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Making Sense of Sustainability: How Institutional Design Can Sustain Informal Savings and Credit Groups 理解可持续性:制度设计如何维持非正式储蓄和信贷团体

The International Journal of Community and Social Development Pub Date : 2022-03-31 DOI: 10.1177/25166026221085085

Sarah Tan, M. Savani

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Wassie Kebede and Alice K. Butterfield (Eds.), Incorporating Engaged Research in Social Development: Exemplars and Guidelines for Social Work and Human Services Wassie Kebede和Alice K. Butterfield(编)，融入社会发展的参与研究:社会工作和人类服务的范例和指南

The International Journal of Community and Social Development Pub Date : 2022-03-01 DOI: 10.1177/25166026221079435

M. Pawar

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Total Quality Management in Local Governments of Kerala, India: Some Insights for Replication 印度喀拉拉邦地方政府的全面质量管理:一些可供借鉴的见解

The International Journal of Community and Social Development Pub Date : 2022-03-01 DOI: 10.1177/25166026221079159

J. Rajan, B. S K

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Union Budget 2021 and Economic Growth: Inclusion and Exclusion in Emerging India 2021年联邦预算与经济增长:新兴印度的包容与排斥

The International Journal of Community and Social Development Pub Date : 2022-03-01 DOI: 10.1177/25166026221079434

Ajit Kumar

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Raj Yadav, Decolonised and Developmental Social Work: A Model from Nepal 拉杰·亚达夫:《去殖民化与发展社会工作:来自尼泊尔的模式》

The International Journal of Community and Social Development Pub Date : 2022-03-01 DOI: 10.1177/25166026221079430

M. Pawar

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Feminist NGOs: Building Resilience in Low-income Single Moms 女权主义非政府组织:建立低收入单身母亲的适应力

The International Journal of Community and Social Development Pub Date : 2022-02-25 DOI: 10.1177/25166026221079436

L. Caragata

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Political Economy of Dispossession and Economic Change: A Case of Rajarhat in West Bengal, India 剥夺与经济变迁的政治经济学:以印度西孟加拉邦拉贾哈特为例

The International Journal of Community and Social Development Pub Date : 2022-02-09 DOI: 10.1177/25166026221076630

A. Roy

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City-exit and Community-fit: Finding One’s ‘Place’ in Australia 城市退出与社区适应:在澳大利亚找到自己的“位置”

The International Journal of Community and Social Development Pub Date : 2022-01-28 DOI: 10.1177/25166026211070374

Angela T. Ragusa

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Quality of Life of Older People in Botswana 博茨瓦纳老年人的生活质量

The International Journal of Community and Social Development Pub Date : 2022-01-25 DOI: 10.1177/25166026211064693

Magen Mhaka-Mutepfa, Tshegofatso Caroline Wright

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Rohingya Influx and Socio-environmental Crisis in Southeastern Bangladesh 孟加拉国东南部罗兴亚人涌入和社会环境危机

The International Journal of Community and Social Development Pub Date : 2022-01-25 DOI: 10.1177/25166026211067604

S. M. Sadat al Sajib, S. M. Fakhrul Islam, M. K. N. Sohad

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