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BMJ Global Health, 2019 A majority of patients with tuberculosis (TB) in India are diagnosed and treated in the private sector. Yet, most private providers do not use most recent WHO-endorsed microbiological tests such as liquid cultures, line probe assays and Xpert MTB/RIF due
Madhukar Pai +18 more
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Agribusiness, EarlyView.ABSTRACT Climate variability is affecting the productivity, profitability, and resilience of smallholder dairy producers in developing countries. The adoption of climate‐smart (CS) dairy practices has been promoted to mitigate these negative effects. However, while interest in dairy CS practices is growing, empirical evidence on their adoption patterns
Mercy Mburu +4 more
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Revista Vasca de Administración Pública, 2014 The transformations in the field of Public Law are promoting the withdrawal of legal regulations that leave spaces that are occupied by contractual relationships among private individuals.
José Esteve Pardo
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The Power of Unity: Collective Action and Smallholder Agricultural Performance in West Africa
Agribusiness, EarlyView.ABSTRACT We analyze the impact of collective action through farmer‐based organizations (FBOs) on smallholders' farm performance and income inequality in Ghana, Benin, The Gambia, and Mali. We find that FBO membership increases cereal yield in Ghana and The Gambia, legume yield in Mali, ruminant numbers in Benin and The Gambia, and total farm income in ...
Emmanuel Donkor +3 more
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Cogent EducationThe interaction between Higher Education Institutions (HEIs) and industry for the purpose of improving the exchange of knowledge and technology refers to the concept of universities–industry collaboration (UIC).
Nasser Al Harrasi, Nidaa Al Subhi
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Privatising other people’s water: the contradictory policies of Netherlands, Norway and Sweden [PDF]
, 2004 The Nordic countries, including Norway and Sweden, are famous for their strong welfare state and public services. Stockholm’s public sector water company hosts the world’s leading annual conference of water, in a week that celebrates its achievement of ...
Hall, David
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The Role of Certifications in Improving Household Food Security Among Peruvian Farmers
Agribusiness, EarlyView.ABSTRACT Achieving global food security requires sustainable transformations in agri‐food systems. Voluntary Sustainability Standards (VSS) such as Organic and Fairtrade aim to internalize certain social and environmental costs while promoting more equitable value distribution, improved market access, and sustainable production practices.
Lisa‐Marie Schulte, Awudu Abdulai
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The Economic Foundations of Institutional Stagnation in Commodity-Exporting Countries [PDF]
Many poor countries are plagued with growth-impeding institutions. We develop a three-sector general equilibrium model linking economic stagnation in these countries to poor export terms of trade.
Francis Andrianarison +2 more
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Global Sustainability, 2019 This article raises awareness of how countries can leverage space and space technologies to achieve the Sustainable Development Goals (SDGs) through concrete examples.
Simonetta Di Pippo
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Mission Drift of large MFIs? [PDF]
Since the Mexican Microfinance Institution (MFI) Compartamos went public in 2007 – whereby promoting NGOs and private investors earned about USD 425 million – leading journals and magazines have repeatedly run rather sceptical articles about microfinance.
Ramana, N. V., Schmidt, Oliver
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