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Steve Bosserman

A Counterintuitive Route to Happiness - 0 views

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happiness mindfulness time scarcity

shared by Steve Bosserman on 02 Mar 17 - No Cached
  • Layous and her colleagues conclude that their “time-scarcity instructions led participants to become more motivated to plan, do, and enjoy activities.” This increased their sense that the aforementioned psychological needs were being met, and led to higher levels of well-being.
  • putting themselves in a scarcity frame of mind led to positive changes in both attitude and behavior.
Bill Fulkerson

Irrigation schemes in sub-Saharan Africa are consistently falling short of their promises - 0 views

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africa irrigation

shared by Bill Fulkerson on 22 Jan 21 - No Cached
  • Bill Fulkerson on 22 Jan 21
     
    Large-scale irrigation infrastructure projects are back on the development agenda in sub-Saharan Africa after a near 30-year hiatus, despite projects having had disappointing results, with social and environmental side effects outweighing benefits. Such projects are planned in response to water scarcity pressures and are seen as a solution to intensify agricultural production, support rural economic development and enhance resilience to climate change.
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