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Restoration Ecology, EarlyView.Abstract Introduction Biodiversity loss is accelerating due to habitat destruction, economic expansion, and insufficient conservation efforts. Traditional mitigation strategies, which focus on minimizing harm rather than reversing damage, are inadequate for achieving net biodiversity gain. Objectives This article introduces the restoration hierarchy, a
Niko Soininen +6 more
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Investment provisions in trade and investment treaties: the need for reform [PDF]
, 2015 This repository item contains a policy brief from the Boston University Global Economic Governance Initiative. The Global Economic Governance Initiative (GEGI) is a research program of the Center for Finance, Law & Policy, the Frederick S.
Gallagher, Kevin P. +2 more
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A review of topsoil governance for mining and agriculture in South Africa and abroad
Restoration Ecology, EarlyView.Topsoil is taken for granted as the dirt under our feet. Yet, humanity hinges on 15 cm of topsoil. As with potable water, topsoil is a natural resource we depend on daily. This review examines the chronological development of topsoil conservation through the governance of legal and other instruments since 1701. It highlights how topsoil is defined, its
Chrizette D. Neethling +4 more
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Formulation of a corporate governance index for banking sector: The GIB.X62. [PDF]
Heliyon, 2023 El-Abiad Z, Braendle U, El-Chaarani H.
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The Russian Review, EarlyView.Abstract This article examines the assassination of Duma representative Mikhail Gertsenshtein in July 1906 as the pivotal moment for the emergence of the concept of “right‐wing terrorism” (pravyi terrorizm) in the Russian Empire. Drawing on court documents, police files, and censorship reports, this article argues that the significance of the ...
Moritz Florin
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This paper examines the relationship between rent seeking and economic performance when governments cannot enforce property rights. With imperfect credit markets and a fixed cost to rent seeking, only wealthy agents choose to engage in it, as it allows ...
Era Dabla-Norris, Shankha Chakraborty
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The Scholar Imprisoned: Young‐Bok Shin's Decolonial Thought Against (Sub) Imperialisms in East Asia
Sociological Forum, EarlyView.ABSTRACT This article reads Young‐Bok Shin (1941–2016) as a decolonial thinker who theorized transformative worldmaking from the standpoint of the oppressed, rooted in the historical experiences of East Asia. Against the (sub)imperial “logic of sameness” that structures colonial modernity in his social world, Shin advances gongbu (studying) as a ...
Veda Hyunjin Kim
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Financial Integration in Autocracies: Greasing the Wheel or More to Steal? [PDF]
This paper analyzes the influence of financial integration on institutional quality. We construct a dynamic political-economic model of an autocracy in which a ruling elite uses its political power to expropriate the general population.
Oliver Lorz +2 more
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Thunderbird International Business Review, Volume 68, Issue 3, Page 305-331, May/June 2026.ABSTRACT Executive Summary Strategic decisions related to ownership participation in cross‐border acquisitions (CBAs) are among the most fundamental choices for African firms to address the unique internationalization challenges related to their home country context.
Dominik Anderhofstadt +2 more
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International Trade and Investment Agreements as Barriers to Food Environment Regulation for Public Health Nutrition: A Realist Review. [PDF]
Int J Health Policy Manag, 2021 Garton K, Thow AM, Swinburn B.
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