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Intergenerational effects of education on child mortality: Evidence from the compulsory primary schooling law in Vietnam 教育对儿童死亡率的代际影响：越南小学义务教育法的证据

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World Development Pub Date : 2024-10-17 DOI: 10.1016/j.worlddev.2024.106810

Dung D. Le , Minh T. Nguyen , Yoko Ibuka

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Does sovereignty help economic growth? A recent reassessment 主权有助于经济增长吗？最近的重新评估

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World Development Pub Date : 2024-10-17 DOI: 10.1016/j.worlddev.2024.106814

Jose Caraballo-Cueto

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Institutional coalescence and illegal small scale gold mining in Ghana 加纳的机构整合与非法小规模采金业

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World Development Pub Date : 2024-10-16 DOI: 10.1016/j.worlddev.2024.106808

Paul Stacey

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Energy Trade Access and Market Monopoly: Evidence from China’s Power Sector 能源贸易准入与市场垄断：来自中国电力行业的证据

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World Development Pub Date : 2024-10-12 DOI: 10.1016/j.worlddev.2024.106797

Yu Zhao , Ning Zhang

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Sub-national property tax reform and tax bargaining: Lessons from a quasi-randomized reform program in Sierra Leone 国家以下各级财产税改革与税收谈判：塞拉利昂准随机改革计划的经验教训

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World Development Pub Date : 2024-10-12 DOI: 10.1016/j.worlddev.2024.106796

Wilson Prichard , Samuel Jibao , Nicolas Orgeira Pillai

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Traditional clans and environmental governance: Evidence from China 传统宗族与环境治理：来自中国的证据

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World Development Pub Date : 2024-10-12 DOI: 10.1016/j.worlddev.2024.106802

Congming Ding, Zhiyuan Chen, Qiucen Ma

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Legitimacy under pressure: Energy firms’ expansion in countries with weak environmental performance 压力下的合法性：能源企业在环境绩效不佳国家的扩张

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World Development Pub Date : 2024-10-12 DOI: 10.1016/j.worlddev.2024.106800

Sihong Wu , Snejina Michailova , Di Fan

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Resources coupled with executive authority: Implications of relocating government administrative headquarters for local economic development 资源加上行政权力：政府行政总部搬迁对地方经济发展的影响

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World Development Pub Date : 2024-10-09 DOI: 10.1016/j.worlddev.2024.106798

Jing Chen, Shenglong Liu, Xiaoming Zhang

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“Leave no one behind”. A power-capabilities-energy justice perspective on energy transition in remote rural communities in Cambodia "一个都不能少"。从电力能力和能源公正的角度看柬埔寨偏远农村社区的能源转型

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World Development Pub Date : 2024-10-07 DOI: 10.1016/j.worlddev.2024.106793

Giuseppina Siciliano , Roberto Cantoni , Pichdara Lonn , Narith Por , Solany Kry , Chimmor Morn , Ham Oudom

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The political ecology of our water footprints: Rethinking the colours of virtual water 我们水足迹的政治生态：重新思考虚拟水的色彩

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World Development Pub Date : 2024-10-05 DOI: 10.1016/j.worlddev.2024.106801

Jeroen Vos

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