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Exploring the use of Humour, Vulgarity and Allegory in Social Media Discourses: The Case of Oscar Pistorius and Reeva Steenkamp 幽默、粗俗和寓言在社交媒体话语中的运用:以奥斯卡·皮斯托瑞斯和瑞瓦·斯廷坎普为例

Africanus: Journal of Development Studies Pub Date : 2019-08-08 DOI: 10.25159/2663-6522/5787

K. Vanyoro, Kudakwashe Vanyoro

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Global Poverty and Global Tax Fairness as Economic Justice: A Southern Take on Transnational Institutionalism 作为经济正义的全球贫困和全球税收公平:跨国制度主义的南方视角

Africanus: Journal of Development Studies Pub Date : 2019-04-09 DOI: 10.25159/0304-615X/4445

O. Badru

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Education NGOs in Makhanda, South Africa: A Zero Sum of Philanthropy and Survival 南非马卡达的教育非政府组织:慈善与生存的零和博弈

Africanus: Journal of Development Studies Pub Date : 2019-03-13 DOI: 10.25159/0304-615X/4895

S. Nomsenge

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Managing and Imagining Migrant Communities 管理和想象移民社区

Africanus: Journal of Development Studies Pub Date : 2019-03-12 DOI: 10.25159/0304-615X/4527

Caitlin Blaser Mapitsa

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Principles and Practice of Monitoring and Evaluation: A Paraphernalia for Effective Development 监测和评价的原则和实践:有效发展的工具

Africanus: Journal of Development Studies Pub Date : 2019-03-12 DOI: 10.25159/0304-615X/3086

Itai Kabonga

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引用次数: 11

Food Security and Rural Livelihoods in the Doldrums: Exploring Alternatives for Sanyati through Sustainable Development Goals 经济低迷时期的粮食安全和农村生计:通过可持续发展目标探索农村生计的替代方案

Africanus: Journal of Development Studies Pub Date : 2019-03-12 DOI: 10.25159/0304-615X/4752

Tinashe M Mashizha, M. Dzvimbo

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引用次数: 3

Exploring the Uncharted Territory of Devolution in Zimbabwe 探索津巴布韦权力下放的未知领域

Africanus: Journal of Development Studies Pub Date : 2019-02-28 DOI: 10.5897/JASD2018.0527

J. Mapuva, G. Miti

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Crafting a Decolonial Economic Order for Re-Afrikanisation in the Context of South Africa 在南非的背景下为再非洲化制定非殖民经济秩序

Africanus: Journal of Development Studies Pub Date : 2019-02-28 DOI: 10.25159/0304-615X/4959

Siyabulela Tonono

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Nigeria and the African Charter on the Values and Principles of Decentralisation, Local Governance and Local Development: Navigating Content, Context, Issues and Prospects 尼日利亚和《关于权力下放、地方治理和地方发展的价值观和原则:内容、背景、问题和前景的非洲宪章》

Africanus: Journal of Development Studies Pub Date : 2019-02-26 DOI: 10.25159/0304-615X/4975

A. Basiru, A. Adepoju

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An Examination of the Ipelegeng Programme as Poverty Eradication Strategy in Botswana 审查作为博茨瓦纳消除贫穷战略的伊普莱庚方案

Africanus: Journal of Development Studies Pub Date : 2019-02-25 DOI: 10.25159/0304-615X/2053

G. Mogomotsi, P. K. Mogomotsi, D. Badimo

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