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Chronicles of Debt Crises Foretold 债务危机编年史预言

IF 3 2区社会学

Development and Change Pub Date : 2023-09-05 DOI: 10.1111/dech.12786

Anis Chowdhury, Jomo Kwame Sundaram

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Local Financial Institutions and Income Inequality: Evidence from Brazil's Credit Cooperative Movement 地方金融机构与收入不平等:来自巴西信用合作社运动的证据

IF 3 2区社会学

Development and Change Pub Date : 2023-09-03 DOI: 10.1111/dech.12780

Philip Arestis, Peter Phelps

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Common Challenges for All? A Critical Engagement with the Emerging Vision for Post-pandemic Development Studies 所有人面临的共同挑战？对新出现的疫情后发展研究愿景的关键参与

IF 3 2区社会学

Development and Change Pub Date : 2023-09-02 DOI: 10.1111/dech.12785

Jörg Wiegratz, Pritish Behuria, Christina Laskaridis, Lebohang Liepollo Pheko, Ben Radley, Sara Stevano

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Green Growth and the Balance-of-payments Constraint 绿色增长与国际收支约束

IF 3 2区社会学

Development and Change Pub Date : 2023-08-07 DOI: 10.1111/dech.12783

Basil Oberholzer

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Misaligned Social Policy? Explaining the Origins and Limitations of Cash Transfers in Sudan 社会政策不一致？解释苏丹现金转移的起源和局限性

IF 3 2区社会学

Development and Change Pub Date : 2023-08-07 DOI: 10.1111/dech.12784

Muez Ali, Laura Mann

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Outsourcing the Business of Development: The Rise of For-profit Consultancies in the UK Aid Sector 外包发展业务：英国援助部门营利性咨询的兴起

IF 3 2区社会学

Development and Change Pub Date : 2023-07-31 DOI: 10.1111/dech.12782

Brendan Whitty, Jessica Sklair, Paul Robert Gilbert, Emma Mawdsley, Jo-Anna Russon, Olivia Taylor

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Sustainable Development Frontiers: Is ‘Sustainable’ Cocoa Delivering Development and Reducing Deforestation? 可持续发展前沿:“可持续”可可能促进发展并减少森林砍伐吗?

IF 3 2区社会学

Development and Change Pub Date : 2023-07-19 DOI: 10.1111/dech.12781

Will Lock, Anthony Alexander

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Derisking Developmentalism: A Tale of Green Hydrogen 消除发展主义的风险:绿色氢的故事

IF 3 2区社会学

Development and Change Pub Date : 2023-07-11 DOI: 10.1111/dech.12779

Daniela Gabor, Ndongo Samba Sylla

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Treatment of vocal tremor with bilateral magnetic resonance imaging-guided focused ultrasound of the ventral intermediate thalamic nucleus: illustrative case. 双侧磁共振成像引导下丘脑腹侧中间核聚焦超声治疗声带震颤:说明性病例

2区社会学

Development and Change Pub Date : 2023-06-26 DOI: 10.3171/CASE2351

John J Pearce, Jaclyn Thoma, Kimberly Vinson, Sepehr Sani

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The Underside of Microfinance: Performance Indicators and Informal Debt in Cambodia 小额信贷的底层：柬埔寨的绩效指标和非正规债务

IF 3 2区社会学

Development and Change Pub Date : 2023-06-13 DOI: 10.1111/dech.12778

W. Nathan Green, Theavy Chhom, Reach Mony, Jennifer Estes

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