Non-Western Peacekeeping as a Factor of a Multipolar World: Outlines of Research Program by Yao N. Adu, Svetlana A. Bokeriya, Denis A. Degterev, Alexander B. Mezyaev, Pavel V. Shamarov

“…The article is based on both individual developments of its expert authors in the theory and practice of peacekeeping, international law and development cooperation, as well as on generalized conclusions of eight international workshops on Non-Western peacekeeping, held by the Department of Theory and History of International Relations of the RUDN University in 2020-2021 with the participation of leading Russian and international experts. …”
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“Standard Assessment Framework”: A Proposal to Fill a Gap in the “Paris Declaration” by Hellmut W. Eggers, Daniel Svoboda

“…Background: The “Paris Declaration” (PD), is a statement by which, in 2005, leading representatives/actors of International Development Cooperation agreed on a series of ways and means with a view to improving aid effectiveness. …”
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Connecting Water Access with Multidimensional Poverty: The Case of Tupiza River Basin in Bolivia by Sophia Espinoza, Laura Forni, Angela Lavado, Marcelo Olivera, Cecilia Tapia, Blanca Vega, Melina Balderrama, Marisa Escobar

“…This study analyses water access and poverty linkages using the Multidimensional Poverty Analysis (MDPA) framework from the Swedish International Development Cooperation Agency (Sida) to guide a survey and to develop indicators using the Shapley-Owen decomposition method and multivariate regressions. …”
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Enablers of sexual and reproductive health and rights interventions in low- and middle-income countries. Insights from capacity development projects implemented in 13 countries in... by Gilbert Tumwine, Per-Olof Östergren, Anette Agardh, Pius Okong, Benedict Oppong Asamoah

“…Although it has been a major element in international development cooperation, including SRHR, its effectiveness and circumstances under which it succeeds or fails have limited evidence. …”
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Estimated global resources needed to attain universal coverage of maternal and newborn health services by Benjamin Johns, Kristjana Sigurbjörnsdóttir, Helga Fogstad, Jelka Zupan, Matthews Mathai, Tessa Tan-Torres Edejer

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Tackling regional climate change impacts and food security issues : a critical analysis across ASEAN, PIF, and SAARC by Md Saidul Islam, Kieu, Edson

“…We qualitatively review the efficacy of policies and examine the connections between politico-economic processes that affect the development, cooperation, and execution of regional policies. …”
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A review of research on education and professional development in countries with migratory potential by Francesco De Maria

“…We are dealing with a field that offers scientific research in the education area new topics to explore through research projects, development cooperation activities, and partnerships with those countries affected by the phenomenon of human mobility. …”
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Successful emergency medical service training with virtual field trips using video during the COVID-19 pandemic: the Official Development Assistance Project in Uzbekistan by Ki Jong Kim, Yoo Bin Lee, Woo Chan Jeon, Ji Sook Lee, Hoon Kim, Minkyung Oh, Bo Young Yoon

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Empagliflozin Use and Fournier’s Gangrene: Case Report and Systematic Literature Review by Mario Antunes, Antonio Cabrera de León, Damiano Pizzol, Amir Hussein Abubacar Seni, Mike Trott, Anne Marie Carrie, Petre-Cristian Ilie, Nicola Veronese, Lee Smith

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Livelihood vulnerability to climate change: Indexes and insights from two ethnic minority communities in Central Vietnam by Tran Thi Phuong, Nguyen Quang Tan, Nguyen Cong Dinh, Huynh Van Chuong, Hoang Dung Ha, Hoang Thanh Hung

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Mobile mini-DOAS measurement of the outflow of NO2 [NO subscript 2] and HCHO from Mexico City by Johansson, M., Rivera, C., de Foy, B., Lei, Wenfang, Song, J., Zhang, Y., Galle, B., Molina, Luisa Tan

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Supporting Pro-Poor Reforms of Agricultural Systems in Eastern DRC (Africa) with Remotely Sensed Data: A Possible Contribution of Spatial Entropy to Interpret Land Management Pract... by Pietro De Marinis, Samuele De Petris, Filippo Sarvia, Giacinto Manfron, Evelyn Joan Momo, Tommaso Orusa, Gianmarco Corvino, Guido Sali, Enrico Mondino Borgogno

“…The results conclude that land use and entropy analysis can draw an updated picture of existing land distribution among different production systems, supporting better-adapted intervention strategies in development cooperation and pro-poor agrarian land tenure reforms in conflict-ridden landscapes.…”
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Assessing Energy and Environmental Efficiency of the Spanish Agri-Food System Using the LCA/DEA Methodology by Jara Laso, Daniel Hoehn, María Margallo, Isabel García-Herrero, Laura Batlle-Bayer, Alba Bala, Pere Fullana-i-Palmer, Ian Vázquez-Rowe, Angel Irabien, Rubén Aldaco

“…Feeding the world’s population sustainably is a major challenge of our society, and was stated as one of the key priorities for development cooperation by the European Union (EU) policy framework on food security. …”
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Research on Oil and Gas Energy Cooperation between China and Central-North Asian Countries under the “One Belt and One Road” Strategy by Mingchen Duan, Yi Duan

“…It is proposed that China should give priority to increasing oil and gas exploration and development cooperation with Central-North Asian countries with high oil and gas reserve–production ratios, and should strengthen oil and gas resource trade cooperation with Central-North Asian countries with high oil and gas self-sufficiency rates. …”
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China's BRI developmental agency in its own words: a content analysis of key policy documents by Alves, Ana Cristina, Lee, Su-Hyun

“…Based on our findings we argue that much like its domestic development model, China's development cooperation approach is pragmatically hybrid with the rhetoric showing clear signs of convergence but also divergence with the dominant paradigm. …”
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Human Monkeypox: A Comprehensive Narrative Review and Analysis of the Public Health Implications by Francesco Di Gennaro, Nicola Veronese, Claudia Marotta, Jae Il Shin, Ai Koyanagi, Andrea Silenzi, Mario Antunes, Annalisa Saracino, Davide Fiore Bavaro, Pinar Soysal, Francesco Vladimiro Segala, Laurie Butler, Eugenio Milano, Mario Barbagallo, Yvonne Barnett, Christopher Parris, Emanuele Nicastri, Damiano Pizzol, Lee Smith

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Urgent Need for Field Surveys of Coronaviruses in Southeast Asia to Understand the SARS-CoV-2 Phylogeny and Risk Assessment for Future Outbreaks by Murat Seyran, Sk. Sarif Hassan, Vladimir N. Uversky, Pabitra Pal Choudhury, Bruce D. Uhal, Kenneth Lundstrom, Diksha Attrish, Nima Rezaei, Alaa A. A. Aljabali, Shinjini Ghosh, Damiano Pizzol, Parise Adadi, Tarek Mohamed Abd El-Aziz, Ramesh Kandimalla, Murtaza M. Tambuwala, Amos Lal, Gajendra Kumar Azad, Samendra P. Sherchan, Wagner Baetas-da-Cruz, Giorgio Palù, Adam M. Brufsky

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“Child Labour in New Packaging” - How A Non Smoking Generation Reaches Young People in Sweden with Global Knowledge by Helen Stjerna, Louise Johansson, Shannelle Sahlin

“…Since 2013, we have been running a project called “Tobacco Children” with the support of the Swedish Development Cooperation Agency. The project mainly consists of a lecture tour to increase awareness and knowledge of the tobacco industry's far-reaching global consequences, such as child labour, poverty, inequality and environmental destruction. …”
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THE PROSPECTS OF THE RUSSIAN-CHINESE HUMANITARIAN COOPERATION IN FRAMEWORK OF “ONE BELT, ONE ROAD” INITIATIVE IMPLEMENTATION by D. A. Smaliakou

“…According to the author of the present paper, new opportunities for active constructive interaction between the countries are provided with the One Belt and One Road Initiative (OBOR or BRI) adopted by China for the purpose of combination of efforts of the states for stable development of economy in the Eurasian space and peaceful co-existence of the people on the basis of the principles of openness, inclusivity of different civilizations, tolerance, safety, mutual benefit and training.The aim of the paper is to discuss the status and prospects of the RussianChinese cooperation in the humanitarian field and search for new narrative for development cooperation.Methodology and research methods. …”
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Strengthening national public health institutes: a systematic review on institution building in the public sector by Lucia Brugnara, Lucia Brugnara, Catalina Jaramillo, Margarita Olarte-Peña, Larissa Karl, Andreas Deckert, Michael Marx, Michael Marx, Olaf Horstick, Peter Dambach, Angela Fehr

“…Still, there is little aggregated evidence on “institution building” considering a wider system-thinking approach, best practices, or development cooperation specifically in the field of public health. …”
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