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Agricultural Sector Policy Reforms: Implications for Poverty and the Environment in Malawi [PDF]
, 2012 Since independence in 1964, Malawi has implemented a number of agricultural reforms particularly in the tobacco and maize sectors. These reforms have been designed with four key objectives as follows: (a) to improve smallholder prices particularly in the
Mkwara, Bentry
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American Journal of Agricultural Economics, EarlyView.Abstract Extension services are designed to facilitate the flow of information from researchers to farmers. However, information failures continue to impede the diffusion of soil‐improving and water conservation technologies in Sub‐Saharan African countries. We use a randomized controlled trial (RCT) to examine the impact of an extension‐based campaign
Esther Gloria Mbabazi +3 more
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Structural reform in higher education: the changing role and status of the university college sector [PDF]
, 1999 This thesis examines the nature of structural reform of higher education in England with a particular focus on the changing policy environment of the role and status of the University College sector.
Rhodes, Malcolm
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Macau as Method: Recombinant Urbanism in Post‐Socialist China
Asia Pacific Viewpoint, EarlyView.ABSTRACT In ‘Asia as Method’, Chen Kuan‐Hsing argues for the value of an indigenous inter‐Asian approach to analysing the effects of European imperialism on the countries and citizens of Asia. This article mobilises both Chen's inter‐Asian referencing strategy and the city‐state of Macau to explore Macau's role in China's engagements with global ...
Tim Simpson
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Empowering practitioners working at the agriculture–conservation interface
Conservation Science and Practice, EarlyView.Conservation practitioners work at the critical intersection between agricultural decision makers and conservation adoption. However, they often lack first‐hand experience or training in agricultural decision making. We designed and evaluated an intensive professional development program to help conservation practitioners grow key competencies in ...
Adam K. Janke +5 more
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Leadership and Accountability in Faith‐Based Institutions: Evidence From UK Mosques
Financial Accountability &Management, EarlyView.ABSTRACT This study investigates accountability in religious institutions on the basis of evidence obtained from interviews with relevant parties in UK mosques. We mobilize prior theoretical contention regarding servant leadership and constraints on personal accountability to expose perceptions of seriously deficient discharge outcomes.
Umair Riaz +3 more
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Journal of Agrarian Change, EarlyView.ABSTRACT This article examines peasant and Indigenous movements in Mexico since Morena's rise to power in 2018 through the lens of collective empowerment theory, a theory of political‐cultural formation. Beyond offering an empirical assessment, the theory is refined and formalized through an analysis of these movements and their relationship to ...
Gerardo Otero
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Living with fragility : children in New Crossroads [PDF]
, 1999 Living with Fragility, traces the lives of sixteen African children between 1992 and 1995. It explores the intimate spaces of children's social relationships and charts discontinuities they experienced.
Henderson, Patricia Catherine
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Journal of Product Innovation Management, EarlyView.ABSTRACT Academic Summary With the power and pervasiveness of innovative digital products outpacing regulation for managing the consequences, the development of effective governance mechanisms for innovation is increasingly recognized as a societal imperative.
Samuel Applebee, Leid Zejnilovic
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ICT for development reconsidered: a critical realist approach to the strategic context in Kenya's transition to e-governance [PDF]
This study contributes to critical information systems research understanding of the broader strategic context of information systems initiatives in developing countries.
Njihia, James Muranga
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