MEASURING VALUES FOR WETLANDS PROTECTION IN A DEVELOPING COUNTRY FROM DOMESTIC AND INTERNATIONAL CITIZEN GROUPS [PDF]
Because of pressures to convert natural areas to commercial economic development uses, protecting natural areas in developing countries is a major challenge.
Allen, James C., Bergstrom, John C.
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Goan Literature from Peter Nazareth: An Interview [PDF]
, 1985 Peter Nazareth is an associate professor in the English Department and the Afro american Studies Program at the University of Iowa. His job includes being an advisor to the International Writing Program, which brings published writers from thirty to ...
Irby, Charles C.
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‘The Trope of Flattening and the Complexities of Difference: An Account of Trinidad Carnival’ [PDF]
, 2016 This work is licensed under a Creative Commons Attribution 4.0 International License.This paper critiques the position of flattening as an alternative way to map and analyse power structures in Trinidad Carnival.
De Jong, Nanette, Mieves, Christian
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Child &Family Social Work, EarlyView.ABSTRACT The widespread use of smartphones and tablets has greatly increased screen exposure among preschoolers. Since early childhood is crucial for cognitive, behavioural and social development, excessive screen time represents a major public health concern.
Neha Pirwani +5 more
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Socioeconomic and bioeconomic performance of Philippine fisheries in the recent decades [PDF]
The fishing industry in the Philippines was tantamount to a marine capture fishery in the 1950s to 1960s. Aquaculture and inland fishery production were not significant.
Cruz-Trinidad, A.
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Total Observed Organic Carbon (TOOC): A synthesis of North American observations [PDF]
, 2007 Measurements of organic carbon compounds in both the gas and particle phases measured upwind, over and downwind of North America are synthesized to examine the total observed organic carbon (TOOC) over this region.
Aiken, A. C. +46 more
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Broke Autocrats, Broken Elections: Trade Shocks and Electoral Fraud in Autocracies
Economics &Politics, EarlyView.ABSTRACT We argue that when terms‐of‐trade (ToT) shocks reduce resource rents, autocrats lose the fiscal capacity to sustain loyalty through patronage and increasingly rely on electoral manipulation as a survival strategy. We present a simple model in which rents finance patronage in normal times, while adverse shocks reduce the effectiveness of ...
Antonis Adam, Sofia Tsarsitalidou
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Managed decline: Muddling through with the Sterling (dis)Agreements, 1968–74
The Economic History Review, EarlyView.Abstract How do policymakers manage the decline of an international currency? This paper revisits the view that the ‘Sterling Agreements’ of 1968–74 – bilateral contracts between the UK and sterling‐holding governments – marked a successful paradigm shift towards sterling's managed ‘retirement’.
Alan de Bromhead +3 more
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Ecological observations on the caddisflies (Insecta : Trichoptera) from Trinidad and Tobago (W. Indies) [PDF]
, 1992 Le travail présente les résultats écologiques d'une campagne de récoltes intensives de trichoptères dans un nombre de localités à Trinidad et Tobago (les résultats taxonomiques, faunistiques et biogéographiques sont publiés ailleurs ... Un aperçu général
Botosaneanu, L., Sakal, D.
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The Role of ESG in Shaping the Impact of Financial Development on Banks' Performance
European Financial Management, EarlyView.ABSTRACT This study investigates how financial development, divided into financial markets and financial institutions, affects banks' performance across 93 financially developed countries during the period between 2008 and 2023. The analysis highlights the role of environmental, social and governance readiness as core determinants that reshape ...
Noman Arshed +4 more
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