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Scalable Wheat Bran‐Algae Composites for Edible Electronics with Spray‐Coated Food‐Grade Conductive Inks

Advanced Electronic Materials, EarlyView.
A fully edible wheat bran–algae substrate is fabricated through scalable mould‐compression and spray‐coating, enabling robust, food‐grade platforms for sustainable electronics. A chitosan barrier improves water resistance and ink compatibility, while activated‐carbon conductive films form uniform electrodes with Ohmic behaviour.
Jaz Johari, Muhua Zhu, Zhiging Wang, Yichen Lang, Georgios Nikiforidis, Mingqing Wang, Mengyan Nie, Shahab Akhavan   +7 more
wiley   +1 more source

Precarising Formality: Understanding Current Labour Developments in Chile

Global Labour Journal, 2021
More than forty years ago, the Chilean economy led the way in a process of flexibilising and privatising a wide range of areas: finance, pensions, education, work and so on.
Gonzalo Durán, Karina Narbona
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The Role of Social Food Infrastructure in Addressing SNAP Participation Gaps: Evidence From Linked Administrative and Ground‐Sourced Data

Applied Economic Perspectives and Policy, EarlyView.
ABSTRACT We link American Community Survey and SNAP records for 185,000 units with ground‐sourced social food infrastructure data from FindFoodIL (Illinois Extension SNAP‐Ed) to examine SNAP participation determinants among eligible units. Bivariate probit models reveal, beyond SNAP offices, quantity of social infrastructure is associated with ...
Michael Lotspeich‐Yadao, Caitlin Kownacki, Jennifer McCaffrey, Craig Wesley Carpenter   +3 more
wiley   +1 more source

MUGABE’S POLICY LEGACIES ON URBAN POVERTY AND INFORMALITY IN HARARE, ZIMBABWE [PDF]

Revista Română de Geografie Politică
Zimbabwe gained independence in 1980 and had Mugabe as its first black president. Thirty-seven years later, Mugabe was, atypically, ousted from office. There exist controversies around his thirty-seven-year term.
Logistic MAKONI, Ngoni C. SHERENI, Kevin MEARNS   +2 more
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Effects of Corruption and Informality on Economic Growth through Productivity

Economies
Corruption and informality are issues which have attracted a great amount of empirical research, since they are variables that can affect economic development in various and complex ways, with direct and indirect effects on economic growth.
Pedro Bermúdez, Luis Verástegui, José Luis Nolazco, Dante A. Urbina   +3 more
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Agricultural entrepreneurship and informality in Sub-Saharan Africa: Insights from Benin

Revue Marocaine de l'Entrepreneuriat, de l'Innovation et du Management, 2017
This paper investigates the degree of informality of agricultural entrepreneurship in Benin, using data from the follow up survey of 2011 of the General Census of Enterprises.
Lokonon Kounagbè Odilon Boris
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Interruption of informality in artisanal cachaça: an analysis from the perspective of institutional work

Contextus, 2020
Informality presents itself as one of the hallmarks of the stillcachaça. In the state of Minas Gerais, the largest artisanal producer in the country, the rates surpassed 98% in 1980.
Raphael de Morais, Valéria da Glória Pereira Brito, Mozar José de Brito, Daniel Calbino Pinheiro   +3 more
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Assessing Haitian Consumers' Willingness to Pay a Premium for Aflatoxin‐Compliant Peanut Butter in the Informal Market

Agribusiness, EarlyView.
ABSTRACT Market‐based solutions are increasingly tested to address aflatoxin issues in peanuts in developing countries. Although previous studies have found that Haitian grocery store shoppers are willing to pay a 21% premium for peanut butter with levels of aflatoxin that meet international standards, no information is available for the much larger ...
Phendy Jacques, Stevens Azima, Maurice Doyon   +2 more
wiley   +1 more source

Farmers’ Protests in Germany: Media Coverage and Types of Bias

Agribusiness, EarlyView.
ABSTRACT The German farmers’ protests of 2024 sparked widespread media coverage and public debate. Yet, media coverage was not always positive, reflecting the media's attention‐seeking and selective focus. Occurrences of farmers blocking media outlets reflected distrust in how their concerns were portrayed.
Felix Schlichte, Doris Läpple
wiley   +1 more source

Informal production and labour market segmentation [PDF]

, 2010
This is the author's final version of the article. The final publication is available from the link below. Copyright © 2011 Mohr Siebeck.An industry is modeled in which entrepreneurs, who are heterogeneous in ability, may produce formally or informally.
Bennett, J
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