The aim of this research is to analyse the likelihood of small business ownership by
households receiving remittances in Uzbekistan. As such, this research has important policy …

Abstract Despite the important International Political Economy (IPE) scholarship on the
impact of neoliberal marketisation on women in the Global South, the linkages with …

The rapidly growing population in Uzbekistan has put massive pressure on limited water
resources, resulting in frequent water shortages. Irrigation is by far the major water use …

The nomads of Central Asia were already well accustomed to life under the power of a
distant capital when the Bolsheviks fomented revolution on the streets of Petrograd. Yet after …

Following research reports of widespread forced labor in China's northwestern Xinjiang
region, the US Uyghur Forced Labor Prevention Act took effect in June 2022. In September …

We combine institutional economic perspectives and actor-network theory to elucidate the
role of contracts in the evolution of transitional agricultural systems. Such combination of …

The conversion of marginal croplands to tree plantations, as an option to address climate
change, land degradation, and irrigation water scarcity, as well as to improve the welfare of …

This paper explores the relationship between governance regime and large-scale irrigation
system design by investigating three cases: 1) protective irrigation design in post …

We develop an analytical framework that allows to grasp the evolving patterns of rules and
roles in rural transitions, and the concomitant changes in the functions of expertise …

When Cuba's trade-based food security strategy was threatened by the collapse of the
socialist trading block in 1989–1991, the popular response of small and irregular farmers …