Providing effective support to “deep democracy”: how can it realistically be done?
Jean Bossuyt
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AN EXAMINATION OF THE LONG-RUN TRENDS AND RECENT DEVELOPMENTS IN FOREIGN AID [PDF]
This paper documents trends in official development assistance (ODA) over the last three decades. It examines trends in both aid amounts and the quality of aid.
Howard White, Simon Feeny
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Report of the Intergovernmental Committee of Experts on Sustainable Development Financing [PDF]
In order to achieve the Millennium Development Goals (MDGs), substantial additional external funding needs to be mobilized. Estimates differ, but a 'ballpark' figure is an annual increase of US$50 billion. This could be achieved by a doubling of official
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Malignant Potential of Temporal Bone Paragangliomas With Reference to GAPP System
ABSTRACT Objectives To evaluate the temporal bone paragangliomas (so‐called glomus tumors, TB‐PGLs) via the Grading System for Adrenal Pheochromocytoma and Paraganglioma (GAPP) and succinate dehydrogenase subunit B (SDHB) immunohistochemistry, and to discuss their implications for postoperative follow‐up and treatment strategies. Methods This report is
Noritaka Komune +10 more
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We analysed archival muscle biopsies of steroid‐naïve patients with Duchenne muscular dystrophy (DMD), proposing a novel, simple metric: myofibre density (MFD). MFD sharply declines until age 6, identifying a critical threshold around this age. MFD provides a sensitive, reproducible biomarker for early disease progression, highlighting a potential ...
Tetsuhiro Yamakado +10 more
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Elusive trade-off: The solution to energy poverty and GHG emissions in Africa
A groundbreaking strategy known as ''coopetition'' has emerged to provide energy access to underserved populations in Africa while reducing greenhouse gas emissions.
Mekobe Ajebe
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Impact of Foreign Capital Inflows (FCI) on Economic Growth in Pakistan [1975-2004] [PDF]
The Two-Gap Model suggests that the Poor countries have to rely on the foreign capital inflows (FCI) to fill the two Gaps: Import-Export Gap and the Savings-Investment Gap.
Mohey-ud-din, Ghulam
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〈Research Note〉Japan\u27s ODA Policy toward Central Asia and the Caucasus: An Analysis of Japanese Assistance to Economic Development in Kyrgyzstan and Armenia [PDF]
Since the end of the Cold War, establishing partner relationships with other regions beyond Southeast Asia, such as Central Asia and the Caucasus, has served as a primary goal for Japan in asserting its foreign policy.
NAZARMUHAMEDOV Bobur
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Hybridity of mainly asexually propagating duckweeds in genus Lemna – dead end or breakthrough?
Summary The cosmopolitan, mainly vegetatively propagating, organ‐reduced monocotyledonous aquatic duckweeds are the smallest and fastest growing angiosperms, distributed world‐wide and flower rarely in nature. Recently, we reported intra‐ and interspecific hybrids and ploidy variants in the genus Lemna.
Yuri Lee +10 more
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