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Selection Bias in Aid Effectiveness: Evidence From Aid for Trade and Foreign Direct Investment
The World Economy, EarlyView.ABSTRACT This paper examines whether Aid for Trade promotes foreign direct investment using bilateral panel data over 2005–2019. Conventional estimators show mixed results across donors, with no significant effects for Japanese aid. To address potential selection bias, we employ a Bartik‐style instrumental variable exploiting donor sectoral ...
Wonjun Choi
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Aseismic Slip Along the Evaporite‐Rich Strike‐Slip Katouna‐Stamna Fault in Greece
Geophysical Research Letters, Volume 53, Issue 18, 28 September 2026.Abstract Aseismic slip has been observed on many active faults globally, but its controlling mechanisms remain unclear. This study focuses on the NW‐striking, left‐lateral Katouna‐Stamna Fault in Western Greece. We use InSAR surface deformation measurements to confirm the presence of aseismic slip and compare this behavior with structural evidence from
Joel Szrek +5 more
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Geophysical Research Letters, Volume 53, Issue 17, 16 September 2026.Abstract The Pamir, located at the northwestern margin of the Tibetan Plateau, is undergoing E–W extension within its interior, accommodated by micro‐block motions along major fault systems; however, the mechanisms governing this modern block kinematics remain elusive.
Bingfeng Zhang +3 more
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Advanced Science, Volume 13, Issue 53, 24 September 2026.As a pilot phase of the Central Asian Genomic Diversity Project, whole‐genome sequencing of 166 individuals from 20 Central Asian and Afghan Hazara populations reveals fine‐scale substructure shaped by repeated trans‐Eurasian migration and admixture. Integrated analyses uncover post‐admixture adaptation, archaic introgression, and medically relevant ...
Mengge Wang +11 more
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Sustainable Productivity Growth in Agriculture: The Role of Shifts in R&D Investments and Technology
Applied Economic Perspectives and Policy, Volume 48, Issue 4, Page 984-1004, September 2026.ABSTRACT The objective of the paper is to evaluate the long‐term prospects of sustainable productivity growth linked to plausible assumptions on public agricultural R&D investments as the key productivity driver. Second, it investigates the role of changing R&D focus from yield maximization to input saving technologies (fertilizers and pesticides). The
Zuzana Smeets Křístková +4 more
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Gender, Enterprise and Markets in Tajikistan: Building resilience, empowering lives
, 2019 Oxfam initiated the three-year Gender, Enterprise and Markets (GEM) programme in Tajikistan in 2014 with financial support from the Department for International Development of the UK government. The main goal of the programme was to ...
Faiz Hayet, Sayed
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Use of Maternal Health Care in Tajikstan: A Bargaining Framework [PDF]
Post-socialist economic declines have included declines in women's use of maternal health care. This paper examines the use of maternal health care in Tajikistan, where such declines have occurred.
Lisa Giddings, Mieke Meurs
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Vernacular Futurism: How Persian Language Users Imagine AI
AI &Innovation, Volume 1, Issue 2, September 2026.ABSTRACT Public discourse about artificial intelligence increasingly unfolds through compressed forecasts, moral warnings, and everyday speculation circulating at platform speed. This study examines how Persian language users on X construct and contest AI futures, analyzing a corpus of 4741 posts collected between January 2023 and December 2025, with ...
Arthur Asa Berger, Ehsan Shahghasemi
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State of rehabilitation in Tajikistan: situational analysis
, 2015 vii + 76 p.This publication summarizes the current gap, need and opportunities for intervention in the field rehabilitation for persons with disabilities in Tajikistan.
Republic of Tajikistan. Ministry of Health and Social Protection +1 more
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American Journal of Human Biology, Volume 38, Issue 9, September 2026.ABSTRACT Climate change is having significant demographic and health impacts on human populations around the world. There is growing empirical evidence about the impacts of climate variability and change on population health, but this work has focused disproportionately on children and aggregate indicators of weight and (or) height.
Alfredo J. Rojas Jr +3 more
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