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Brokering Localization: Country‐Based Pooled Funds in Humanitarian Assistance

Public Administration and Development, EarlyView.
ABSTRACT This article analyzes Country‐Based Pooled Funds (CBPFs) to identify types of brokerage models and their effects on localization. CBPFs are intermediaries in the aid chain connecting donors to implementers such as the United Nations, international non‐governmental organizations (INGOs) and national NGOs (NNGOs). This paper analyzes four of the
Maryam Zarnegar Deloffre
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Digitizing collections to unlock the full potential of palynology: A case study with the Smithsonian palynology collection

PLANTS, PEOPLE, PLANET, EarlyView.
Large palynological collections have been built over decades and contain vital information. However, they are often difficult to access and use effectively. What is the point of having such collections if they are not fully utilizable? To solve this problem, we digitized the Smithsonian palynological collection using both light and confocal microscopy.
Carlos Jaramillo, Surangi W. Punyasena, Daurys de Alba, Roxana Alveo, Angelica Arcila, Jorge Bermudez, Jonatan Bustos, Dayenari Caballero‐Rodriguez, Karen Cardenas, David Caro, Francy Carvajal, Ivonne Marcela Castañeda, Shara Chaves, Carlos D'Apolito, Andres Diaz‐Jaramillo, Laura Diaz, Luisa Gomez, Mauricio León‐Carreño, Paula Lopera, Maria Alejandra Lopez, Priscila Lopez, Luke Mander, Jhonatan Martínez Murcia, Carlos Moreno, Enrique Moreno, Enrique Neyra, Brenda Orosco, Jhon Ortiz, Natalia Ossa, Natalia Ovalle, Carolina Ovalle, Angelo Plata, Ingrid Romero, Bruno Scudeiro, Silane A. F. da Silva Caminha, Axel Tejada‐Fajardo, Vinicius Do Valle, Thiago Wood   +37 more
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New ideas of socialism [PDF]

, 1992
This paper discusses attempts to rethink socialism in the light of recent economic, social and political developments such as the rise of neo-liberalism, post-fordism, the demise of state socialism and globalization. It posits four new revisionist models
Martell, Luke
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Cultural Differences and Interdependencies in Climate Change Mitigation Efforts and Their Psychological Antecedents Across 63 Countries

Sustainable Development, EarlyView.
ABSTRACT Climate change research, like much of social science, is biased toward WEIRD (Western, Educated, Industrialized, Rich, Democratic) populations, limiting its global relevance. Even cross‐national studies often suffer from methodological inconsistencies due to cultural and geographic interdependencies.
Danila Valko, Kristin Thompson
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Agricultural Fungicide Mancozeb in Leaf Litter Enhances Survival and Growth of Aedes aegypti (Diptera: Culicidae)

Environmental Toxicology, EarlyView.
ABSTRACT Mancozeb is one of the most widely used agricultural fungicides, exhibiting strong efficacy against a broad spectrum of phytopathogenic fungi. However, its widespread application comes at the cost of environmental contamination. Here, we show the effects of Inga vera leaf litter contamination with Mancozeb on life‐history traits of Aedes ...
Heloise Restello Remus, Gilberto Dinis Cozzer, João Tauchert, Raquel de Brito, Cássia Alves Lima‐Rezende, Jacir Dal Magro, Natalia Bastiani da Luz, Daniel Albeny‐Simões, Renan de Souza Rezende   +8 more
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The FairShares Model: a communitarian pluralist approach to constituting social enterprises? [PDF]

, 2013
Objectives - This paper is an exploration of the intellectual antecedents and philosophical assumptions that underpin the FairShares Model - a set of brand principles and Articles of Association published by the FairShares Association.
Bull, Mike, Ridley-Duff, Rory
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Communitarian perspectives on social enterprise [PDF]

, 2007
Concepts of social enterprise have been debated repeatedly, and continue to cause confusion. In this paper, a meta-theoretical framework is developed through discussion of individualist and communitarian philosophy.
Allen B., Berry A., Borzaga C., Borzaga C., Brown J., Cadbury A., Cheney G., Cladis M., Collins D., Collins J., Collins J., Conyon M., Cornforth C., Cornforth C., Davies P., Dees J. G., Defourny J., DTI, DTI, DTI, Ellerman D., Evers A., Francesco M., Friedman M., Gates J., Gaus G., Giddens A., Giddens A., Griseri P., Harding R., Harrison J., Haugh H., Hobbes T., Holmstrom M., Hume J., ICAEW, IFAC, Johnson P., Kasmir S., Kotter P., Kunda G., Laville J. L., Lewis D., Lewis D., Lutz M., Lutz M., Major G., Major G., Marx K., Mayer C., Mayo E., Michels R., Monks R., NEF/SAS (New Economics Foundation/Shorebank Advisory Services), Oakeshott R., Ouchi W., Parker M., Peters T., Rawls J., Rawls J., Ridley-Duff R., Ridley-Duff R., Rothschild J., Schumpeter J., Skoble A., Smith A., Smith R., Spear R., Spear R., Sternberg E., Tam H., Thompson P., Tonnies F., Vanek J., Vidal I., Vinten G., Wallace B., Ward C., Whyte W. F., Whyte W. F., Wieland A., Willmott H.   +81 more
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M. E. Grant Duff, Philosophic Liberalism and the Global Liberal Cause

History, EarlyView.
Abstract Historians disagree about how best to conceptualize nineteenth‐century British Liberalism in relation to its international contexts. This article argues that we can better understand the patterns involved by interrogating individuals who bridged the worlds of partisan politics and elaborated thought.
Alex Middleton
wiley   +1 more source

Towards Responsible Artificial Intelligence Adoption: Emerging and Existing Ethical Issues in Africa

Sci
This study investigats both emerging and existing ethical issues associated with the adoption of artificial intelligence (AI) in Africa, a region characterised by unique socio-economic and cultural complexities.
Dolapo Faith Sule
doaj   +1 more source

THE CONTESTED CITY OF VENICE: Caring for Commodified Common Infrastructures in a Touristified Environment

International Journal of Urban and Regional Research, EarlyView.
Abstract In this essay I reveal contested common infrastructures in the interplay between vanishing public infrastructures in Venice and lack of care by governmental actors in a city with a shrinking number of inhabitants. I examine care and commodified public infrastructures in heritage cities facing mass tourism and climate change effects by zooming ...
Cornelia Dlabaja
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