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The Role of ESG in Shaping the Impact of Financial Development on Banks' Performance
ABSTRACT This study investigates how financial development, divided into financial markets and financial institutions, affects banks' performance across 93 financially developed countries during the period between 2008 and 2023. The analysis highlights the role of environmental, social and governance readiness as core determinants that reshape ...
Noman Arshed +4 more
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Is Informality a Good Measure of Job Quality? Evidence from Job Satisfaction Data [PDF]
The formality status of a job is the most widely used indicator of job quality in developing countries. However, a number of studies argue that, at least for some workers, the informality status may be driven by choice rather than exclusion.
Carmen Pages, Lucia Madrigal
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Worldwide Invasions of Centrarchidae: The Dark Side of the Sunfish Family
ABSTRACT Freshwater fish invasions are major drivers of global ecological change, disrupting native biodiversity and ecosystem functions. However, many invasive fish hold significant socioeconomic value, resulting in conflict over their management. Centrarchidae, which are globally distributed and are important for sportfishing and aquaculture, are now
Neil Angelo Abreo +19 more
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A regional computable general equilibrium model for Guatemala: Modeling exogenous shocks and policy alternatives [PDF]
In this paper we develop a dynamic regional computable general equilibrium (CGE) model for Guatemala that incorporates regional disaggregated sectors for agriculture. The model is designed to be useful as a development tool for determining the effects of
Morley, Samuel, Piñeiro, Valeria
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Abstract Background People living with HIV navigate complex medical and social challenges that impact engagement in care, including stigma, poverty and systemic inequities. Patient navigation has emerged as a promising approach to improve linkage, retention and adherence across the HIV care continuum.
Kristina M. Kokorelias +10 more
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Abstract Background There are an estimated 2482 people born in Latin American countries receiving care for HIV in the United Kingdom. Although national guidance recommends screening for Trypanosoma cruzi infection (Chagas disease) in this population, there is no formal screening programme.
Natalie Elkheir +18 more
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Abstract This study explores the intersection of the informal and circular economies and its implications for business, management and organization (BMO) scholarship and practice. Informal circularity, practices of collecting, reusing, repairing, recycling and repurposing materials outside formal economic, legal and regulatory arrangements, constitutes
Tulin Dzhengiz +3 more
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Identifying Optimal Waist Circumference Cut-off Points for Central Obesity in Indigenous Guatemalans
M.A. Luna +6 more
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ABSTRACT Since the late 1990s, the pesticide industry has undergone a ‘generics revolution’ as the centre of production, and trade has shifted to the global South. China and India have become major producers, capturing Latin American markets from Northern multinationals. As a major pesticide user and a key node in global supply chains, Argentina offers
Christian Berndt +2 more
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Embedded Pesticide Use: Exploring the Pesticide‐Land Nexus
ABSTRACT Since the turn of the century, global land grabs, farmland financialization and land‐based food sovereignty movements have returned the land question to the heart of agrarian studies. Meanwhile, abiding interest in pesticides has been reanimated in the face of changes in production, regulation and knowledge of toxicity.
Julie Guthman, Marion Werner
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