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The Effect of Women’s Empowerment on Intimate Partner Violence and Child Nutrition Outcomes in India, Nepal, and Pakistan 印度、尼泊尔和巴基斯坦妇女赋权对亲密伴侣暴力和儿童营养结局的影响

IF 0.7 4区经济学

Journal of South Asian Development Pub Date : 2023-03-21 DOI: 10.1177/09731741221142356

Vedika Inamdar, A. Tagat, Aneree Parekh

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‘From Plot to People’: A Photovoice Exploration of South Asian Farmer Livelihood Diversification Strategies When Extra Time and Money are Found Through Zero Tillage Adoption “从地到人”:南亚农民零耕作获得额外时间和金钱时生计多样化策略的光声探索

IF 0.7 4区经济学

Journal of South Asian Development Pub Date : 2023-03-18 DOI: 10.1177/09731741221141151

B. Brown, A.K. Sharma, E. Karki, Anjana Chaudhary

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Exploring ‘Country Ownership’: An Analysis of Development Cooperation Practices of Selected European Partners in Bangladesh 探索“国家所有制”：欧洲伙伴在孟加拉国发展合作实践分析

IF 0.7 4区经济学

Journal of South Asian Development Pub Date : 2023-03-03 DOI: 10.1177/09731741221143843

M. M. Rahman, Fahimul Quadir

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Varied Aspirations and ‘Development’: Three Spaces of Kurseong 不同的愿望和“发展”:九城的三个空间

IF 0.7 4区经济学

Journal of South Asian Development Pub Date : 2022-11-04 DOI: 10.1177/09731741221125989

Lasang Lepcha

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The Effect of Development-induced Displacement on Adivasis: Evidence from the Rourkela Steel Plant Project in India 发展导致的流离失所对阿迪瓦西斯的影响:来自印度鲁克拉钢铁厂项目的证据

IF 0.7 4区经济学

Journal of South Asian Development Pub Date : 2022-11-04 DOI: 10.1177/09731741221129352

John Kujur

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Experimental Evidence on Group-based Attendance Bonuses in Team Production 团队生产中基于小组的出勤奖励的实验证据

IF 0.7 4区经济学

Journal of South Asian Development Pub Date : 2022-11-01 DOI: 10.1177/09731741221129350

T. Chaudhry, Zunia Tirmazee, Umair Ayaz

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Book review: Shruti Chaudhry. 2021. Moving for Marriage: Inequalities, Intimacy and Women’s Lives in Rural North India 书评：Shruti Chaudhry。2021.走向婚姻：北印度农村的不平等、亲密关系和女性生活

IF 0.7 4区经济学

Journal of South Asian Development Pub Date : 2022-10-19 DOI: 10.1177/09731741221122665

Paro Mishra

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Book review: Sanjib Baruah. 2020. In the Name of the Nation: India and Its Northeast 书评:Sanjib Baruah, 2020。以国家之名:印度及其东北

IF 0.7 4区经济学

Journal of South Asian Development Pub Date : 2022-10-19 DOI: 10.1177/09731741221122668

C. Goswami

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State Capacity, Ideology and the Management of COVID-19 in South Asia: India and Sri Lanka in Perspective 南亚国家能力、意识形态和COVID-19管理:透视印度和斯里兰卡

IF 0.7 4区经济学

Journal of South Asian Development Pub Date : 2022-10-02 DOI: 10.1177/09731741221124279

Wilfried Swenden, Papia Sengupta, M. Sarvananthan, A. Surendran, K. Ruwanpura

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Shrinking Civil Space? Exploring State and Civil Society Perspectives on the Contemporary Situation of Human Rights Defenders in South Asia 缩小民用空间？探讨国家和民间社会对南亚人权维护者当代处境的看法

IF 0.7 4区经济学

Journal of South Asian Development Pub Date : 2022-10-02 DOI: 10.1177/09731741221119935

Paul Chaney

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