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Understanding livelihood strategies and coping mechanisms adopted during COVID-19: A study on Rohingya refugees in Bangladesh 了解2019冠状病毒病期间采取的生计战略和应对机制：孟加拉国罗兴亚难民研究

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World Development Perspectives Pub Date : 2025-03-01 DOI: 10.1016/j.wdp.2025.100672

Minakshi Keeni

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Corrigendum to “Financing the basic income support in South Africa under fiscal constraints” [World Dev. Perspect. 37 (2025) 100657] “财政拮据下南非基本收入支持融资”的勘误表[世界发展展望，37 (2025)100657]

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World Development Perspectives Pub Date : 2025-03-01 DOI: 10.1016/j.wdp.2025.100669

Margaret Chitiga-Mabugu , Martin Henseler , Helene Maisonnave , Ramos E. Mabugu

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Financial inclusion and institutional quality: Catalysts for economic growth in Asia-Pacific countries 金融普惠与制度质量：亚太国家经济增长的催化剂

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World Development Perspectives Pub Date : 2025-03-01 DOI: 10.1016/j.wdp.2025.100670

Dananjani Basnayake , Athula Naranpanawa , Saroja Selvanathan , Jayatilleke S. Bandara

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Modern agrotechnology, women’s empowerment and poverty reduction nexus: Mediation of farm performance; empirical evidence on BAU-STR dryer 现代农业技术、妇女赋权与减贫的关系：农场绩效的中介作用；BAU-STR 干燥机的经验证据

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World Development Perspectives Pub Date : 2025-03-01 DOI: 10.1016/j.wdp.2025.100673

Lavlu Mozumdar , Samantha Lindgren , Nazia Nishat

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Camel leasing as a resilience-building practice: Insights from Somali pastoralist households and dairy farms 骆驼租赁作为一种恢复力建设实践：来自索马里牧民家庭和奶牛场的见解

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World Development Perspectives Pub Date : 2025-02-22 DOI: 10.1016/j.wdp.2025.100668

Emily Decker , Rebecca M. Flueckiger , Micah Frumkin , Rebecca H. Jeudin , Christelle Celestin , Abdul Kareem Osman Essa , Ezgi E. Yilmaz

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Political stability versus food self-sufficiency policy in arid countries: Evidence from the Persian Gulf 干旱国家的政治稳定与粮食自给政策：来自波斯湾的证据

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World Development Perspectives Pub Date : 2025-02-20 DOI: 10.1016/j.wdp.2025.100667

Alireza Alipour, Mohammad Sadegh Ebrahimi, Nafiseh Ghodrati, Zahra Ghodrati Shatoori

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Ethics and Equity: Addressing Violations of the Belmont Report principles for research staff 道德与公平：解决研究人员违反贝尔蒙特报告原则的问题

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World Development Perspectives Pub Date : 2025-02-18 DOI: 10.1016/j.wdp.2025.100662

Jana Kuhnt , Lennart Kaplan , Ana Garcia-Hernandez , Julia Leininger , Janina I. Steinert

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“It feels like we’re doing something good.” Mapping farmer perceptions of zero budget natural farming onto crop yields in Andhra Pradesh “感觉我们在做一件好事。”绘制安得拉邦农民对零预算自然农业的看法与作物产量的关系

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World Development Perspectives Pub Date : 2025-02-18 DOI: 10.1016/j.wdp.2025.100665

Grady Walker , Henny Osbahr , Sarah Duddigan , Jayna George , Sravanthi Ponnolu , Himabindu Anisetti , Chris Collins , Zakir Hussain

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Ice roads and income in remote indigenous communities of Canada 加拿大偏远土著社区的冰路与收入

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World Development Perspectives Pub Date : 2025-02-11 DOI: 10.1016/j.wdp.2025.100666

Fatma Ahmed

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Assessing the effectiveness of a rights based approach for pro-poor WASH services: A study in urban poor settlements in Khulna, Bangladesh 评估以权利为基础的面向贫困人口的讲卫生服务方法的有效性：对孟加拉国库尔纳城市贫困人口住区的研究

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World Development Perspectives Pub Date : 2025-02-05 DOI: 10.1016/j.wdp.2025.100663

Sumya Naz , Md. Zakir Hossain , Khan Rubayet Rahaman

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