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Measuring the Impact of Globalization on the Well-being of the Poor: Methodology and an Application to Africa [PDF]

Whereas a large number of empirical studies have been devoted to analyzing the relationship between measures of income and globalization (defined by openness to international trade), much less attention has been paid to the analysis of well-being for the
Mittelhammer, Ronald C., Rahman, Tauhidur   +1 more
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Chain Reactions: How Businesses Plan to Respond to the EU Deforestation Regulation in Brazil, the Congo Basin, and Europe

Regulation &Governance, EarlyView.
ABSTRACT The 2023 European Union Regulation on Deforestation‐free Products (EUDR) is a transnational regulation aimed at addressing forest loss along the value chains of forest‐risk commodities. Grounding our analysis in new institutional theory with distinct behavioral drivers explaining actor behavior, and using qualitative methods, we draw on the ...
Mathias Cramm, Rafaella Ferraz Ziegert, Laila Berning, Hassina Uwiringiyimana, Dario Schulz, Abubakar Shidiki, Herman Zanguim, Sven Wunder, Jan Börner, Claudia Azevedo‐Ramos, Yitagesu Tekle Tegegne, Metodi Sotirov   +11 more
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Natural Resources and Political Patronage in Africa: An Ethnicity Level Analysis

Review of Development Economics, EarlyView.
ABSTRACT We investigate the effect of resource discoveries on ethnicity‐level political patronage in Africa using a large geospatial dataset of 254 ethnic groups in 15 countries over the period 1960–2004. We find that the first (or single first) resource discovery in a virgin ethnic homeland increases the share of cabinet posts of that ethnicity.
Sambit Bhattacharyya, Nemera Mamo
wiley   +1 more source

Anti‐Astrotropik — Outer Space, Technology and Resistance in the Tropics

Singapore Journal of Tropical Geography, EarlyView.
This paper traces an intellectual and geographical arc of thinking about outer space in the tropics, connecting Peter Redfield's Space in the Tropics: From Convicts to Rockets in French Guiana (2000), Sean T. Mitchell's Constellations of Inequality: Space, Race, and Utopia in Brazil (2017) and Asif Siddiqi's Cosmic Fragments: Dislocation and Discontent
Rob Krawczyk
wiley   +1 more source

From Expansion to Erosion: The Global Trajectory of Judicial Independence, 1960–2018

Sociological Forum, EarlyView.
ABSTRACT Judicial independence expanded globally throughout the twentieth century, but this trajectory has recently come under pressure. In recent years, governments around the world have increasingly challenged judicial autonomy. This study unpacks this global reversal by analyzing data from 156 states between 1960 and 2018.
Nir Rotem
wiley   +1 more source

Generative AI and the Future of Musical Diversity

Topics in Cognitive Science, EarlyView.
Abstract I argue that the current proliferation of generative artificial intelligence (AI) represents a new stage in a longer historical process of distancing humans from their unique individual psyches and of reducing participation and cultural diversity in music. The argument consists of six parts: (1) reiterating the uniqueness of individual psyches,
Dor Shilton
wiley   +1 more source

What happens when a country does not adjust to terms of trade shocks? the case of oil-rich Gabon [PDF]

Gabon is currently one of the richest countries in Sub-Saharan Africa, having a GDP per capita of close to $4,000, and is characterized by a stable political climate and rich forestry and mineral resources, aswell as a small population.
Zafar, Ali
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Importing Insecurity? The Paradox of Cereal Trade Openness and Food Security in Sub‐Saharan Africa

The World Economy, EarlyView.
ABSTRACT Sustainable Development Goal 2 (SDG2) aims to end world hunger, but Africa is currently not on track to meet this goal. Sub‐Saharan Africa is particularly affected, with a significant increase in undernourished people. The issue of food security is, therefore, a pressing concern, and promoting trade has been suggested as one solution.
Windbeneti Arnaud Zahonogo
wiley   +1 more source

Frugivore Declines Across Taxa Affect Forest Biomass

Global Change Biology Communications, Volume 1, Issue 2, June 2026.
We examined how frugivore declines affect aboveground biomass in 260 1‐ha forest plots across Gabon using imputed frugivory networks between 122 frugivores and 99,349 trees. Simulated frugivore declines across Gabon tended to reduce aboveground biomass, with effects varying by taxon and geography.
Camille M. M. DeSisto, Jennifer Kampe, Alfred Ngomanda, Donald Midoko Iponga, David B. Dunson, Ankita Gupta, Charles L. Nunn, Halina Malinowski, John R. Poulsen   +8 more
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Retraction: Mansonella, including a Potential New Species, as Common Parasites in Children in Gabon. [PDF]

PLoS Negl Trop Dis
PLOS Neglected Tropical Diseases Editors.
europepmc   +1 more source