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Money Talks: How Remittances Contribute to Wealth Creation in Post-conflict Communities 有钱能使鬼推磨：汇款如何促进冲突后社区的财富创造

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Journal of International Development Pub Date : 2024-12-18 DOI: 10.1002/jid.3974

Narayani Sritharan, Kritika Jothishankar

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Global Frictions: Foreign Aid, Donor–Recipient Relations and LGBT+ Rights in Tanzania 全球摩擦：坦桑尼亚的外援、捐助方-受援方关系和LGBT+权利

IF 1.7 4区经济学

Journal of International Development Pub Date : 2024-12-12 DOI: 10.1002/jid.3978

Stephen Brown

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Translocal Livelihoods, Socio-Economic Differentiation and Lower Level Urbanisation in Uganda 跨地方生计、社会经济分化与乌干达低水平城市化

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Journal of International Development Pub Date : 2024-12-11 DOI: 10.1002/jid.3970

Agnes Andersson, Heather Mackay, Paul Isolo Mukwaya

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Estimating the Evolving Trade Effect of Foreign Aid in the Context of Aid Competition: Evidence From European Countries 援助竞争背景下外援贸易效应演化的评估：来自欧洲国家的证据

IF 1.7 4区经济学

Journal of International Development Pub Date : 2024-12-10 DOI: 10.1002/jid.3976

Hongyi Xu, Zesheng Sun, Hao Chen

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Transforming Trade and Environment: Digital Trade's Impact on Carbon Emissions in the European Union 转型贸易与环境：数字贸易对欧盟碳排放的影响

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Journal of International Development Pub Date : 2024-12-03 DOI: 10.1002/jid.3977

Meng Cai

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Impact of Sanctions Policy Shifts: A Case Study of the United States and Cuba, 1994–2020 制裁政策转变的影响：1994-2020年美国和古巴的案例研究

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Journal of International Development Pub Date : 2024-12-03 DOI: 10.1002/jid.3973

Pavel Vidal

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Malnourished but Not Destitute: The Spatial Interplay Between Nutrition and Poverty in Madagascar 营养不良但不贫困：马达加斯加营养与贫困之间的空间相互作用

IF 1.7 4区经济学

Journal of International Development Pub Date : 2024-12-03 DOI: 10.1002/jid.3975

Dunstan Matekenya, Francis Mulangu, David Newhouse

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Aspirational Revolution or Aspiration Failure? Gendered Effect of Household Wealth on Educational Aspirations in China 抱负革命还是抱负失败？中国家庭财富对教育意愿的性别影响

IF 1.7 4区经济学

Journal of International Development Pub Date : 2024-12-03 DOI: 10.1002/jid.3971

In Hyee Hwang, Semee Yoon

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The Demand for Industry—Oscillation of the Agrarian Question in Rural West Bengal 工业需求--西孟加拉邦农村地区土地问题的动荡

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Journal of International Development Pub Date : 2024-11-27 DOI: 10.1002/jid.3972

Suchismita Das

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Tuning Into Learning: Enhancing Self-Efficacy and Learning Behaviours Through Radio Education in Dedza, Malawi 调整学习：通过马拉维德扎的无线电教育提高自我效能和学习行为

IF 1.7 4区经济学

Journal of International Development Pub Date : 2024-11-26 DOI: 10.1002/jid.3969

Eunsol Kim, Youyoung Jung, Jae Eun Shin

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