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Sustaining community self-help groups beyond donor support: lessons from a qualitative study of self-help groups, including persons affected by leprosy and disability in rural India. [PDF]

BMJ Open
Darlong J, Charles MV, Ilozumba O, Govindasamy K, Shrivastva A, Choudhury S, Sartori J, Lindenmeyer A, Lilford RJ, Griffiths F.   +9 more
europepmc   +1 more source

How Video‐Based Information Affects Farmers' Willingness to Pay for Drone Services

Applied Economic Perspectives and Policy, EarlyView.
ABSTRACT Professional service for digital technology like agricultural drones lowers transaction costs and scope thresholds for smallholders. Meanwhile, perceptual adoption barriers remain underexplored. We conduct a two‐stage choice experiment with a randomized video‐based information treatment among 384 Chinese crop farmers to measure its effect on ...
Hua Zhang, Lena Kuhn, Hang Xiong, Zhanli Sun, Thomas Glauben   +4 more
wiley   +1 more source

The role of community energy in mediating sustainable energy transitions in East and Southern Eastern Africa. [PDF]

Npj Clean Energy
Castán Broto V, Gebreslassie M, Bekele G, Assefa A, Lake A, Habtu D, Bahta ST, Filli Nurhussien F, Gogoda C, Hara C, Howe L, Shenga C, Vallecha H, Mebrahtu AH.   +13 more
europepmc   +1 more source

Keeping Pace or Falling Behind? The Depth of Latin American Trade Agreements

Applied Economic Perspectives and Policy, EarlyView.
ABSTRACT This article examines whether Latin American countries are keeping pace with global trends in trade agreement depth or falling behind. Using 681 agreements (1970–2019), we develop the Depth Index of Trade Agreements (DITA) to weight provisions endogenously through factor analysis based on co‐occurrence patterns.
Raphael Gomes da Silva, Fernanda Aparecida Silva, Lia Nogueira   +2 more
wiley   +1 more source

Botho: A cultural framework for resilient human-wildlife coexistence in Botswana. [PDF]

Ambio
Bahetoleng O, Stronza A.
europepmc   +1 more source

Chinese Trade Competition and Rural Mexican Migration

Applied Economic Perspectives and Policy, EarlyView.
ABSTRACT China's accession to the World Trade Organization in 2001 reshaped global trade, reducing U.S. demand for Mexican manufactured goods and weakening Mexico's manufacturing employment. This study estimates how this trade‐induced decline affected migration and employment decisions among rural Mexicans.
Zachariah Rutledge, Joaquin Mayorga
wiley   +1 more source

Towards Resilient Communities: Adopting Destana Standard to Measure Community Resilience for Small Islands in Indonesia. [PDF]

Environ Manage
Lessy MR, Lassa J, Zander KK.
europepmc   +1 more source

Village Democracy Strengthening in Realizing Good Governance

Developing Country Studies, 2019
openaire   +2 more sources

Do outgrower schemes enhance technology adoption and productivity? Evidence from maize farmers in Northern Ghana

Agribusiness, EarlyView.
Abstract Nucleus outgrower schemes are contractual arrangements where well‐resourced large‐scale farmers (nucleus farmers) are empowered by development support agencies to take charge of smallholder farmers, by providing them with market access and the necessary training on agronomic practices and farm inputs for production.
Dominic Tasila Konja, Awudu Abdulai
wiley   +1 more source

Ecotourism in Traditional Cultural Landscapes: A Regenerative Lens on Stakeholder Perspectives in Vama Buzăului, Romania. [PDF]

Environ Manage
Joshi S, Bucur A, Atomulese A, Zerbe S, Sauerwein M, Panzer-Krause S.   +5 more
europepmc   +1 more source