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Joint Liability Lending and the Rise and Fall of China's Township and Village Enterprises [PDF]

Using data from a recent survey of bank and enterprise managers and government officials in southern China, we present a new explanation for the rise and fall of collectively-owned township and village enterprises (TVEs) based on the willingness of banks
Minggao Shen, Albert Park
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Chinese Trade Competition and Rural Mexican Migration

Applied Economic Perspectives and Policy, EarlyView.
ABSTRACT China's accession to the World Trade Organization in 2001 reshaped global trade, reducing U.S. demand for Mexican manufactured goods and weakening Mexico's manufacturing employment. This study estimates how this trade‐induced decline affected migration and employment decisions among rural Mexicans.
Zachariah Rutledge, Joaquin Mayorga
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Social capital and grassroots organisational change: a comparative case study from post-Morakot Taiwan. [PDF]

Disasters
Pau PWM.
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Perspective of Village Government Capacity within Village Development in Jember District

, 2018
Advances in Social Sciences Research Journal (ASSRJ), Vol.4, Issue 15 Aug-2017The implementation of village development requires the capacity of the village government in the form of: regulatory capacity, extraction capacity ...
Helpiastuti, Selfi Budi, Maula, Mohammad Hasan Sabilil, Makmur, Muhammad Hadi   +2 more
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The impact of the Russia–Ukraine war on stock prices, profits and perceptions in the food supply chain

Agribusiness, EarlyView.
Abstract The Russian invasion of Ukraine in February 2022 had profound consequences for the global economy. As both countries are major commodity exporters, the food value chain was also affected. This study investigates the impact of the invasion on stock prices, profitability and sentiments of agribusinesses along the food supply chain by using an ...
Julia Höhler, Ivo Harmens, Alfons Oude Lansink   +2 more
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Efficacy and cost-effectiveness of outdoor residual spraying with α-cypermethrin, pirimiphos-methyl, and deltamethrin against sand flies: a pragmatic cluster randomised controlled field trial in Uganda. [PDF]

Trop Med Health
Livingstone K, Kigozi E, Ssewante N, Kiyimba B, Nabidda S, Seremba E, Munerya A, Achuma R, Lomokol D, Olivia N, Matovu PB, Tamale D, Sagaki P, Epuitai J, Bongomin F, Mbalinda SN.   +15 more
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Do outgrower schemes enhance technology adoption and productivity? Evidence from maize farmers in Northern Ghana

Agribusiness, EarlyView.
Abstract Nucleus outgrower schemes are contractual arrangements where well‐resourced large‐scale farmers (nucleus farmers) are empowered by development support agencies to take charge of smallholder farmers, by providing them with market access and the necessary training on agronomic practices and farm inputs for production.
Dominic Tasila Konja, Awudu Abdulai
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Participatory action research to align Health and Demographic Surveillance System (HDSS) priorities with community needs in Uttar Pradesh, India. [PDF]

Prim Health Care Res Dev
Singh S, Pandey RR, Venkatesh U, Rath RS, Koparkar AR, Kharya P, Pandey H, Besra N, Joshi HS, Dixit AM, Agarwal V, Wahl B.   +11 more
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The art of (not) being governed: Village governance and tourism development in a Miao village in China

This article illuminates a nuanced interaction between the ethnic minorities in Southwest China and the state, centering on tourism development. Through an ethnographic case study of Upper Langde Miao village, this article documents the transformation from the village’s self-governed to county-government-directed tourism and explores under what ...
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Can outsourcing pest and disease control help reduce pesticide expenditure? Evidence from rice farmers

Agribusiness, EarlyView.
Abstract Outsourcing pest and disease control (PDC) has grown rapidly worldwide, especially in developing countries. Although numerous studies have investigated various advantages of outsourcing PDC, little is known about its impact on pesticide expenditure.
Pengcheng Wang, Wanglin Ma, Mengling Diao   +2 more
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