Desigualdades persistentes, direitos e democracia contemporânea by Aloísio Ruscheinsky

“…In this sense, despite social policies and the middle scale decision devices, the evaluation of the Gini coefficient shows a massive persistence of inequalities. …”
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Bureacrats and Colonos: State Formation in Southeastern Colombia by Sandra Patricia Martínez Basallo

“…From an anthropological approach to the study of the state, the article discusses the process of local state formation in southeastern Colombia from the analysis of the interactions arising between officials and beneficiaries of agricultural policies implemented in this region between 1960 and 1980. …”
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Un espace social transnational entre les Émirats et le sud de l’Iran : les Khodmouni (Lârestâni) à Dubaï by Amin Moghadam

“…On the creation of the United Arab Emirates state in 1971, the present migrants were granted the new state’s nationality and citizenship, while the new migrants, remained “temporary workers” because of policies restricting access to Emirati nationality. …”
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Child mental health problems and poverty by Philip Graham, Barbara Maughan

“…Waiting lists for children and young people with mental health problems are at an all-time high. Almost the only policies proposed to deal with this situation involve increasing the number of mental health professionals. …”
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IMPACTS OF NON-INTEREST INCOME ON RISKS AND PROFITABILITY IN VIETNAM’S COMMERCIAL BANKS by Nguyễn Minh Sáng, Nguyễn Thị Thùy Trang

“…Based on the results of this study, some recommendations related to policies are given to enhance the operational efficiency of Vietnam’s commercial banking system.…”
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Reducing Trade Inequality: A Network-Based Assessment by J. Garcia-Algarra, G. Gómez Bengoechea, M. L. Mouronte-López

“…We have measured, using numerical simulation on a recently published network model, the impact of simple policies to boost trade chances among the weakest economies. …”
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Estudos culturais latino-americanos: configurações de um sintagma by Alfredo Cordiviola

“…Between common interests, points of convergence, contrasts and antagonisms, the tensions that chara cterize the two parts of a phrase such as „Latin American Cultural Studies‟ served to rethink the field of study, the practices and knowledges and also the ways in which ideas circulate and academic policies are set in a context marked by the diversity of enunciative locus and by the reworking of epistemic categories.…”
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The politics of « racial » classification in Brazil by Peter Fry

“…This paper traces the genealogy of « racial » taxonomies in Brazil arguing that recent policies which focus on the « black population » or the « black community » depend upon a belief that Brazilian society is neatly divided into « blacks » and « not blacks », thus superseding taxonomies which produce ambiguous « racial » categories based on the social « appearance » of individuals. …”
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Risk Management for 4-H Youth Development Work: Insurance by Stefanie Prevatt, Dale Pracht, Paula Davis, Janet Psikogios, Marilyn Norman, Kate Fogarty, Jean Hink

“…This 4-page publication is one in the series Risk Management for 4-H Youth Development Work. It reviews policies and best practices for understanding insurance when working with UF/IFAS Extension programs. …”
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Collectifs et développement durable des territoires ruraux en Amérique latine by Céline Raimbert, Nasser Rebaï

“…For several decades, the Latin American countryside has been experiencing significant changes under the influence of policies that promote a capitalist model of rural development. …”
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Inégalités environnementales et hétérogénéité des préférences pour les solutions fondées sur la nature by Cécile Hérivaux, Philippe Le Coent

“…We recommend analysing these environmental inequalities when designing Nature-based Solutions to improve their consideration in public policies.…”
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Risk Management for 4-H Youth Development Work: Insurance by Stefanie Prevatt, Dale Pracht, Paula Davis, Janet Psikogios, Marilyn Norman, Kate Fogarty, Jean Hink

“…This 4-page publication is one in the series Risk Management for 4-H Youth Development Work. It reviews policies and best practices for understanding insurance when working with UF/IFAS Extension programs. …”
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Unfair Terms and Unpredictability in the Insurance Contract by Ioana Nely MILITARU

“…The courts interpret the insurance policies clauses that are ambiguous, unclear, and even illegal. …”
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Biomass to biofuel: Impacts and mitigation of environmental, health, and socioeconomic challenges by Prangon Chowdhury, Nafisa Anjum Mahi, Rahbaar Yeassin, Nahid-Ur-Rahman Chowdhury, Omar Farrok

“…Socioeconomic dimensions, such as rural employment, poverty reduction, and gender disparities, underscore the need for equitable policies to ensure biofuel initiatives uplift vulnerable communities without aggravating inequalities. …”
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Learning to Boost the Performance of Stable Nonlinear Systems by Luca Furieri, Clara Lucia Galimberti, Giancarlo Ferrari-Trecate

“…When the ground-truth dynamics are uncertain, we learn over robustly stabilizing control policies. Our robustness result is tight, in the sense that all stabilizing policies are recovered as the <inline-formula><tex-math notation="LaTeX">$\mathcal {L}_{p}$</tex-math></inline-formula> -gain of the model mismatch operator is reduced to zero. …”
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The parental care-seeking behavior of children with osteogenesis imperfecta based on the Anderson’s model: a qualitative study by Lin Mo, Fan-yan Du

“…Discussion The current rare disease insurance policies do not cater to the needs of the OI community. …”
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An investigation of factors associated with antenatal care attendance in Gauteng in 2015 by E M Webb, B Girdler-Brown, J Mostert, S Ngcobo

“…The identified health and household factors should inform policies and programmes geared towards improving services around antenatal care provision. …”
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Empirical investigation of the relationship between public external debt sustainability, foreign reserves and fixed exchange rate by Fatima-Ezzahra Rafie, Mostafa Lekhal

“…Findings reveal that while public external debt in these countries experiences short-term fluctuations, it tends to stabilize in the long-term through fiscal and monetary policies. Additionally, foreign reserves significantly influence debt positions, and the exchange rate arrangements adopted in Morocco, Egypt, and Tunisia reduce currency depreciation risks. …”
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Éléments de compréhension du processus de politisation du discours sur la gestion intégrée des zones côtières by Céline Ségalini

“…Nowadays, the discourse on “integrated coastal zone management” (ICZM) is essential in coastal management policies. Through a comprehension of the evolution of the environmental discourse since the 1970s, this paper offers a fresh perspective to understand the politicization of the ICZM approach. …”
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A 2021 Snapshot of Citizens’ Awareness and Understanding of Florida’s Irrigation Restrictions by Laura A. Warner, Michael D. Dukes, Nicholas Taylor, Deirdre Irwin, Jim Harmon

“…The information presented here is intended to inform water management district personnel, utility staff, public employees, and other educators and communicators who are charged with developing policies, promoting water use efficiency, and enforcing irrigation restrictions as a water conservation tool. …”
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