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Stigma and strategy in Pakistan's HIV prevention sector

Journal of the Royal Anthropological Institute, Volume 28, Issue 4, Page 1177-1191, December 2022., 2022
Abstract NGOs often portray commercial sex workers, injecting drug users, transgender people (hijrae), and homosexual men as quasi‐legal persons who are locked in a policing‐criminality relationship with the state, and who therefore need them to mediate this relationship. By advancing such portrayals, NGOs in Pakistan's HIV prevention sector capitalize
Ayaz Qureshi
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Stigma towards dependent drinking and its role on caregiving burden: A qualitative study from Goa, India

Drug and Alcohol Review, Volume 41, Issue 4, Page 778-786, May 2022., 2022
Abstract Introduction Stigma towards alcohol use disorders is prevalent in India and can lead to social exclusion and hamper treatment access and outcomes. Family members of individuals with dependent drinking are often their primary caregivers and play a key role in decisions around help‐seeking, treatment and recovery.
Sonali Kumar, Jaclyn Schess, Richard Velleman, Abhijit Nadkarni   +3 more
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Economic integration and the currency and equity markets nexus

International Journal of Finance &Economics, Volume 26, Issue 4, Page 5278-5301, October 2021., 2021
Abstract The paper examines the impact of economic integration on the relationship between the currency and equity markets for a group of Asian emerging economies using both linear and non‐linear frameworks. We first derive the dynamic conditional correlations between the two markets and then examine the impact of economic integration on their ...
Muhammad Aftab, Rubi Ahmad, Izlin Ismail, Kate Phylaktis   +3 more
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The Economic Impact of Cutaneous Leishmaniasis in Sri Lanka

BioMed Research International, Volume 2018, Issue 1, 2018., 2018
Cutaneous leishmaniasis (CL) is a neglected tropical disease which affects mainly the poorest communities in developing countries. Considering the limited published information on economic impact of CL in Sri Lanka, the current study was conducted with the objective of revealing the nature and magnitude of the economic impact of CL in three selected ...
Tharaka Wijerathna, Nayana Gunathilaka, Kithsiri Gunawardena, Davinder Parsad   +3 more
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Approaches to promote handwashing and sanitation behaviour change in low‐ and middle‐income countries: a mixed method systematic review

Campbell Systematic Reviews, Volume 13, Issue 1, Page 1-447, 2017., 2017
This Campbell Systematic Review examines the effectiveness of different approaches for promoting handwashing and sanitation behaviour change, and factors affecting implementation, in low and middle‐income countries. The review summarises evidence from 42 impact evaluations, and from 28 qualitative studies.
Emmy De Buck, Hans Van Remoortel, Karin Hannes, Thashlin Govender, Selvan Naidoo, Bert Avau, Axel Vande Veegaete, Alfred Musekiwa, Vittoria Lutje, Margaret Cargo, Hans‐Joachim Mosler, Philippe Vandekerckhove, Taryn Young   +12 more
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Capital market integration in a post crisis era: the case of India [PDF]

, 2013
Although emerging markets could have been shielded from the vagaries of financial flows that have plagued the developed world since the collapse of Lehman Brothers, rather than decoupling, following that event, the co-dynamics between the Rupee and the ...
Gray, David
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Cherry Picking in Bhutan [PDF]

, 2003
What this paper focuses on is the way that orthodox economic policies can erode and destroy the happiness of a society and its people. It also outlines a range of economic policies and ethics which have the potential to provide a structure within which ...
Rowbotham, Michael
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Plastics and labor: The case of disposable medical plastics

Medical Anthropology Quarterly, EarlyView.
Abstract Plastics are ubiquitous in the contemporary practice of medicine, where they are tied to notions of hygiene and quality of care. However, when plastics first infiltrated global medical practice, they did so because of considerations related to patient comfort and durability.
Gauri Pathak
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Measuring Precise TFP Growth Under Trade Liberalisation: Stripping Away Omitted Price Bias and Demand Shocks

The World Economy, Volume 49, Issue 2, Page 321-345, February 2026.
ABSTRACT We address two important sources of bias that remain unaccounted for in most analyses of firm‐level productivity and trade policy; that is, omitted output price bias and demand shocks. Using firm‐level data that includes product‐level price and physical output measures, we mitigate the omitted output price bias typically encountered when using
Nida Jamil, Theresa Chaudhry, Azam Chaudhry   +2 more
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Discerning personhood through lena‐dena: Disability professionals, ethics, and communication

American Anthropologist, Volume 126, Issue 4, Page 647-657, December 2024.
Abstract This article looks at practices of discernment in disability spaces in India by analyzing (hierarchical) relational contexts in which disability professionals and disabled people in India interact. We argue that discernment, which we explore through lena‐dena (giving and taking), allows us to analyze the ethical stakes of processes of ...
Shruti Vaidya, Michele Friedner
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