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Fighting for White Rule in Africa: The Central African Federation, Katanga and the Congo Crisis 1958-1965 [PDF]

open access: yes, 2007
This article assesses the role of the Central African Federation (CAF) of Southern Rhodesia, Northern Rhodesia and Nyasaland in the turmoil surrounding Belgium’s withdrawal from the Congo in June 1960.
Hughes, M
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Seeds of change: The impact of Ethiopia's direct seed marketing approach on smallholders' seed purchases and productivity

open access: yesAmerican Journal of Agricultural Economics, EarlyView.
Abstract While multiple factors explain low adoption rates of improved varieties by small‐scale farmers in sub‐Saharan Africa, a key supply‐side constraint is the limited availability of seed embodying new traits in the volume, quality, price, and timeliness required by farmers. This constraint is partly attributable to classical failures in the market
Dawit Mekonnen   +5 more
wiley   +1 more source

Features of the protection of the intellectual property related to the military-industrial complex of Russia

open access: yesSHS Web of Conferences, 2018
An integral part of today’s cross-border civil and trade relations is cooperation and trade in the military-industrial complex. One of the key problems for the countries selling production of the military-industrial complex is the protection of the ...
Kuznetsov Mikhail   +2 more
doaj   +1 more source

Defending Australia’s land border: The Australian military in Papua New Guinea

open access: yes, 2021
Although no war was fought there after the defeat of the Japanese in 1945, Papua New Guinea (PNG) occupied an important place in Australia’s strategic thinking during the early Cold War. Not only was the island seen as a barrier to Australia’s enemies, it was also a potential base from which to strike the Australian mainland should it fall.
openaire   +2 more sources

The emergence of India as new military power: Threat or opportunity to Southeast Asia? [PDF]

open access: yes, 2009
South Asia is a region often tinted with crisis, conflict and war.Historically, this region is undeniably a region exposed by military activities or 'use of force'.Therefore, military development has become a main agenda in South Asian countries in hope ...
Ajis, Mohd Na'eim   +2 more
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Redistributive land reforms, agricultural productivity, and structural change: New cross‐national evidence

open access: yesAmerican Journal of Agricultural Economics, EarlyView.
Abstract Large‐scale land reforms constitute a substantial redistribution of wealth and reallocation of agricultural land, which is a major form of asset and production input in developing countries. While land redistribution (from the rich to the poor) remains a highly controversial issue, extensive evidence on its effect is limited.
Devashish Mitra   +3 more
wiley   +1 more source

The Police-ization of the Military [PDF]

open access: yes, 1999
This essay will briefly review the background of the use of the armed forces in a police capacity, discuss the growth of that role in the I980s and 1990s, and forecast an even greater expansion into that role in the near future due to the emerging threat
Dunlap, Charles J., Jr.
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Food insecurity and unemployment among immigrants in the United States

open access: yesAmerican Journal of Agricultural Economics, EarlyView.
Abstract Immigrants can be more vulnerable to economic downturns and, during periods of economic hardship, more likely to experience food insecurity compared to natives. This study examines the differential effect of the unemployment rate on the probability of being food insecure among diverse groups of immigrant households relative to natives in the ...
Siwen Zhou   +3 more
wiley   +1 more source

The psychosocial toll of Dublin III on asylum seekers in the Netherlands

open access: yesAmerican Journal of Community Psychology, EarlyView.
Abstract The Dublin III Regulation determines which EU Member State is responsible for examining asylum claims, but its implementation carries significant consequences for those subjected to it. This study examines how Dublin III, as implemented in the Netherlands, affects asylum seekers' psychosocial wellbeing using Silove′s Adaptation and Development
Imen El Amouri
wiley   +1 more source

Formation of the customs system on the «Zbruch border» (1772–1820s)

open access: yesВісник Харківського національного університету імені В.Н. Каразіна. Серія: Ìсторія України. Українознавство: історичні та філософські науки
The purpose of the study is to analyze the formation of the customs system on the «Zbruch Border» in 1772–1820s, the formation and evolution of which contributed to the establishment of the Russian and Austrian monarchies in the territories captured ...
Serhii Humennyi
doaj   +1 more source

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