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Examination of Afghanistan's Development Traps
Regional Science Policy &Practice, EarlyView., 2022 Abstract We examine the factors behind Afghanistan's persistent underdevelopment. Drawing on various theories of development traps operating at the demographic, economic and institutional levels, we seek to assess whether and to what extent their functioning affects Afghanistan's development. To capture the functioning of development traps empirically,
Klemen Knez, Tina G. Lokar
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Reconstruction of the remembrance: Palace of Culture in Slantsy
Frontiers of Architectural Research, 2019 Impressive public architecture has a power to influence and imbue a space with a legend and cultural and social values and accumulate collective memories.
Tatiana Sergeevna Reshetnikova
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Classics with a constructivist past
Проект БайкалThe article traces the change in the style approach during the Stalin era, taking as an example the building of the East Siberian Railway Administration (7 Karl Marx St., Irkutsk).
Василий Лисицин
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Sevastopol: the integrity of the ensemble
Проект Байкал, 2020 The article considers a regional school phenomenon, including the context of the urban landscape, design and development of the center of post-war Sevastopol.
Elena Ovsyannikova, Nikolai Vassiliev
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How religion mediates the fertility response to maternity benefits
Economic Inquiry, EarlyView.Abstract Do religious beliefs affect responses to fertility incentives? We examine a 1982 maternity benefits expansion in Estonia, Latvia and Lithuania in a difference‐in‐differences framework with similar East European countries as comparisons. To isolate the importance of religion, we compare women who did and did not grow up in religious households ...
Elizabeth Brainerd, Olga Malkova
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Luigi Pasinetti and Adolph Lowe: Bridging Capital Theory and Institutional Analysis
Metroeconomica, EarlyView.ABSTRACT This article examines the convergence of Luigi Pasinetti's and Adolph Lowe's political economy, linking capital theory, institutions, and normative methodology. Pasinetti's two‐stage approach and Lowe's instrumental method share a common emphasis on the structural requirements and institutional arrangements for attaining and maintaining full ...
Michael J. Murray
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АрхитектонThe article provides a historical and architectural analysis of the cultural and public buildings from the 1950s architectural heritage left behind by the architect V.A. Gagarin. Not only did he design new buildings, but also reconstructed existing ones,
Gavrilova Svetlana I.
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African Decolonial Theory: A Conversation
Antipode, Volume 58, Issue 2, March 2026.Abstract Antipode has become a key platform for engaging with decolonial and anticolonial scholarship, as well as adjacent fields such as Black geographies, Indigenous studies, Latin American feminism, and work on settler‐colonialism. African reference points in this literature, however, have been far less common, both in the journal and more broadly ...
Patricia Daley +10 more
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Historical architectural analysis of the youth complex of the Ural Aluminum Plant in Kamensk-Uralsky
АрхитектонThe article provides a comparative historical architectural analysis of several versions of the design from the 1950s - early 1960s for an architectural and landscape ensemble consisting of the Palace of Pioneers, the Salut Sports Complex, and the ...
Gavrilova Svetlana I.
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Evaluating Investment in Space Programs: A Case for Theoretical Pluralism
Financial Accountability &Management, Volume 42, Issue 1, Page 19-35, February 2026.ABSTRACT A perennial question repeatedly asked since the early Mercury (USA) and Salyut (then Soviet Union) space programs has been variations on the theme of “how can the cost of space exploration be justified?” This question—which in broad terms constitutes the research question considered in this paper—continues to be directed toward space agencies ...
Basil P. Tucker, Hank C. Alewine
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