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How Do Governance Arrangements Shape Community Empowerment in Rural Ecotourism? Evidence From Wuyuan, China

open access: yesSustainable Development, EarlyView.
ABSTRACT This study examines how governance arrangements shape community empowerment in rural ecotourism in China. Drawing on the six dimensions of the community empowerment framework (CEF), the study analyses qualitative data from semi‐structured interviews with 30 villagers across four ecotourism‐oriented cases in Wuyuan.
Huihui Liu   +6 more
wiley   +1 more source

Beyond Resource Scarcity and Individual Creativity: Processes and Conditions of Practicing Frugality for Sustainable Development

open access: yesSustainable Development, EarlyView.
ABSTRACT The literature on frugal innovation conceptualizes frugality as a value orientation or a set of resourceful practices that promote the sustainable use of available material and ecological resources. It suggests that various manifestations of frugality contribute to addressing local needs and global challenges.
Birendra Singh
wiley   +1 more source

Rituals and knowledge of Andean midwives in maternal and neonatal care. [PDF]

open access: yesFront Glob Womens Health
Gutiérrez-Gómez E   +5 more
europepmc   +1 more source

Symbols of Climate Action: Audit Labor and the Production of Carbon Credits

open access: yesEconomic Anthropology, EarlyView.
ABSTRACT Voluntary carbon markets (VCMs) are promoted as tools for financing climate mitigation, yet their effectiveness and credibility remain contested. This article examines how carbon credits are produced and destabilized as symbols of climate action, emphasizing the forms of ecological and audit labor that sustain their legitimacy.
Diego Silva Garzón
wiley   +1 more source

Unnatural Causes: Cryptocurrencies, Carbon Credits, and the rise of Neoliberalism from Below

open access: yesEconomic Anthropology, EarlyView.
ABSTRACT Klima is a carbon‐backed cryptocurrency running as a decentralized autonomous organization (DAO). In 2021, it had accumulated 9 million metric tons of digital carbon credits and reached a market value of more than US$1 billion. In 2023, its treasury stored twice as many carbon credits, but its spot price was a tiny fraction compared to 2021 ...
Riccardo De Cristano, Alexander Paulsson
wiley   +1 more source

Los Manríquez y su empresa criminal Las Mudanzas. Prestigio y consumo de familias que circulan mercancía caliente en el centro de México

open access: yesEconomic Anthropology, EarlyView.
RESUMEN A partir del estudio de caso de una familia de tres generaciones dedicada al robo y a la circulación de mercancía caliente en el centro de México, analizo las formas en que sus integrantes cultivan su idea de prestigio y cómo esta se relaciona con sus motivaciones.
Marco Antonio Zagal Guzmán
wiley   +1 more source

Why Does Individualism Affect Economic Development: Is It Values, Policies, or Institutions?

open access: yesSouthern Economic Journal, EarlyView.
ABSTRACT A substantial body of literature highlights the positive roles of individualism and economic freedom in fostering prosperity, and recent work links the two. This paper disentangles their contributions to economic development. In cross‐country data, we show that both are independently associated with per capita income, even after extensive ...
Lewis S. Davis   +1 more
wiley   +1 more source

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