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Between Emancipation and Domination? A Critical Analysis of Empowerment in a Women‐Only Development Program in Costa Rica's Coffee Sector

Sustainable Development, EarlyView.
ABSTRACT Female empowerment and its use in development contexts has histories in coloniality. Gender programs typically imply an individualistic, depoliticized concept. This article examines whether such initiatives can be supportive for empowerment. We apply an embedded qualitative case study of Bean Voyage's program to support female coffee producers
Annelie M. Gütte, Maria Busse, Stefan Sieber, Michelle Bonatti   +3 more
wiley   +1 more source

Food Compass Score vs FDA Healthy Labeling and Consumer Purchases: A Randomized Clinical Trial.

JAMA Netw Open
Fan B, Fuller K, Sharib JR, Pomeranz JL, Wang M, Wang L, Mozaffarian D, Cash SB.   +7 more
europepmc   +1 more source

Can the establishment of free trade zones promote the internationalization of enterprises? - Evidence from micro-enterprise level. [PDF]

PLoS One
Zhang J, Wang H.
europepmc   +1 more source

Tropical Forests and Sustainability: The Role of Multilateral Financing in Latin America

Sustainable Development, EarlyView.
ABSTRACT The challenge of slowing deforestation and degradation in the tropical regions of Latin America requires financing mechanisms (public and private) that can enable actions to preserve and sustainably manage forest integrity. This paper begins by examining the strategy implemented by the World Bank to protect forest cover in tropical countries ...
Ángela Andrea Caviedes Conde, Encarnación Moral Pajares, Leticia Gallego Valero   +2 more
wiley   +1 more source

Breeding objectives, production systems and trait preferences of indigenous Tswana sheep farmers in Botswana: inputs towards community based breeding programs. [PDF]

Trop Anim Health Prod
Bolowe MA, Thutwa K, Monau PI, Kgwatalala PM.   +3 more
europepmc   +1 more source

The Hidden Costs of Coffee Production in the Eastern African Value Chains

Sustainable Development, EarlyView.
ABSTRACT There is increasing recognition that significant hidden costs associated with agrifood systems are not reflected in market prices. Coffee is among the three most traded agricultural commodities in the world and supports the livelihoods of more than 30 million smallholder households.
Annet Adong, Lukas Kornher, Bezawit Beyene Chichaibelu, Aslihan Arslan   +3 more
wiley   +1 more source

Optimal distributed PV system assessment for renewable energy based microgrid application in Makkah, Saudi Arabia. [PDF]

Sci Rep
Binmahfouz MA, Ramli MAM, Milyani AH.
europepmc   +1 more source

Overcoming Barriers and Solutions for Catalysing Private Capital in Climate Adaptation: A Stakeholder‐Informed Agenda for Hong Kong's Intermediary Role in Southeast Asia

Sustainable Development, EarlyView.
ABSTRACT This study investigates stakeholder perspectives on mobilising private‐sector finance for climate adaptation in Southeast Asia, emphasising Hong Kong's role as a financial intermediary. Through semi‐structured interviews with diverse stakeholders, including practitioners, policymakers, insurers, and project developers, we employed a grounded ...
Laurence L. Delina, Felice Janice Olivia Boedijanto, Sharon Feliza Ann P. Macagba, Johanne Rei R. Castro, Rainbow Yi Hung Lam   +4 more
wiley   +1 more source

TARFA: A Novel Approach to Targeted Accounting Range Factor Analysis for Asset Allocation. [PDF]

Entropy (Basel)
de Leon JJ, Medda F.
europepmc   +1 more source

Teaching financial crises: A leverage experiment

Southern Economic Journal, EarlyView.
Abstract College students often struggle to understand the prevalence of asset price bubbles and the difficulty of timing asset purchases and sales. Even economics students are consistently surprised when bubbles burst. These breaks can have real macroeconomic effects, particularly when the price surge is fueled by leverage.
Lee Coppock, Daniel Harper, Charles Holt
wiley   +1 more source