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Welfare in Transition: Trends in Poverty and Well-being in Central Asia [PDF]
This paper examines the impact of the transition on living standards and welfare in the five Republics of former Soviet Central Asia: Kazakhstan, Kyrgyzstan, Tajikistan, Turkmenistan and Uzbekistan, along with the Republic of Azerbaijan.
Jane Falkingham
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ABSTRACT Reconstructing the pressure–temperature–time (P–T–t) evolution of (ultra)high‐pressure rocks is essential for constraining subduction and collisional dynamics. Subduction zones are often investigated using basic eclogites, whereas nonbasic high‐pressure rocks remain comparatively understudied, potentially hindering a comprehensive ...
Otavio S. G. Silva +7 more
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ABSTRACT This article traces the transformation of global development from a discourse of aspirational equality to a regime of posthumanitarian militarism. It shows how aid, once framed as solidarity and progress, increasingly operates as an instrument of coercion, surveillance, and containment.
Salvador Santino Regilme
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A revision of the Central Asian Scopaeus Similis species group (Staphylinidae, Paederinae)
The Scopaeus similis species group, distributed in Central Asia and the Middle East, is proposed for S. ferganensis sp. n. (Kyrgyzstan, Uzbekistan), S. gissarensis sp. n. (Uzbekistan), S. hiekei sp. n. (Kazakhstan), S. longilobatus sp. n.
Johannes Frisch
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Capital Composition and the Declining Labor Share
ABSTRACT There are two problems with the view that cheaper capital caused a decline in the labor share: first, aggregate capital and labor are gross complements; second, the price of capital is roughly constant, worldwide. Taking seriously the composition of capital resolves both challenges.
Maya Eden, Paul Gaggl
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Return of the state to development: the state, donors, and NGOs in Post-Soviet Kyrgyzstan [PDF]
The thesis explores international donors’ promotion of civil society in post- Soviet Kyrgyzstan since the mid 2000s with a particular focus on how policy changes in the promotion of civil society have influenced Kyrgyz non-governmental organisations ...
Jailobaeva, Kanykey Bayalieva
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From Expansion to Erosion: The Global Trajectory of Judicial Independence, 1960–2018
ABSTRACT Judicial independence expanded globally throughout the twentieth century, but this trajectory has recently come under pressure. In recent years, governments around the world have increasingly challenged judicial autonomy. This study unpacks this global reversal by analyzing data from 156 states between 1960 and 2018.
Nir Rotem
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ABSTRACT The study focuses on the analysis of neutral states' exports to the Russian Federation via SDID and their comparison with more diligent enforcers of European sanctions, emphasising thus the changes that took place after the Russian invasion of Ukraine in February 2022.
Albert Grigoryan +5 more
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Neither exit nor voice : loyalty as a survival strategy for the Uzbeks in Kazakhstan [PDF]
The June 2010 conflict between the Kyrgyz and Uzbek communities in southern Kyrgyzstan once again demonstrated the complexity of the ethnic question in Central Asia.
Oka, Natsuko
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