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Everything, everywhere, all at once? Donor bureaucrats struggle with four dimensions of development effectiveness 所有的一切，所有的地方，同时发生？捐助国官僚们在发展效率的四个维度上挣扎

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World Development Pub Date : 2025-04-07 DOI: 10.1016/j.worlddev.2025.107017

Daniel E. Esser , Heiner Janus

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Unlocking the transformative potential of multi-stakeholder partnerships for sustainable development: Assessing perceived effectiveness and contributions to systemic change 释放促进可持续发展的多利益攸关方伙伴关系的变革潜力：评估感知有效性和对系统性变革的贡献

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World Development Pub Date : 2025-04-05 DOI: 10.1016/j.worlddev.2025.107007

Maximilian S.T. Wanner , Matilda Miljand

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Intersectionality matters: An analysis of women’s empowerment among livestock holders in Nepal, Senegal and Uganda 交叉性很重要：对尼泊尔、塞内加尔和乌干达畜牧业妇女赋权的分析

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World Development Pub Date : 2025-04-04 DOI: 10.1016/j.worlddev.2025.107000

Renata Serra , Sarah McKune , Nargiza Ludgate , Nitya Singh , Kabita Devkota , Mouhamed Fall , Gordon Obin , Alioune Touré , Chhavi Tiwari , Sandra Russo

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Financial cooperatives and poverty mitigation during Brazil’s lost decade 巴西失去的十年中的金融合作社与减贫

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World Development Pub Date : 2025-04-01 DOI: 10.1016/j.worlddev.2025.106995

Philip Arestis , Peter Phelps

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Does aid to migrants in “transit countries” affect their movement intentions? Evidence from Libya 对“过境国”移民的援助会影响他们的迁移意愿吗？来自利比亚的证据

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World Development Pub Date : 2025-04-01 DOI: 10.1016/j.worlddev.2025.106980

Gabriele Restelli

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The structural transformation of transition economies 转型经济体的结构转型

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World Development Pub Date : 2025-03-27 DOI: 10.1016/j.worlddev.2025.106977

Calumn Hamilton, Gaaitzen J. de Vries

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From missing brothers to educated sisters: The effects of victimization during the Rwandan genocide 从失踪的兄弟到受过教育的姐妹：卢旺达种族灭绝期间受害的影响

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World Development Pub Date : 2025-03-26 DOI: 10.1016/j.worlddev.2025.106945

Thomas Gautier

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The Green Revolution is not always bloodless: Agricultural modernization and rural conflict in Brazil 绿色革命并不总是不流血的：巴西的农业现代化和农村冲突