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Examining New Donors in the OECD's Development Assistance Committee
Journal of International Development, EarlyView.ABSTRACT How do emerging donors integrate into the existing international aid architecture? While the existing literature focuses largely on emerging donors from the Global South, such as Brazil, China, India and Russia, there are many emerging donors from the Global North that have joined the OECD's Development Assistance Committee (DAC)—the premier ...
Nicolas Bau +3 more
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Childbirth in South Sudan: Preferences, practices, and perceptions in the Kapoetas
South Sudan Medical Journal, 2016 Background: Focus group discussions (FGDs) were designed to better understand the community’s views and preferences around maternity care to design a communications campaign to increase facility deliveries and skilled attendance at birth in the three ...
Heather M. Buesseler, James Yugi
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No. 07: Evaluating Refugee Protection in South Africa [PDF]
, 2002 South Africa’s policy on refugees has its origins in the country’s much-criticized Aliens Control Act (96 of 1991) (ACA), which in numerous respects has failed to provide adequate guarantees to applicants (de la Hunt 1998,2002: 123; Human Rights Watch ...
Crush, Jonathan, Williams, Vincent
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Journal of International Development, EarlyView.ABSTRACT Field visits are common phenomena with non‐governmental organisations in Uganda. During these visits, Ugandan national staff guide visitors on series of meetings and interactions in the field. Following an actor‐oriented approach and drawing on ethnographic data on 14 field visits, this paper understands the field visit as a microcosm for the ...
Caspar Edward Swinkels
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International Journal of Climatology, EarlyView.Climate models generally reproduce the WAWJ and August peak but simulate its onset prematurely and too strongly relative to ERA5. CMIP6 simulations struggle to reproduce the jet–precipitation relationship in the Sahel and underrepresent associated moisture transports.
Akintunde I. Makinde +5 more
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Issue 16: Irregular Migration to Canada: Addressing Current Policy Responses that Impact Refugee Claimants’ Arrival and Settlement in the Country [PDF]
, 2019 The unexpected influx of refugee claimants irregularly crossing the US-Canada border since 2016 has strained Canada’s immigration system. According to the Immigration and Refugee Board of Canada (IRB), 47,425 claims were referred to the IRB in 2017, and ...
Romero, Monica
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International Journal of Gynecology &Obstetrics, EarlyView.
Jennifer A. Jairam +4 more
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Journal of Operations Management, EarlyView.ABSTRACT Qualitative research has evolved into a valued scientific approach to generate novel theoretical contributions in operations management (OM). However, a limited understanding of what constitutes methodological rigor in qualitative research has resulted in a proceduralized application of research practices and templates, hindering further ...
Miriam Wilhelm +3 more
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The Deborah M. Olsen Public Service Internship: The Colombian Refugee Project [PDF]
, 2015 In this essay, Paulina Rodriguez reflects on her seven months in South America interning with the Colombian Refugee Project in Quito ...
Rodriguez, Paulina
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Managing Technological Innovation for Social Good: A Systematic Literature Review
Strategic Change, EarlyView.ABSTRACT The past decades have seen a growing recognition of a need to develop novel solutions to effectively and efficiently deliver inclusive values to society. However, the evolving literature in innovation management, for example, in the discourse of social innovation or responsible innovation, has yet to produce a consolidated knowledge base for ...
Qijun Zhou +4 more
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