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How migrants made their way: The role of pioneering migrants and solidarity networks of the Wakhi of Gojal (Northern Pakistan) in shaping the dynamics of rural-urban migration
(2013-07)
In this working paper, I investigate the role which solidarity networks based on different types of shared identities, perceived relatedness and kinship affiliations played for enabling, shaping, facilitating and intensifying ...
On the economics of refugee flows
(2004-02)
Although the phenomenon of refugee flows is not devoid of economic connotations, it has so far been investigated primarily by political scientists and sociologists. The analytical tools of economic inquiry have not yet ...
Comparing the global and merged with the local and separate: On a downside to the integration of regions and nations
(2015-12)
This paper looks at the integration of regions and nations through the prism of the merger of populations (societies). The paper employs a particular index of social stress. Stylized examples of the merging of two populations ...
Hotel Taselotzin: un espacio de trabajo femenino en Cuetzalan del Progreso: Entrevista con Emilia Arroyo, miembro del proyecto Masehual Sihuamej Mosenyolchicauanij (Puebla, México), realizado y redactado por Lizeth Salazar Del Villar
(2025-04)
En el marco del desarrollo turístico del pueblo de Cuetzalan del Progreso (Sierra Norte de Puebla, México) se formó una cooperativa de mujeres nahua-hablantes, quienes fundaron el Hotel Taselotzin el cual progresivamente ...
Doubler le rendement du maïs en afrique grâce à une meilleure gestion des cultures: Résultats d’un modèle de simulation de culture pour éclairer les politiques et la recherche
(2018-01)
Malgré l’importance du maïs en tant que culture de base pour la sécurité alimentaire en Afrique, les rendements dans la région sont très faibles par rapport au reste du monde. Pour répondre à la demande croissante, il est ...
Women in African Agriculture: Integrating Women into Value Chains to Build a Stronger Sector
(2018-10)
Women are under-acknowledged participants in Africa’s agriculture and food sector, supplying a large share of the labour, but facing significant obstacles, including unequal access to land, traditional division of labour, ...
Delivering climate change outcomes with agroecology in low- and middle-income countries: evidence and actions needed: Food Systems Summit Brief Prepared by Research Partners of the Scientific Group for the Food Systems Summit, May 17, 2021
(2021-05-17)
Food systems need to meet food security, nutrition and environmental goals, especially in a world with growing demand and a changing climate. There is now broad consensus on the need to transform current food systems towards ...
A note on Sen’s representation of the Gini coefficient: Revision and repercussions
(2024-02)
Sen (1973 and 1997) presents the Gini coefficient of income inequality in a population as follows. “In any pair-wise comparison the man with the lower income can be thought to be suffering from some depression on finding ...
A policy response to a downside of the integration of economies: An impossibility theorem
(2014-05)
Recent research shows that the merger of economies increases aggregate stress. This paper shows that there is no income distribution policy which will ensure that the wellbeing of the individuals belonging to merging ...
Verbesserung der Beschäftigungsaussichten für die ländliche Jugend Afrikas: Wie der Agrarsektor für die langfristige Schaffung von Arbeitsplätzen genutzt werden kann
(2017-11)
Die ländliche Jugend Sub-Sahara Afrikas (SSA) ist eine wichtige, jedoch unzureichend genutzte Ressource für landwirtschaftliches Wachstum und wirtschaftliche Entwicklung in der Region. In ländlichen Gebieten stellt die ...
