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Corrigendum to “Shine a (night)light: Decentralization and economic development in Burkina Faso” [World Dev. 187(2025) 106851] “点亮一盏（夜）灯：布基纳法索的权力下放与经济发展”的勘误表[World development . 187(2025) 106851]

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World Development Pub Date : 2025-02-22 DOI: 10.1016/j.worlddev.2025.106968

Olivier B. Bargain , Rose Camille Vincent , Emilie Caldeira

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How do banks respond to violence? 银行如何应对暴力？

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World Development Pub Date : 2025-02-22 DOI: 10.1016/j.worlddev.2025.106955

Whelsy Boungou , Mahdi Fawaz , Alhonita Yatié

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Gender differences in the adequacy of poverty-targeted food assistance programs 针对贫困人口的粮食援助项目是否充足的性别差异

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World Development Pub Date : 2025-02-20 DOI: 10.1016/j.worlddev.2025.106946

Jackson Schneider, Stephen D. O’Connell

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Compound exposure: Climate change, vulnerability and the energy-extractives nexus in the Pacific 复合暴露：气候变化、脆弱性和太平洋地区的能源开采关系

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World Development Pub Date : 2025-02-20 DOI: 10.1016/j.worlddev.2025.106958

Nicholas Bainton , Emilia E. Skrzypek , Éléonore Lèbre

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Reassessing transformation pathways: Global trends in rural household farm and non-farm livelihood strategies with a spotlight on Sub-Saharan Africa 重新评估转型路径：以撒哈拉以南非洲为重点的农村家庭农场和非农业生计战略的全球趋势

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World Development Pub Date : 2025-02-18 DOI: 10.1016/j.worlddev.2025.106952

Ana Paula De la O Campos, Yeshwas Admasu, Katia Alejandra Covarrubias, Benjamin Kaylor Davis, Ana Maria Díaz Gonzalez

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How does food market respond to natural disaster Shocks? Evidence from the cabbage wholesale market 粮食市场如何应对自然灾害冲击？证据来自白菜批发市场

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World Development Pub Date : 2025-02-16 DOI: 10.1016/j.worlddev.2025.106950

Yi-Ju Su , Pei-An Liao , Hung-Hao Chang

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The BRI in Pakistan’s power sector: From initial success to structural challenges “一带一路”倡议在巴基斯坦电力领域：从初步成功到结构性挑战

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World Development Pub Date : 2025-02-16 DOI: 10.1016/j.worlddev.2025.106929

Muhammad Tayyab Safdar

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Corrigendum to “Violent conflicts and education: The LRA insurgency in Northern Uganda revisited” [World Develop. 186 (2025) 106822] “暴力冲突与教育：乌干达北部圣主抵抗军叛乱重访”的勘误表[世界发展，186 (2025)106822]

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World Development Pub Date : 2025-02-14 DOI: 10.1016/j.worlddev.2025.106943

Douglas Kazibwe

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From displacement to statehood: The ecological and political metamorphosis of accompong marronage 从流离失所到建国：伴随婚姻的生态和政治变形

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World Development Pub Date : 2025-02-14 DOI: 10.1016/j.worlddev.2025.106948

Marie Widengård

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Disaster and political trust: Evidence from the 2017 Mexico city earthquake 灾难与政治信任：来自2017年墨西哥城地震的证据

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World Development Pub Date : 2025-02-12 DOI: 10.1016/j.worlddev.2025.106927

Margaret H. Frost , SangEun Kim , Carlos Scartascini , Paula Zamora , Elizabeth J. Zechmeister

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