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Continuity and Change in World Bank Development Discourses and the Rhetoric Role of Accounting [PDF]
, 2010 Purpose ? The paper traces how the World Bank has utilised accounting rhetoric/languages in articulating development discourses at different stages of global capitalism through the case study of development projects in Sri Lanka and published development
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, 2016 Governments and their international agencies (FAO, World Bank) conceive of the eradication of hunger and poverty as a worthy wish that will eventually be realized through economic growth.
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Journal of Applied Economics, 2019 Agriculture important in Africa, employing a large share of the labor force and earning foreign exchange. Transport connectivity has long been a crucial constraint in the region.
Atsushi Iimi +3 more
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Cheaper, Faster, and More Than Good Enough: Is GPS the New Gold Standard in Land Area Measurement?
Survey Research Methods, 2017 In rural societies of low- and middle-income countries, land is a major measure of wealth, a critical input in agricultural production, and a key variable for assessing agricultural performance and productivity. In the absence of cadastral information to
Calogero Carletto +3 more
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Fresh Money for Health? The (False?) Promise of “Innovative Financing” for Health in Malawi
Health Systems & Reform, 2018 Since 2013, the government of Malawi has been pursuing a number of health reforms, which include plans to increase domestic financing for health through “innovative financing.” As part of these reforms, Malawi has sought to raise additional tax revenue ...
Collins Chansa +6 more
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Financial Protection in Health among the Elderly – A Global Stocktake
Health Systems & Reform, 2021 Universal Health Coverage is one of the key targets of the Sustainable Development Goals and it implies that everyone can access the healthcare they need without suffering financial hardship.
Patrick Hoang-Vu Eozenou +2 more
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IEEE Access, 2023 Following COP26, many countries are embarking on decarbonization strategies for the power sector that may include inter alia storage, hydrogen, and carbon capture (and storage).
Thomas Nikolakakis +3 more
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COVID-19 and lessons from multi-hazard early warning systems [PDF]
Advances in Science and Research, 2020 Having a common framework for early action to cope with complex disasters can make it easier for authorities and other stakeholders, including populations at risk, to understand the full spectrum of secondary and tertiary effects and thus where to focus ...
D. P. Rogers +10 more
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Child Health Outcome Inequalities in Low and Middle Income Countries
Health Systems & Reform, 2021 Prior to the Sustainable Development Goals (SDG) era, considerable progress was made toward the Millennium Development Goals (MDGs) health indicators.
Patrick Hoang-Vu Eozenou +2 more
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BMJ Open, 2023 Objectives This study aims to estimate the levels of COVID-19 vaccine hesitancy in 53 low-income and middle-income countries, differences across population groups in hesitancy, and self-reported reasons for being hesitant to take the COVID-19 vaccine ...
Julia Dayton Eberwein +7 more
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