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Social tipping and climate change: The moderating role of social capital in bridging the gap between awareness and action 社会倾覆与气候变化：社会资本在缩小认识与行动之间差距方面的调节作用

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Journal of International Development Pub Date : 2024-06-27 DOI: 10.1002/jid.3921

Krisdela Kaçani, Elena Kokthi, Luis Miguel López-Bonilla, Myriam González-Limón

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The dynamics of overlapping borrowing in the microcredit sector of Bangladesh 孟加拉国小额信贷部门重叠借贷的动态变化

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Journal of International Development Pub Date : 2024-06-18 DOI: 10.1002/jid.3919

Siddiqur Rahman Osmani, Md Abdul Baqui Khalily, Mehadi Hasan

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Testing the ecological footprint of economic growth in developing countries. The case of Vietnam 检验发展中国家经济增长的生态足迹。越南案例

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Journal of International Development Pub Date : 2024-06-12 DOI: 10.1002/jid.3918

Minh-Quang Nguyen, Michel Dimou, Thi Thu Huong Vu, Alexandra Schaffar, Cong Phan The, Ngoc Quynh Nguyen

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Impact of spouses' access to financial services on technological and managerial gaps in rice production 配偶获得金融服务对水稻生产技术和管理差距的影响

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Journal of International Development Pub Date : 2024-06-05 DOI: 10.1002/jid.3917

Maria Luz L. Malabayabas, Ashok K. Mishra, Joaquin Mayorga

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Exploring how mobile money adoption affects nutrition and household food security 探索采用移动支付如何影响营养和家庭粮食安全

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Journal of International Development Pub Date : 2024-06-04 DOI: 10.1002/jid.3920

Joseph B. Ajefu, Efobi Uchenna, Lydia Adeoye, Israel Davidson, Matthew Onalo Agbawn

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Laughing from the Outside-In: Considering ‘What's Up Africa’ as an(other) humorous humanitarian digilantism 从外向内笑：将 "What's Up Africa "视为一种（另一种）幽默的人道主义除罪主义

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Journal of International Development Pub Date : 2024-06-03 DOI: 10.1002/jid.3916

Edward Ademolu

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Does Aid Improve Local Wealth? Micro-Level Evidence from Africa 援助能否改善当地财富？来自非洲的微观证据

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Journal of International Development Pub Date : 2024-05-02 DOI: 10.1002/jid.3907

Philip Akrofi Atitianti, Samuel Kofi Asiamah, Benedict Arthur, John Archison Duku

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Health resilience and the global pandemic: The effect of social conditions on the COVID-19 mortality rate 健康复原力与全球大流行病：社会条件对 COVID-19 死亡率的影响

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Journal of International Development Pub Date : 2024-04-19 DOI: 10.1002/jid.3893

Shimaa Elkomy, Tim Jackson

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Financial inclusion in India: How far do grassroots institutions matter? 印度的金融包容性：基层机构有多重要？

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Journal of International Development Pub Date : 2024-04-18 DOI: 10.1002/jid.3897

Shika Saravanabhavan, Meenakshi Rajeev

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Decoupling of functional and household income distribution by economic growth: new findings from analysing the three-way growth-equity nexus 经济增长使功能性收入分配与家庭收入分配脱钩：分析增长--权益三者关系的新发现

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Journal of International Development Pub Date : 2024-04-17 DOI: 10.1002/jid.3903

Juneyoung Lee, Keun Lee

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