I’m at Times Square, where an emergency “No War On Venezuela” protest just took to the street. Easily a thousand people here in real-feel 20°F weather.
“No more coups, no more wars, Venezuela’s not yours!”
“No boots on the ground no bombs in the air, U.S. out of everywhere!”
Não dá pra pensar só no ataque como um ataque a Venezuela, é um ataque a região da pan amazônia por matéria prima. Petróleo na Venezuela, mas também terras raras na Amazônia colombiana, petróleo na foz do Amazonas na parte brasileira, a nova descoberta de petróleo no Suriname e Guiana
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Q: China, Russia, and Iran have interests in Venezuela. How does this operation affect your relationships with them?
TRUMP: In terms of other countries that want oil, we're in the oil business. We're gonna sell it to them. We'll be selling oil.
This #DiscussionPaper series analyses how #SocialProtection across #Africa is characterised by colonial legacy and postcolonial influence and how this intersects with countries’ own interests and priorities. 📚 www.idos-research.de/en/publicati... @openuniversity.bsky.social oucsgd.bsky.social
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DSA members: Did you know we can promote your papers in our newsletter & social media?
Check out the latest policy paper from @oucsgd.bsky.social Social Protection for Economic Inclusion in Latin America: the potential of comprehensive programming
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#ChildLabour Policies in the Americas: Business interest groups push for legalisation; working children’s organisations seek regulation; the ILO calls for prohibition.
#GIGA's @johannapieper.bsky.social analyses this matter in the new #GIGAFocus.
➡️ Read here: www.giga-hamburg.de/en/publicati...
I've written a new blog for @eadi.bsky.social
I talk about Babel, my recent article in BJPIR, the problems of fieldwork, and the uncomfortable necessity of critiquing social science research in the current climate (!)
www.developmentresearch.eu?p=2226
The cover features a photograph of Tarapoto, Peru, at dusk, with colorful low-rise buildings, a central square illuminated by yellow streetlights, and a backdrop of dark green mountains under a purple and pink sky. The title is displayed in large, bold, white capital letters, with the subtitle in smaller white text above it. The author's name appears in white at the bottom.
"Queer Emergent" by Justin Perez is one of the exciting new titles we have coming out this May! #Anthropology #LGBTQBooks
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Excellent essay by Francesca Mezzenzana and @gabrielscheidecker.bsky.social questioning the assumptions behind Western-style parenting interventions
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What types of #socialprotection work for #economicinclusion in #LatinAmerica?
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Check out new rapid #review with @thaiscarlo.bsky.social in collaboration with Fundacion Capital
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A seca moderada atingiu quase todos os municípios amazônicos em 2024 (96,7%). Além disso, 63% enfrentaram seca severa e 9,5% chegaram ao nível extremo, segundo dados do Cemaden analisados pela InfoAmazonia.
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New publication: Where Nature and Poverty Meet: Developing a Multidimensional Environment-Poverty Measure, by Johan Oldekop and colleagues. The image shows a town in Brazil along a river.
In a new paper by Johan Oldekop and colleagues, theoretical debates about environment-poverty relationships are explored using Brazil as a case study.
Read the open-access article here: www.tandfonline.com/doi/full/10....
@tandfresearch.bsky.social
Extending the school day by 3.5 hours in Mexico increased divorces by giving women time to earn an income
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"There is a specificity to the economic, social, and political structures in the Global South, as well as to the challenges to wellbeing, that must be addressed there, and ignoring history would limit our ability to understand change and its drivers."
www.developmentresearch.eu?p=2102
My brilliant friend and colleague @keetieroelen.bsky.social is launching her book on 30 Jan 🎉
RSVP below for a chance to see her shine, learn about @atd4thworld.bsky.social and share drinks & ideas with like-minded people passionate about social justice 😊
My new OUP book is out on Friday 19th Dec ‘Resources Matter: ending poverty while protecting nature’. Open access 👉🏼 global.oup.com/academic/pro...
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🚨Why is ethnic & racial homogeneity correlated with higher trust & social cohesion?🚨
Using new historical data from Brazil, our paper shows how cohesive & homogenous communities are both more likely to develop under stronger state institutions:
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🔊 What can history teach us about cash transfers? How have societies used cash transfers through the ages and what role have they played in countries’ development process?
Today on VoxDevTalks, Tim Phillips speaks to @ugentilini.bsky.social @WorldBank about his new book: voxdev.org/topic/instit...
"Poverty porn images of helpless children, images of these wonderful white people saving the less fortunate and questionable UN report front covers of African women smiling while carrying pots on their heads are a part of the heritage of our discipline"
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