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Brokerage in Markets: The Role of Ambiguity in Distributing Value 市场中的经纪：模糊性在价值分配中的作用

IF 3 2区社会学

Development and Change Pub Date : 2025-04-16 DOI: 10.1111/dech.12875

Asha Amirali

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Visions of Community Health and the Social Good in Kenya: Turning Community Health Workers into Entrepreneurs 肯尼亚社区卫生和社会福利的愿景：将社区卫生工作者转变为企业家

IF 3 2区社会学

Development and Change Pub Date : 2025-04-10 DOI: 10.1111/dech.12877

Edwin Ambani Ameso, Ruth Jane Prince

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Why Nobelists Fail 诺贝尔奖得主为何失败

IF 3 2区社会学

Development and Change Pub Date : 2025-04-04 DOI: 10.1111/dech.12874

Sanjay G. Reddy

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Law in Practice in a Nairobi Slum: Legalization and Camouflage 内罗毕贫民窟的法律实践：合法化与伪装

IF 3 2区社会学

Development and Change Pub Date : 2025-03-28 DOI: 10.1111/dech.12873

Maja Jeppesen

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Defending the Land: Filipina Activists amidst Authoritarian Rule in the Philippines 捍卫土地：菲律宾独裁统治下的菲律宾激进分子

IF 3 2区社会学

Development and Change Pub Date : 2025-03-28 DOI: 10.1111/dech.12872

Miriam Zimmermann, Wolfram Dressler, Ana Bibal

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The Multiplier Effects of Government Expenditures on Social Protection: A Multi-country Study 政府社会保障支出的乘数效应：一项多国研究

IF 3 2区社会学

Development and Change Pub Date : 2025-03-27 DOI: 10.1111/dech.12869

Dante Cardoso, Laura Carvalho, Gilberto Tadeu Lima, Luiza Nassif-Pires, Fernando Rugitsky, Marina Sanches

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Governing Artisanal and Small-scale Sand Mining in Bangladesh 管理孟加拉国的手工和小规模采砂

IF 3 2区社会学

Development and Change Pub Date : 2025-03-21 DOI: 10.1111/dech.12870

Bert Suykens, Atique Rahman, Shameem Reza Khan, Sabbir Ahmed Dhali

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International Development Financing in the Second Cold War: The Miserly Convergence of Western Donors and China 第二次冷战中的国际发展融资：西方援助国与中国的吝啬趋同

IF 3 2区社会学

Development and Change Pub Date : 2025-03-19 DOI: 10.1111/dech.12871

Shahar Hameiri, Lee Jones

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Financializing Maternal and Newborn Care: Temporal Tensions within a Development Impact Bond in India 孕产妇和新生儿护理的金融化：印度发展影响债券中的时间紧张关系

IF 3 2区社会学

Development and Change Pub Date : 2025-01-22 DOI: 10.1111/dech.12867

Sandra Bärnreuther

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Rice Margins Under Climate Change: Labour and Knowledge in Mangrove Rice Networks in Guinea-Bissau 气候变化下的水稻边际：几内亚比绍红树林水稻网络中的劳动力和知识

IF 3 2区社会学

Development and Change Pub Date : 2025-01-09 DOI: 10.1111/dech.12868

Joana Sousa, Ansumane Braima Dabó, Ana Luísa Luz

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