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The false friends problem for foreign norm transplantation in developing countries [PDF]

, 2014
This article investigates the difficulties in transplanting global legal norms into developing countries, specifically the problem of 'false friends.' This is a linguistics concept describing the situation where there is a striking resemblance between ...
Forsyth, Miranda, Haggart, Blayne
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Political Stability and Economic Development: Institutional Sclerosis and the Moderating Role of Institutions

Sustainable Development, EarlyView.
ABSTRACT This study investigates the non‐linear effects of political stability on economic development and explores the moderating role of institutional factors. Drawing on panel data from 162 countries between 2007 and 2022, we employ a system generalised method of moments (system‐GMM) estimator to test the hypothesis that political stability follows ...
Yu Ri Kim, Woojin Kim, Yunseo Roh, Taewoo Roh   +3 more
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Restoration of Vanuatu sandalwood (Santalum austrocaledonicum) through participatory domestication

, 2020
Sandalwood (Santalum austrocaledonicum) is a fragrant tree of cultural and commercial importance in Vanuatu. The trade in its wild products has long provided income to landowners on remote islands.
T. Page, J. Doran, J. Tungon, M. Tabi
semanticscholar   +1 more source

Sectoral Evolution and Structural Transformation in Djibouti: A Multivariate and Regularized Regression Analysis Toward Achieving SDG 9

Sustainable Development, EarlyView.
ABSTRACT Djibouti's economic evolution over the past two decades reveals a distinct dual structure: a steadily expanding service sector that anchors the economy and a volatile industrial sector driven by episodic, foreign‐financed infrastructure projects.
Sadik Aden Dirir
wiley   +1 more source

Who is coming from Vanuatu to New Zealand under the new Recognised Seasonal Employer (RSE) program? [PDF]

, 2008
New Zealand’s new Recognised Seasonal Employer (RSE) program allows workers from the Pacific Islands to come to New Zealand for up to seven months to work in the horticulture and viticulture industries. One of the explicit objectives of the program is to
Garcia Martinez, P., McKenzie, D., Winters, A.   +2 more
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Loss and damage funding arrangements: role of the Republic of Vanuatu in shaping global policy and practice

Frontiers in Human Dynamics
This study examines the evolving landscape of loss and damage finance within and beyond the United Nations Framework Convention on Climate Change, highlighting the Republic of Vanuatu's significant role in shaping both global policy and national practice.
Christopher Y. Bartlett
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Progressing the integration of climate change adaptation and disaster risk management in Vanuatu and beyond

Climate Risk Management, 2021
The first framework to specifically integrate climate change adaption and disaster risk management was the Framework for Resilient Development in the Pacific.
Joshua Hallwright, John Handmer
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Sleep timing and duration in indigenous villages with and without electric lighting on Tanna Island, Vanuatu

Scientific Reports, 2019
It has been hypothesized that sleep in the industrialized world is in chronic deficit, due in part to evening light exposure, which delays sleep onset and truncates sleep depending on morning work or school schedules. If so, societies without electricity
Andrea N. Smit, Tanya Broesch, J. Siegel, R. Mistlberger   +3 more
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Climate Vulnerability and Renewable Energy Consumption: The Moderating Role of Financial Development

Sustainable Development, EarlyView.
ABSTRACT This study investigates the nexus between climate vulnerability (CVUL) and renewable energy consumption (RECO) and tests the moderating effect of financial development (FD) on this relationship. The analysis is, particularly, relevant for the 162 panel countries observed between 1995 and 2022, which face diverse climate risks and exhibit ...
Sorin Gabriel Anton
wiley   +1 more source

Conservation Funding at the Local Level 地方层面的保护资金

Wildlife Letters, EarlyView.
Direct conservation fund transfer to local communities ensures the involvement of these communities in decision‐making and fund utilisation, which will ultimately lead to effective biodiversity conservation. A Cakchiquel family in the hamlet of Patzutzun, Guatemala, 1993. Credits: John Issac. Source: UNEP‐WCMC Internal Resources.
Jithu K Jose
wiley   +1 more source