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Book Review: Water delivery: Public or private? [PDF]
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de Lange, Willem J.
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Asia-Pacific Journal of Clinical Oncology, EarlyView.The study identified key barriers to optimal patient‐centered care, including delayed diagnosis due to awareness and stigma‐related barriers among patients and caregivers, and opportunities to enhance multidisciplinary coordination. Resource limitations impacted nursing and psychosocial support, while access to support care varied across regions.
Edwin Pun Hui +10 more
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When Urgency Drops: Temporal Consciousness and the Choreography of Dying
Anthropology of Consciousness, EarlyView.ABSTRACT In the hospital, the transition from fighting for life to preparing for death involves not only a shift in medical repertoires but also a profound transformation in temporal experience. Drawing on ethnographic fieldwork in a Canadian intensive care unit, this article examines how the tempo of care, its rhythms, urgencies, and pauses shapes ...
Louise Chartrand
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Intercooperation and open innovation: Unleashing cooperative firms’ innovation potential
Annals of Public and Cooperative Economics, EarlyView.Abstract This research examines how interorganizational cooperation impacts the innovation performance of cooperative firms. Existing literature asserts that there are limitations in the innovation capabilities of cooperatives. This study seeks to challenge that assumption and explore whether the nature of such firms enhances their cooperation with ...
Josu Santos‐Larrazabal +2 more
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Child &Family Social Work, EarlyView.ABSTRACT The location of public services impacts children's living and service‐reception conditions, as well as the work of child welfare service providers. Against the background of growing inequality and segregation in Sweden, this article explores the work of child welfare services when located in the urban periphery.
Tobias Jansson, Kajsa Nolbeck
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Cote d'Ivoire : private sector dynamics and constraints [PDF]
Private sector assessments provide information and analysis essential to formulating strategies for alleviating constraints on private sector development.
Rueda-Sabater, Enrique, Stone, Andrew
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The new poor law and the health of the population of England and Wales
The Economic History Review, EarlyView.Abstract We estimate the impact of reductions in poor law expenditure on rural life expectancy and mortality rates in England and Wales following the 1834 Poor Law Amendment Act. Given the scale of cuts imposed, our estimates imply 8–10 per cent increases in mortality at ages 1–4 years and 2–4 per cent falls in rural expectation of life at birth.
David Green +3 more
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Golden weapons and golden fetters: From the gold standard to the new geopolitics
The Economic History Review, EarlyView.Abstract This paper explores the historical relationship between monetary regimes, security concerns, and geopolitical tensions, particularly focusing on the role of gold. Throughout history, monetary systems have been deeply intertwined with international state systems and security provisions.
Harold James
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Adaptor of last resort? An economic perspective on the government’s role in adaptation to climate change [PDF]
Individuals and societies have always adapted to change, whether catastrophic or slow onset. Over the last two centuries, however, governments have significantly extended their role as ultimate social manager of risk.
Frank Jotzo, Leo Dobes, Patrick Doupe
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Between famine and freedom: Food prices during the Indonesian War of Independence, 1945–9
The Economic History Review, EarlyView.Abstract This paper investigates how the Indonesian War of Independence (1945‒9) influenced staple food prices, and how fluctuations in those prices, in turn, shaped the trajectory and dynamics of the conflict. We compiled a dataset comprising more than 8600 prices for staple foods covering the entire Indonesian archipelago from 1939‒49, allowing us to
Ingrid de Zwarte +2 more
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