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Sustainable-inclusive development through conversational thinking: The case for Africa – China relations 对话思维下的可持续包容性发展:以中非关系为例

Filosofia Theoretica Pub Date : 2019-05-16 DOI: 10.4314/FT.V8I1.2

M. Enyimba

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引用次数: 6

Economic development in Africa through the stokvel system: ‘our’ indigenous way or ‘theirs’ stokvel制度下的非洲经济发展:“我们的”本土方式还是“他们的”本土方式

Filosofia Theoretica Pub Date : 2019-05-16 DOI: 10.4314/FT.V8I1.8

Mojalefa Lehlohonolo Koenane

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引用次数: 8

Discussing inclusive development and governance in Zimbabwe: Pragmatizing Hunhu/ Ubuntu philosophy 讨论津巴布韦的包容性发展和治理:实现Hunhu/ Ubuntu哲学

Filosofia Theoretica Pub Date : 2019-05-16 DOI: 10.4314/FT.V8I1.4

F. Mangena

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引用次数: 4

Inclusive development of Naga Tribes in Nagaland: Strategy for sustainability 那加兰邦纳加部落的包容性发展:可持续性战略

Filosofia Theoretica Pub Date : 2019-05-16 DOI: 10.4314/FT.V8I1.7

Mhadeno Y. Humtsoe, M. Soundari

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引用次数: 0

Inclusive development: some perspectives from African communitarian philosophy 包容性发展:非洲社群主义哲学的一些视角

Filosofia Theoretica Pub Date : 2019-05-16 DOI: 10.4314/FT.V8I1.6

Pius M. Mosima

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引用次数: 2

Inclusiveness matters: The development of ethnopolitics in Malaysia 包容性问题:马来西亚民族政治的发展

Filosofia Theoretica Pub Date : 2019-05-16 DOI: 10.4314/FT.V8I1.3

Samuel C. Y. Ku, Yuan-Ming Chiao

引用次数: 0

Editorial Inclusive Development: An Afro-Asian Perspective 社论:包容性发展:亚非视角

Filosofia Theoretica Pub Date : 2019-05-16 DOI: 10.4314/FT.V8I1.1

M. Wong

引用次数: 0

The challenge of stringent, radical nationalism to inclusive development 严厉、激进的民族主义对包容性发展的挑战

Filosofia Theoretica Pub Date : 2019-05-16 DOI: 10.4314/FT.V8I1.9

S. Abreu

引用次数: 0

Revisiting the relationship between economic growth and inclusive development 重新审视经济增长与包容性发展的关系

Filosofia Theoretica Pub Date : 2019-05-16 DOI: 10.4314/FT.V8I1.5

M. Wong

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引用次数: 0

Between theory and praxis: reply to Thaddeus Metz 在理论与实践之间:对梅斯的回答

Filosofia Theoretica Pub Date : 2019-02-27 DOI: 10.4314/ft.v8i2.2

O. Balogun

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