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Isolation, Insularity and Resilience: A Review of the Geophysical, Socioeconomic, and Environmental Vulnerabilities of Gran Canaria and Lesvos Islands for Policy Interventions to Global Change

Sustainable Development, EarlyView.
ABSTRACT The dynamic nature of small islands being geographically isolated and their perceived connectedness with global networks complicates research attempts to draw general conclusions on whether insularity leads to marginalization or strengthens their resilience for sustainable development.
Toheeb Lekan Jolaosho, Mazen Marouani, Takwa Boughanmi   +2 more
wiley   +1 more source

Security Shaping Sustainability: The Difference Between Securitized and Community‐Based Conservation in Benin

Sustainable Development, EarlyView.
ABSTRACT As global conservation efforts intensify, balancing environmental protection with social sustainability has become increasingly urgent. This study employs a comparative case study approach to examine two natural resource management interventions in northern Benin: one led by African Parks in an insecure zone, and another by TMG Research in a ...
Ramoudane Orou Sannou, Christian P. Schneider   +1 more
wiley   +1 more source

O AIIB e a securitização do desenvolvimento: a transposição da ameaça chinesa para o financiamento multilateral | The AIIB and the securitization of development: the transposition of the chinese threat to multilateral financing

Mural Internacional, 2022
Não são recentes as interpretações da China como uma ameaça aos valores e aos interesses dos Estados Unidos da América (EUA). A percepção da China como ameaça também diz respeito ao crescimento econômico alcançado pelo país asiático.
Samuel Spellmann
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Securitization: An Alternative Funding Mechanism for the Microfinance Institutions [PDF]

Journal of International Business, Economics and Entrepreneurship, 2018
Despite microfinance has been widely appreciated as an informal financial mechanism to provide financial services to the poor people in developing countries, this sector is still lacking behind in fulfilling the demand gap due to the dearth of adequate ...
Shahadat Hossain, Rubaiyet Hasan Khan
doaj   +2 more sources

Collaborating in future states—Contextual instability, paradigmatic remaking, and public policy

Australian Journal of Public Administration, EarlyView.
Abstract Collaboration is ubiquitous in public policy life, with its presence and profile determined by prevailing governance conditions. Commitments to globalisation and marketisation in the latter part of the 20th century marked the onset of an era defined by collaboration, between and across tiers and spheres of government, with non‐state actors ...
Helen Sullivan
wiley   +1 more source

Modern trends in the Russian mortgage-backed securities market

RUDN Journal of Economics, 2014
The article analyzes the key performance indicators of the mortgage securitization market in Russia. The paper defines the types of mortgage-backed securities, as well as the characteristics of its issue and circulation.
M A Davtyan, E L Dankevich
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Good Securitization, Bad Securitization [PDF]

, 2011
I use a simple banking model to study the circumstances under which excessive and inefficient securitization may occur. I first stress that increasing securitization rates that reduce banks' incentives to screen borrowers and thus lead to more defaults need not be inefficient.
openaire   +3 more sources

Views of Vidigal: negotiating opportunities and risks in a gentrifying favela in Rio de Janeiro Favela avec vue : négocier opportunités et risques dans un quartier en voie de gentrification à Rio de Janeiro

Journal of the Royal Anthropological Institute, EarlyView.
The contested dynamics of slum gentrification in Rio de Janeiro came into focus during the brief period of relative peace brought by the pacification policy leading up to the 2016 Olympics. In this unprecedented moment, Rio's South Zone favela residents experienced a respite from the daily confrontations with police operations and drug trade violence ...
Angela Torresan
wiley   +1 more source

SMART CITY CONTROL ROOMS: The Rewiring of Local Governance Landscapes in India

International Journal of Urban and Regional Research, EarlyView.
Abstract Smart city control rooms are prominent components of the smart city discourse. They embody a long‐standing dream to visualize and manage multiple urban processes in real time through the collation of data flows. Previous research has produced important insights into the design, construction and operation of these facilities.
Devika Prakash, Andrew Karvonen, Jonathan Metzger   +2 more
wiley   +1 more source

FINANCIALIZED VIOLENCE IN TORONTO’S RENTAL MARKET: Eviction Rates in Majority Black Renter Communities

International Journal of Urban and Regional Research, EarlyView.
Abstract While the geographical distribution of eviction filings has been explored in Toronto, the intersection of rental housing financialization, race and eviction remains underexplored. Financial actors and their intermediaries, who fuel the eviction crisis in economically disenfranchised Black renter communities, exert significant influence over ...
Nemoy Lewis, Dimitri Panou, Richard Maaranen   +2 more
wiley   +1 more source