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Men's Support for Women's Education in Afghanistan: The Roles of Income and Insecurity

open access: yesReview of Development Economics, EarlyView.
ABSTRACT This study examines men's attitudes toward women's education in Afghanistan across primary, secondary, and tertiary levels, as well as women pursuing studies in other provinces or abroad. Using nationally representative repeated cross‐sectional survey data from over 69,000 respondents collected by the Asia Foundation (2014–2021) across all 34 ...
Mohammad Haroon Asadi   +1 more
wiley   +1 more source

Trends in first union formation in post-Soviet Central Asia

open access: yes, 2009
This study used recently available survey data to examine trends in the rate of first union formation in the post-Soviet Central Asian republics of Kazakhstan, Kyrgyzstan, Tajikistan and Uzbekistan.
Clifford, D.
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Does Conflict Reshape the Military–FDI Nexus? Evidence From a Dynamic Panel Analysis

open access: yesReview of International Economics, EarlyView.
ABSTRACT This paper examines the relationship between military expenditure and foreign direct investment (FDI) inflows in 61 low‐ and middle‐income countries over 1990–2018, with a focus on how this relationship is shaped by conflict dynamics and institutional contexts.
Prashant Bhandari   +2 more
wiley   +1 more source

Endogenous Women's Autonomy and the Use of Reproductive Health Services: Empirical Evidence from Tajikistan [PDF]

open access: yes
Though gender equity is widely considered to be a key to improving maternal health in developing countries, little empirical evidence has been presented to support this claim.
Yusuke Kamiya
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Deteriorating Mental Well‐Being of the Young in the UK

open access: yesScottish Journal of Political Economy, EarlyView.
ABSTRACT Using several data sets for the UK we track rising perceptions of mental well‐being among the working‐age population in the UK. The trend is apparent among all age groups and for men and women, but it is most pronounced among the young, and especially young women aged under 25.
David G. Blanchflower   +2 more
wiley   +1 more source

Tajik Labour Migrants and their Remittances: Is Tajik Migration Pro-Poor? [PDF]

open access: yes
For the four years since 2006, Tajikistan, a former Soviet republic, has led the world in the receipt of foreign remittance as a proportion of GDP. Needless to say, key reasons for this are the low income levels in Tajikistan and the country's special ...
Kazuhiro Kumo
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Comparative Impact of Active Versus Passive Surveillance on Hepatitis C Virus Testing Uptake, Diagnosis and Linkage to Care in Low‐ and Middle‐Income Countries: A Systematic Review and Meta‐Analysis

open access: yesTropical Medicine &International Health, EarlyView.
ABSTRACT Background Hepatitis C virus (HCV) infection remains a major global health challenge, particularly in low‐ and middle‐income countries (LMICs), where limited diagnostic access and weak surveillance hinder progress toward the World Health Organization's 2030 elimination targets.
Katekani Precious Motau   +4 more
wiley   +1 more source

Friend or Foe? Analysing Neutral States' Exports to the Russian Federation Using Synthetic Difference‐In‐Differences

open access: yesThe World Economy, EarlyView.
ABSTRACT The study focuses on the analysis of neutral states' exports to the Russian Federation via SDID and their comparison with more diligent enforcers of European sanctions, emphasising thus the changes that took place after the Russian invasion of Ukraine in February 2022.
Albert Grigoryan   +5 more
wiley   +1 more source

Livestock Tango: U.S. and Latin America Dance Together, but Who Will Lead?

open access: yesApplied Economic Perspectives and Policy, Volume 48, Issue 3, Page 609-633, July 2026.
ABSTRACT This study examines the competitiveness between Latin American and U.S. livestock and meat sectors. We employ a computable general equilibrium modeling framework to evaluate two scenarios: coordinated improvements in Latin American productivity, transport efficiency, and market access (Scenario I), and the minimum productivity gains required ...
Taís C. Menezes   +2 more
wiley   +1 more source

Governance in Tajikistan: Evaluation of the women smallholder farmer advocacy campaign

open access: yes, 2017
This evaluation is presented as part of the Effectiveness Review Series 2015/16, randomly selected for review under the good governance thematic area. This report documents the findings of a qualitative impact evaluation, carried out in May 2016.
Westrope, Clay, Clay Westrope
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