates the determinants of the absolute volumes and composition of foreign capital stocks in South Africa, focusing on the role played by institutional quality (property rights), domestic risk and neighbourhood effects as potential ...
Farayi Gwenhamo, Johannes Fedderke
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The Insistence of Blackness and the Persistence of Antiblackness in Ireland
Australian Journal of Social Issues, EarlyView.ABSTRACT This paper positions Ireland as a critical site for examining the insistence of blackness and an antiblackness created and sustained through Irish ethnonationalist imaginaries and exclusionary processes. Drawing on connected sociologies and Irish Black Studies, this enquiry argues that antiblackness in Ireland operates as a generational force,
Philomena Mullen
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Knowledge-intensive exports of CEE and developed nations – driven by foreign or domestic capital?
International Entrepreneurship Review, 2018 Knowledge-based economy became the prevailing paradigm of the nations’ development and thus their competitive advantage foundations. Important role in the international recognition of country development is the growth of knowledge-intensive exports ...
Łukasz Bryl
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Welfare Enhancing Capital Imports [PDF]
This paper provides a model to consider the conditions under which an acceptance of foreign capital is welfare enhancing in a multi-commodity multi-factor framework.
Koji Shimomura +2 more
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Clotrimazole‐loaded PLGA microparticles for local drug delivery to the vagina: Shape does matter
Animal Models and Experimental Medicine, EarlyView.Clotrimazole‐loaded PLGA microparticles for intravaginal delivery. Abstract Background Intravaginal drug administration is the most promising strategy for treating vaginal infections to protect women's health, such as vulvovaginal candidiasis (VVC). However, conventional vaginal formulations in the clinic face challenges such as drug leakage and low ...
Yanyu Li +8 more
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Global imbalances and capital account openness: an empirical analysis [PDF]
We investigate if capital account openness has played a major role in the evolution of global imbalances on the period 1980-2003. We estimate, with panel regression techniques, the impact of capital account openness on medium run current account ...
Saadaoui, Jamel
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