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Adapting UN Sustainable Development Goals to Somali Situation: Using Puntland Somalia as a Case Study 使联合国可持续发展目标适应索马里局势:以索马里邦特兰为例研究

Journal of Sustainable Development Studies Pub Date : 2020-01-08 DOI: 10.28924/ip/jsds.1908

Abdisalam Issa-Salwe

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Research Funding Issues in African Universities: Penalties and Pathways 非洲大学的研究经费问题:惩罚和途径

Journal of Sustainable Development Studies Pub Date : 2019-12-06 DOI: 10.28924/ip/jsds.1911

U. B. Akuru

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The Portuguese Energy Sector: Its Multiple Aspects and Challenges - A Country Study 葡萄牙能源部门:其多个方面和挑战-一项国别研究

Journal of Sustainable Development Studies Pub Date : 2019-11-12 DOI: 10.28924/ip/jsds.1905

A. Pinho, R. Hunter

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Adaptive Capacity in Watershed Governance for Food Security in the Lower Sio River Basin, Busia County, Kenya 下西奥河流域粮食安全流域治理的适应能力，肯尼亚布西亚县

Journal of Sustainable Development Studies Pub Date : 2019-08-27 DOI: 10.28924/ip/jsds.1857

N. Naburi

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Redefining Benefits and Beneficiaries of Duty and Tax Waiver on Imports of Solar Photovoltaic (PV) Technologies: The Case of Malawi 重新定义太阳能光伏(PV)技术进口关税和税收减免的利益和受益者:马拉维的案例

Journal of Sustainable Development Studies Pub Date : 2019-06-21 DOI: 10.28924/ip/jsds.1850

Arnold Mwanapwa Juma, Isaac Chitedze

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