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Rethinking the ‘Defeminization of Agriculture’: Land Consolidation and Crop Diversification in Vietnam's Red River Delta

open access: yesDevelopment and Change, Volume 57, Issue 2, Page 203-230, March 2026.
ABSTRACT Over the past two decades, agricultural restructuring in Vietnam — driven by land consolidation, crop diversification and modernization — has shifted farming from labour‐intensive to capital‐intensive production. This article argues that agrarian change in Vietnam has not simply resulted in the marginalization of women, a finding that ...
Nga Dao, Quang Phung
wiley   +1 more source

An Action Plan for the Restructuring and Rationalization of the National Intercity Rail Passanger System [PDF]

open access: yes, 2002
Final report of the Amtrak Reform Council describing their activities and findings regarding the Council's proposed action plan for restructuring the national intercity rail passenger system in the face of Amtrak's failure to achieve operational self ...
Amtrak Reform Council
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Enduring Crises of the Nation‐State: How Spatial Imaginations Reshape Identity and Dis/Unity

open access: yesGeography Compass, Volume 20, Issue 3, March 2026.
ABSTRACT This article reframes the contemporary “crisis” of the nation‐state not as a simple erosion of sovereignty but as a problem of spatial misalignment: adaptive states remain strategically embedded in dense transnational regimes, yet domestic legitimacy falters when unitary national imaginaries confront heterogeneous, multi‐sited social realities.
Erdem Bekaroğlu, Suat Yazan
wiley   +1 more source

European Union’s Approach to Reforming International Investment Law

open access: yesJurnal Hukum Internasional
The European Union (EU) continues to be a firm proponent of the international protection of foreign investments through a web of (mostly bilateral) investment agreements, initially developed and spread all over the world by its Member States. Nonetheless,
Iveta Alexovičová
doaj   +1 more source

Loopholes and the Incidence of Public Services: Evidence From Funding Career and Technical Education

open access: yesJournal of Policy Analysis and Management, Volume 45, Issue 1, Winter 2026.
ABSTRACT In 2015, Michigan increased its Career and Technical Education (CTE) funding and changed its funding formula to reimburse programs based on student progression through program curricula. Although this change nearly doubled program completion rates, student enrollment and persistence were unaffected; instead, administrators accelerated student ...
Thomas Goldring   +3 more
wiley   +1 more source

Australian Law Reform Commission: annual report 2013-2014 [PDF]

open access: yes, 2014
The Australian Law Reform Commission\u27s annual report for the period 1 July 2013 to 30 June ...
Australian Law Reform Commission
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Examining marine pollution governance from the perspective of international investment law: theoretical connection, development trends, and China’s experience

open access: yesFrontiers in Marine Science
Global marine pollution demands effective governance measures, with international investment law playing a crucial role. This study explores ocean pollution governance through international investment law, focusing on two aspects.
Xue Liu, Zhanyang Yu
doaj   +1 more source

Law Reform Commission consultation paper: Rape. October 1987. [PDF]

open access: yes, 1987
The Law Reform Commission was established by section 3 of the Law Reform Commission Act, 1975 on 20th October, 1975. It is an independent body consisting of a President and four other members appointed by the Goverment.
Law Reform Commission
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Radical Reform of the International Investment Treaty Regime: A Role for Climate Clubs?

open access: yesGlobal Policy, Volume 16, Issue 5, Page 798-810, November 2025.
ABSTRACT There is growing concern that provisions in international investment treaties are being used to delay the critically needed transition away from fossil fuels. Although various procedural and substantive reforms have been pursued in recent years, these reforms have thus far failed to tackle the fundamental problems with investment treaties and ...
Kyla Tienhaara   +2 more
wiley   +1 more source

MEDIATION AS AN AMICABLE MEANS WITHIN THE INVESTOR-STATE DISPUTE SETTLEMENT CLAUSE: A BASIC SURVEY OF RUSSIAN BILATERAL INVESTMENT TREATIES

open access: yesПравовое государство: теория и практика
In the last decade, many endeavors have been done to reform the Investor-State Dispute Settlement (ISDS) clause by International organizations such as ICSID, OECD, UNCITRAL and UNCTAD.
Abadikhah Mostafa   +1 more
doaj   +1 more source

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