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What's the worth of a promise? Evaluating the long‐term effects of a programme to reduce early marriage in India

Economica, EarlyView.
Abstract This paper examines the long‐term effects of ‘Apni Beti Apna Dhan’ (ABAD), a unique conditional cash transfer programme implemented in the north Indian state of Haryana from 1994 to 1998. The programme provided bonds to female beneficiaries at birth, redeemable on attaining 18 years of age, if they remained unmarried. In particular, we examine
Shreya Biswas, Upasak Das
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Adolescent views on participating in HIV biomedical research during pregnancy: a qualitative analysis of motivators and barriers. [PDF]

AIDS Care
Baron HC, Masese RV, Mussa A, Thom A, Mmodzi P, Kasule M, Tshume O, Rajeshmohan R, Hagan-Bezgin A, Winner P, Bapabi M, Ramontshonyana K, Sullivan K, Morroni C, Bula A, Lyerly AD, Day S.   +16 more
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Broke Autocrats, Broken Elections: Trade Shocks and Electoral Fraud in Autocracies

Economics &Politics, EarlyView.
ABSTRACT We argue that when terms‐of‐trade (ToT) shocks reduce resource rents, autocrats lose the fiscal capacity to sustain loyalty through patronage and increasingly rely on electoral manipulation as a survival strategy. We present a simple model in which rents finance patronage in normal times, while adverse shocks reduce the effectiveness of ...
Antonis Adam, Sofia Tsarsitalidou
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Managed decline: Muddling through with the Sterling (dis)Agreements, 1968–74

The Economic History Review, EarlyView.
Abstract How do policymakers manage the decline of an international currency? This paper revisits the view that the ‘Sterling Agreements’ of 1968–74 – bilateral contracts between the UK and sterling‐holding governments – marked a successful paradigm shift towards sterling's managed ‘retirement’.
Alan de Bromhead, David Jordan, Francis Kennedy, Jack Seddon   +3 more
wiley   +1 more source

Musculoskeletal injury research in sub-Saharan Africa : a ten-year bibliometric analysis of research outputs from Malawi, South Africa, and Tanzania. [PDF]

Bone Jt Open
Waters R, Osman S, Laubscher M, Maqungo S, Mkandawire N, Haonga B, Njambilo G, Costa ML, Chokotho L, Graham SM, National Institute for Health and Care Research Global Health Research Group on Global Injury, Mkochi V, Mpanga C, Henrion M, Moffat C, Biccard BM, Matzopoulos R, Smythe T, Mncwabe N, Berry K, Mumba B, Khumalo W, Ngunyale P, Emmanuel O, Mfinanga J, Mbanga J, Mwakawanga DL, Lalloo DG, Harrison WJ, Cook J, Petrou S, Perry DC, Drew S, Appelbe D, Achten J, Glaze M, Shaw A, Martin C, Shearer D, Drury G, Masters J, Sheikh S, Morley A, Olomi J, Scherer N, Rashan S, Mbugua C, Smith L, Mackechnie M.   +48 more
europepmc   +1 more source

The Role of ESG in Shaping the Impact of Financial Development on Banks' Performance

European Financial Management, EarlyView.
ABSTRACT This study investigates how financial development, divided into financial markets and financial institutions, affects banks' performance across 93 financially developed countries during the period between 2008 and 2023. The analysis highlights the role of environmental, social and governance readiness as core determinants that reshape ...
Noman Arshed, Yassine Bakkar, Marco De Sisto, Mubasher Iqbal, Shajara Ul‐Durar   +4 more
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The Impact of the Rule of Law on the Stock Price Index in the Amman Stock Exchange (Jordan): An Econometric Study (1998-2017)

المجلة الأردنية للعلوم التطبيقية-العلوم الانسانية, 2022
Majeda Al-Azzam, Ahmad ‬ Malawi
doaj   +1 more source

Acute breathlessness as a cause of hospitalisation in Malawi: a prospective, patient-centred study to evaluate causes and outcomes. [PDF]

Thorax
Spencer SA, Malowa F, McCarty D, Joekes E, Phulusa J, Chinoko B, Kaimba S, Keyala L, Mandala P, Mkandawire M, Mukatipa A, Nyirenda M, Sawe HR, White SA, Henrion MYR, Augustine DX, Oxborough D, Worrall E, Limbani F, Dark P, Rylance J, Gordon SB, Morton B, Collaborators.   +23 more
europepmc   +1 more source

Competition Law and Public Interest: A Challenge for Adjudication

European Law Journal, EarlyView.
ABSTRACT This paper engages with the increasing concern that competition law can no longer concentrate exclusively on a narrow focus on price increases and output diminution. Within the context of growing global inequality and the exponential increase in economic power in the hands of a few, there is a need to develop a coherent jurisprudence capable ...
Dennis M. Davis
wiley   +1 more source

Lessons Learned in Creating a Neonatal Nursery at a District Hospital in Rural Malawi

Annals of Global Health, 2017
J. Mhango, A. Fisher, E. Connolly, B. Uladi, D. Gunya, G. Nkula, N. Mwale, C. Maulidi, M. Mhango, E. Wroe, L. Nazimera   +10 more
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