Sustainable Development, EarlyView.ABSTRACT Across Sub‐Saharan Africa, women and youth are frequently identified as key beneficiaries of agrifood employment and value‐chain development policies. However, evidence on how inclusion unfolds within agrifood value chains remains limited, particularly in relation to whether participation generates decent work, better returns and meaningful ...
Toritseju Begho +2 more
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A survey of student loan burden among United States Chiropractors: Insights on debt, relief, and educational value. [PDF]
PLoS OneSchut SM, Cupler ZA, Coleman BC.
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Rainchecks and Risk: Climate Shocks, Policy Transitions and SME Credit Dynamics
Sustainable Development, EarlyView.ABSTRACT Small and medium enterprises rely heavily on bank credit. They also have the fewest tools to deal with climate risk. Using a panel of 45 countries from 2007 to 2022, we study how climate risk and the Paris Agreement shape SME bank lending. Climate‐related disasters are associated with lower SME credit, with post‐event estimates indicating a ...
Swapnanil SenGupta, Anshita Sachan
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Moral Economies of Debt Forgiveness and Enforcement in Postcrisis Iceland
Economic Anthropology, EarlyView.ABSTRACT Who deserves financial relief in times of crisis, and on what grounds? The 2008 collapse of Iceland's banking system prompted state intervention to mitigate household indebtedness, including forbearance, pension withdrawals, repayment adjustments, and debt reductions.
Timothy Heffernan
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The Legacies of Lockdown: Moral Logics of Exchange and Mistrust in Postpandemic China
Economic Anthropology, EarlyView.ABSTRACT When Shanghai entered an extended lockdown under China's Zero‐COVID policy in spring 2022, residents found themselves confined within their residential compounds, cut off from conventional supply chains, and dependent on improvised systems of local provisioning and state rationing. From the perspective of economic anthropology, such conditions
Erika Kuever
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Growing implementation scientists: NHLBI's K12 programs in heart, lung, blood, and sleep research. [PDF]
Implement Sci CommunKhan SB +5 more
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Strategic Entrepreneurship Journal, EarlyView.Abstract Research Summary Using 14,108 Kickstarter crowdfunding campaigns, we examine three strategies to gather support from first‐time versus repeat backers: narrative distinctiveness aligning with backers' expectations of novelty, endorsement from Kickstarter staff, and campaign leadership's reciprocity of funding other campaigns.
Stephanie Hepp +2 more
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How peer mechanism impacts loan repayment in a Self-help group?: An empirical study in India. [PDF]
PLoS OneMalhotra N.
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Central Bank Digital Currencies, Financial Inclusion, and Privacy: A Normative Perspective
Southern Economic Journal, EarlyView.ABSTRACT Central bank digital currencies (CBDCs) are a digital form of a nation's money, issued by its central bank. As opposed to other forms of digital money, such as electronic bank balances or cryptocurrencies, they are centrally managed legal tender.
Andrew Allison, Alexander William Salter
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What factors influence health professions trainees' preferences for employment in rural Appalachia? a qualitative study to inform the design of a discrete choice experiment. [PDF]
Med Educ OnlineGillette C +9 more
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