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Between Sustainable Development, Financialisation and Sovereign Debt Crisis: The Case of Blue Finance as Yet Another Iteration of the Washington Consensus

Global Policy, EarlyView.
ABSTRACT As far as international economic law (IEL) is concerned, the ‘Washington Consensus’ generally refers to the World Bank and the International Monetary Fund (IMF)'s development finance policies and tools. It covers their application to their clients and borrowers with the support of Western governments. This acceptation is of particular interest
Leïla Choukroune
wiley   +1 more source

Monsters of finance

American Ethnologist, EarlyView.
Abstract An anthropology of horror can serve as a vernacular critique of financial speculation. Drawing on fieldwork in San Pedro, Paraguay, I track horror across three registers: pombero tricksters; plata yvyguy (buried money) as a founding myth of postwar finance; and obligations binding sesame farmers to monsters, patrones, and creditors.
Caroline E. Schuster
wiley   +1 more source

Carl Schmitt's International Order: A Decolonial Reappraisal

Constellations, EarlyView.
Andrea Mura
wiley   +1 more source

Multi‐professional simulation training on prolonged labor in Tanzania: A quasi‐experimental, pre‐post interventional study

Acta Obstetricia et Gynecologica Scandinavica, EarlyView.
We hypothesized that simulation training on management of prolonged labor can reduce the rate of cesarean sections in active labor. Management of prolonged labor in teams emphasized respectful maternity care and shared decision‐making. Results showed a reduction in the cesarean section rate from 7.4% to 2.7% during the active phase of prolonged labor ...
Signe Egenberg, Lacatus Nyombi, Torbjørn Moe Eggebø, Adelaida Kavishe, Allen Lyimo, Anastasia Ushakova, Cecilia Mushi, Deodatus Massay, Godrule Lyimo, Upendo Kibona, Bariki Mchome   +10 more
wiley   +1 more source

Global Apparel Value Chain in the Post‐MFA Era: Exploring Bangladesh's Competitive Edge

Asian-Pacific Economic Literature, EarlyView.
ABSTRACT This study revisits Bangladesh's competitive edge by examining patterns of global apparel trade during the post‐Multi‐Fibre Arrangement (MFA) era using a large bilateral panel of 27 leading apparel exporters trading with 163 destinations with coverage of 90% of the world apparel exports.
Abul Bashar Mohammed Fakhruzzaman
wiley   +1 more source

Insights from the sustainable mobility using data in Latin America and the Caribbean special collection

Data & Policy
Catalina Vanoli, Luisa Rubio
doaj   +1 more source

Weight stigma in Latin America and the Caribbean: a call to action. [PDF]

Lancet Reg Health Am
Flint SW, Vila T.
europepmc   +1 more source

Women, Infants and Children (WIC) Participation and Breastfeeding Behavior: Comparing Foreign‐Born to US‐Born Mothers

Birth, EarlyView.
ABSTRACT Background This cross‐sectional study compared rates of breastfeeding initiation and exclusive breastfeeding among foreign‐born mothers who utilized the Women, Infants and Children (WIC) program with foreign‐born non‐participants and US‐born WIC participants.
Angela G. Campbell
wiley   +1 more source

Telemedicine for cardiometabolic disease control in Latin America and the Caribbean: A systematic review and meta-analysis. [PDF]

Prev Med Rep
Saldarriaga-Bedoya K, Ruiz-Jiménez SC, Sánchez-Rodríguez SJ, Ariza-Sosa GR, van der Werf S, Buskens E, Lahr M.   +6 more
europepmc   +1 more source

Economic inequality and academic perseverance: Evidence from 73 countries

British Journal of Educational Psychology, EarlyView.
Abstract Background Academic perseverance is important for educational success, yet research has focused mainly on individual and proximal environmental factors, with limited attention to broader socioeconomic contexts. Aims This study examined whether national economic inequality was associated with students' academic perseverance and whether this ...
Yifan Wang, Yanru Liu, Dennis Alonzo
wiley   +1 more source