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Seeds of change: The impact of Ethiopia's direct seed marketing approach on smallholders' seed purchases and productivity

American 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, Gashaw T. Abate, Seid Yimam, Rui Benfica, David J. Spielman, Frank Place   +5 more
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Collaborating with transnational families: Learning from the experiences of family caretakers, educators, psychologists, and spiritual leaders in Honduras

American Journal of Community Psychology, EarlyView.
Abstract This manuscript centers on the experiences of caretakers of minors in Honduran transnational families (TNFs) in which one or both parents emigrated, and of the schoolteachers, professional psychologists, and spiritual leaders working with these families.
Marco Gemignani, Yolanda Hernández‐Albújar, Nerea Larrinaga‐Bidegain   +2 more
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EUROPEAN COMMON CURRENCY OUTSIDE EURO ZONE AND FIXED EXCHANGE RATES VS. EURO: ECONOMIC AND LEGAL ASPECTS

Ekonomia i Prawo, 2011
On January 1, 1999, the euro came into existence as a European common currency (currency of Economic and Monetary Union). Additionally, euro has become a legal tender in states and countries outside euro zone.
Paweł Folfas, Magdalena Słok-Wódkowska   +1 more
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Understanding the Housing and Support Experience of People With Complex Disability in Australia: A Qualitative Analysis of Submissions to the Disability Royal Commission

Australian Journal of Social Issues, EarlyView.
ABSTRACT In 2019, the Australian government established the Royal Commission into Violence, Abuse, Neglect and Exploitation of People with Disability (‘Disability Royal Commission’, DRC) to investigate widespread mistreatment of people with disability. Nearly 10,000 people with disability, their families and supporters engaged with the DRC.
Kate D'Cruz, Fiona Carey, Libby Witts, Jessie Spence, Peter Mulherin, Megan Topping, Di Winkler, Jacinta Douglas   +7 more
wiley   +1 more source

Policy of Small Town Development: Lessons of Overseas Experience for Russia

Вестник Российского экономического университета имени Г. В. Плеханова
The article studies the world experience in pursuing state policy of space development in remote territories and small towns in Germany, Japan, Poland, Slovenia, Check Republic and Italy.
L. V. Dmitrieva
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The limits of French intervention in Africa: a study in applied neo-colonialism [PDF]

, 1982
African Studies Center Working Paper No. 54INTRODUCTION: The scope of this paper is both wider and narrower than might be suggested by its title. It does not propose to offer a full analysis of French neocolonialism, but neither will it be limited to a ...
Bustin, Edouard
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‘I Don't Babysit’: Stay‐at‐Home Dads' Perspectives and Experiences Within Australian Society

Australian Journal of Social Issues, EarlyView.
ABSTRACT Stay‐at‐home‐dads are an emerging group in Australia, impacted by societal assumptions and expectations. However, there is a scarcity of research on the perspectives and experiences of fathers assuming stay‐at‐home dad roles within Australian society.
Elyse Manie, Patricia Taylor, Hayley McKenzie, Norma Barrett   +3 more
wiley   +1 more source

I giovani maoresi e la mobilità. La sfida dell’istruzione tra vecchie e nuove disuguaglianze

Archivio Antropologico Mediterraneo
Mobility constitutes a dynamic force of most European overseas areas, including non-independent regions, countries and territories, integrated or associated with a member state of the European Union. Despite financial efforts and cohesion plans to reduce
Paola Schierano
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Leishmaniasis epidemiology in endemic areas of metropolitan France and its overseas territories from 1998 to 2020.

PLoS Neglected Tropical Diseases, 2022
BackgroundIn France, leishmaniasis is endemic in the Mediterranean region, in French Guiana and to a lesser extent, in the French West Indies. This study wanted to provide an updated picture of leishmaniasis epidemiology in metropolitan France and in its
Grégoire Pasquier, Magalie Demar, Patrick Lami, Asma Zribi, Pierre Marty, Pierre Buffet, Nicole Desbois-Nogard, Jean Pierre Gangneux, Stéphane Simon, Romain Blaizot, Pierre Couppié, Louis Thiebaut, Francine Pratlong, Jean-Pierre Dedet, Patrick Bastien, Yvon Sterkers, Christophe Ravel, Laurence Lachaud, Working Group for the Notification of Human Leishmanioses in France   +18 more
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‘People Need to Understand That They Are Stealing From Their Neighbours’: A Critical Media Analysis of the Representations and Resistance Throughout the Robodebt Scheme

Australian Journal of Social Issues, EarlyView.
ABSTRACT The Robodebt scheme issued thousand‐dollar debts to an estimated half a million people who had received social security. The debts were largely inaccurate and illegal, with the aim of improving the federal government's budget. The 2023 Royal Commission into the Robodebt Scheme found that the stigmatising political and public language about ...
Ella Kruger, Phillipa Evans
wiley   +1 more source