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Health System Resilience and Afghan Refugee Health in Pakistan: An Exploratory Study of Challenges and Pathways to Inclusion

open access: yesThe International Journal of Health Planning and Management, EarlyView.
ABSTRACT Pakistan has hosted Afghan refugees for more than four decades, in one of the world's most protracted displacements of people. Afghan refugees receive health services through United Nations High Commissioner for Refugees (UNHCR) and non‐governmental organisation (NGO) supported programmes alongside public sector facilities at every tier.
Zahid Ali Memon   +4 more
wiley   +1 more source

Bank Income Smoothing, Societal Patriarchy and Policy Uncertainty

open access: yesInternational Journal of Finance &Economics, EarlyView.
ABSTRACT Using a sample of 745 banks from 26 OECD countries over the period 1997–2023, we investigate the moderating effects of societal patriarchy on bank income smoothing (IS), amidst policy uncertainty (PU). Results indicate that in periods of high PU, banks operating in highly patriarchal societies tend to curtail the use of loan loss provisions ...
Tanveer Ahsan   +4 more
wiley   +1 more source

Heterogeneous Impact of Green Bonds on Environmental Quality: A Cross‐Country Analysis of the Load Capacity Factor

open access: yesInternational Journal of Finance &Economics, EarlyView.
ABSTRACT This study investigates the impact of green bonds on environmental sustainability for a panel of 15 countries from 2014 to 2024, using the load capacity factor (LCF) as the main proxy for environmental quality, with biocapacity, ecological footprint, and CO2 emissions per capita used as additional environmental indicators.
Kamila Tomczak, Emre Unlu, Mehmet Pinar
wiley   +1 more source

The Impact of Market Liberalisation on Bank Performance: Evidence From South and Southeast Asian Countries

open access: yesInternational Journal of Finance &Economics, EarlyView.
ABSTRACT Utilising annual data covering 1995–2022, this study examines the effects of market liberalisation on bank performance in 19 South and Southeast Asian countries. Bank performance is assessed using three dimensions: efficiency, profitability, and stability.
Michael Enowbi Batuo   +3 more
wiley   +1 more source

Remote Sensing for Irrigation Water Management—The State of the Art and Prospects for Near‐Future Operations

open access: yesIrrigation and Drainage, EarlyView.
ABSTRACT A recent UN report describes many regions as facing ‘water bankruptcy,’ a condition in which available water resources can no longer meet existing demands. In practice, this means irrigation will likely bear the greatest burden of future water‐use reductions, a complicated and fraught decision to make given its critical role in food security ...
Wim G. M. Bastiaanssen   +30 more
wiley   +1 more source

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