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Women’s Collectives and State-Led Development in West Bengal: Reimagining Selves During Counterinsurgency 西孟加拉邦妇女集体与国家主导的发展:平叛期间的自我重塑

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Journal of South Asian Development Pub Date : 2020-11-21 DOI: 10.1177/0973174120965355

Lipika Kamra

引用次数: 1

Labour Market Adjustment and Intra-Industry Trade: Empirical Results from Indian Manufacturing Sectors 劳动力市场调整与产业内贸易：来自印度制造业的实证结果

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Journal of South Asian Development Pub Date : 2020-08-01 DOI: 10.1177/0973174120954623

Sakshi Aggarwal, D. Chakraborty

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引用次数: 6

Book review: Radhika Govindrajan. 2018. Animal Intimacies: Interspecies Relatedness in India’s Central Himalayas 书评:Radhika Govindrajan, 2018。动物亲缘关系:印度喜马拉雅中部的物种间亲缘关系

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Journal of South Asian Development Pub Date : 2020-08-01 DOI: 10.1177/0973174120933444

D. Sen

引用次数: 0

Book review: Ayaz Qureshi. 2018. AIDS in Pakistan: Bureaucracy, Public Goods, and NGOs 书评：阿亚兹·库雷希。2018.巴基斯坦的艾滋病：官僚主义、公共产品和非政府组织

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Journal of South Asian Development Pub Date : 2020-08-01 DOI: 10.1177/0973174120933443

S. Closser

引用次数: 2

Caste, Social Networks and Variety Adoption 种姓、社会网络和多样性采用

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Journal of South Asian Development Pub Date : 2020-08-01 DOI: 10.1177/0973174120954632

I. Gupta, P. C. Veettil, S. Speelman

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引用次数: 4

Global Production Networks and (Distributional) Regional Development: The Cinnamon Industry in Karandeniya and Matale, Sri Lanka 全球生产网络和(分布)区域发展:斯里兰卡卡兰德尼亚和马塔莱的肉桂产业

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Journal of South Asian Development Pub Date : 2020-08-01 DOI: 10.1177/0973174120956496

Eunyeong Song, Douglas R. Gress, Edo Andriesse

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引用次数: 0

Pathways to Agricultural Skill Development in the Indian Himalayas 印度喜马拉雅地区农业技能发展之路

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Journal of South Asian Development Pub Date : 2020-08-01 DOI: 10.1177/0973174120943081

Trent D. Brown

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引用次数: 8

Intensity of Regulations as a Cause of the Informal Sector 作为非正规部门原因的监管强度

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Journal of South Asian Development Pub Date : 2020-08-01 DOI: 10.1177/0973174120954622

K. Mughal, F. Schneider, Z. Hayat

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引用次数: 3

Book review: Ania Loomba. 2019. Revolutionary Desires: Women, Communism and Feminism in India 书评:Ania Loomba, 2019。革命的欲望:印度的妇女、共产主义和女权主义

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Journal of South Asian Development Pub Date : 2020-08-01 DOI: 10.1177/0973174120933445

Mallarika Sinha Roy

引用次数: 6

Civil Society Organisations and LGBT+ Rights in Bangladesh: A Critical Analysis 孟加拉国的公民社会组织和LGBT+权利:批判性分析

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Journal of South Asian Development Pub Date : 2020-08-01 DOI: 10.1177/0973174120950512

Paul Chaney, Seuty Sabur, S. Sahoo

引用次数: 6