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Efficiency of Public Spending on Environmental Protection: The Role of Renewable Energy, Governance and Fossil Fuel Subsidies

open access: yesSustainable Development, EarlyView.
ABSTRACT Climate change, biodiversity loss, and pollution pose a growing threat to ecosystems and human well‐being, prompting a call for action within the framework of the UN Decade of Ecosystem Restoration and Sustainable Development Goal 15 (SDG 15).
Pedro José Martínez Córdoba   +3 more
wiley   +1 more source

Climate Change and Women's Barriers to Credit: Global Firm‐Level Analysis of Gender Bias and Climate Risk Policy Thresholds

open access: yesSustainable Development, EarlyView.
ABSTRACT The purpose of this present study is to assess how climate risk mitigates the positive incidence of the female CEOs on credit access. Using the Climate Physical Risk Index (CPRI), we perform an empirical analysis on firm‐level data from over 38,500 firms in 130 countries observed over the period 2006–2020. We find that female entrepreneurs are
Simplice A. Asongu, Cherif Abdramane
wiley   +1 more source

Socio‐Economic Barriers to Sustainable Development in Burkina Faso

open access: yesSustainable Development, EarlyView.
ABSTRACT The Western Sahel has garnered global attention due to its complex and interconnected challenges, economic fragility, political instability, and environmental pressures, making it a critical research area. Focusing on Burkina Faso, this study analyses sociopolitical barriers (e.g., governance deficits, inequality) and economic growth through a
Margarita Navarro‐Pabsdorf   +1 more
wiley   +1 more source

Gathering: a survival occupation in arid zones in Mali [PDF]

open access: yes, 1995
Dans les régions sahariennes et sahéliennes, les récentes sécheresses ont creusé davantage le déficit chronique en céréales, aliments de base indispensables à la survie des populations.
Diarra, A.
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Evaluating the Quality of Corruption Surveys for Comparative Research and Sustainable Development

open access: yesSustainable Development, EarlyView.
ABSTRACT Reliable and accurate corruption measurement is crucial for effective governance, evidence‐based policymaking, and the monitoring of global goals such as the United Nations Sustainable Development Goals (SDGs). While perception‐based corruption metrics are widely used, they face criticism due to conceptual ambiguities and vulnerability to ...
Giulia Mugellini   +2 more
wiley   +1 more source

Do remittances affect poverty and inequality ? Evidence from Mali. [PDF]

open access: yes
Using a 2006 household survey in Mali, we compare current poverty rates and inequality levels with counterfactual ones in the absence of migration and remittances.
Gubert, Flore   +2 more
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Polygonal vortex beams in quasi-frequency-degenerate states

open access: yes, 2018
We originally demonstrate the vortex beams with patterns of closed polygons [namely polygonal vortex beams (PVBs)] generated by a quasi-frequency-degenerate (QFD) Yb:CALGO laser resonator with astigmatic transformation. The PVBs with peculiar patterns of
Fu, Xing   +4 more
core   +1 more source

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