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Reshaping the Social Contract? A Systematic Literature Review of Two Decades of Research on the Digital Welfare State in Developing Countries

The rapid digitization of welfare states is a global phenomenon, yet its impacts in developing countries, where inequalities and weak infrastructure persist, are poorly understood. This systematic review synthesizes evidence on the implementation of digital welfare systems in developing countries and their effects on...

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Local embeddedness, technological capability and collaboration as catalysts for circular economy social performance: insights from social embeddedness and network theories

The circular economy (CE) substitutes the linear take-make-dispose approach with reduction, reuse, recycling and recovery of materials across production, distribution and consumption. Although existing studies have advanced CE largely through its environmental and economic dimensions, comparatively less emphasis ha...

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DIGITAL TRANSFORMATION AND SOCIAL INCLUSION: IMPLICATIONS FOR HUMAN CAPITAL DEVELOPMENT IN VIETNAM - A LITERATURE REVIEW

Research has shown that digital transformation is reshaping labor markets, education systems, and social structures in emerging economies, including Vietnam, and that while digital technologies create opportunities for productivity growth and innovation, unequal access to digital infrastructure and skills may widen soc...

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Digital Platform Power and Social Development in the Global South: A Systematic Literature Review

Background: Digital platforms increasingly mediate welfare, services, finance, labour, and entrepreneurship, while research on platform power remains fragmented and Global-North dominated. Gap: Platform political economy, algorithmic governance, data extraction, and inclusion are rarely integrated with development theo...

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Public policies, complementarity, and social transformation: Social mobility, equity, and a project for the future

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Who Benefits from the Circular Economy? A Systematic Scoping Review of Social Economy Actors, Livelihoods, and Policy in the Global South

The circular economy (CE) has gained substantial policy traction, yet its social dimensions — particularly the roles, contributions, and vulnerabilities of social economy actors in the Global South—remain insufficiently mapped. This systematic scoping review examines how waste-pickers, cooperatives, social enterprises,...

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