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The determinants of financial inclusion in Africa

, 2016
Alexandra Zins, L. Weill
semanticscholar   +1 more source

Multisectoral Convergence of Food, Nutrition and Sanitation Programs for Child Health: Evidence From Country‐Level Programs in India

Applied Economic Perspectives and Policy, EarlyView.
ABSTRACT This paper underscores the critical role of multisectoral convergence in enhancing child health, particularly in addressing anemia, a micronutrient deficiency linked to both diet and sanitation. We explore how the integration of nationwide food and nutrition programs with sanitation initiatives impacts anemia in Indian children under three ...
Soumya Gupta, Payal Seth, Prabhu Pingali
wiley   +1 more source

Mentorship-infused initiatives for postgraduate research supervision in African higher institutions of learning: a systematic review and meta-synthesis protocol. [PDF]

BMJ Open
Oladimeji O, Londani M, Moyo S, Seekoe E, Saidi A, Mothiba TM, Feza NN, Davhana-Maselesele M, Maart R, Babalola JO, Okoh AI, Okonofua F, Ntusi NAB, Sibiya MN.   +13 more
europepmc   +1 more source

Did the Indian Green Revolution Change the Farm Size–Productivity Relationship?

Applied Economic Perspectives and Policy, EarlyView.
ABSTRACT We examine the relationship between farm size and productivity during India's Green Revolution, a period of rapid technological transformation. Using a unique panel of over 5000 Indian farm households that spans the Green Revolution (1971–1999), we show that the classic (linear) inverse farm size–productivity relationship gradually evolved ...
Rabail Chandio, Leah E. M. Bevis
wiley   +1 more source

Emergency presentation of colorectal cancer in Africa: a scoping review. [PDF]

BMJ Open
Chinyowa S, Murewanhema G, Katsidzira L, Moodley J, Chirenje M, Muguti G.   +5 more
europepmc   +1 more source

The earliest modern humans outside Africa

Science, 2018
I. Hershkovitz, G. Weber, R. Quam, M. Duval, R. Grün, L. Kinsley, A. Ayalon, M. Bar-Matthews, H. Valladas, N. Mercier, J. Arsuaga, M. Martinón‐Torres, J. M. Bermúdez de Castro, Cinzia Fornai, Laura Martín‐Francés, R. Sarig, H. May, V. Krenn, V. Slon, L. Rodríguez, Rebeca García, C. Lorenzo, J. Carretero, A. Frumkin, R. Shahack‐Gross, Daniella E. Bar-Yosef Mayer, Yaming Cui, Xinzhi Wu, N. Peled, Iris Groman-Yaroslavski, L. Weissbrod, Reuven Yeshurun, A. Tsatskin, Yossi Zaidner, M. Weinstein-Evron   +34 more
semanticscholar   +1 more source

Livestock Tango: U.S. and Latin America Dance Together, but Who Will Lead?

Applied Economic Perspectives and Policy, EarlyView.
ABSTRACT This study examines the competitiveness between Latin American and U.S. livestock and meat sectors. We employ a computable general equilibrium modeling framework to evaluate two scenarios: coordinated improvements in Latin American productivity, transport efficiency, and market access (Scenario I), and the minimum productivity gains required ...
Taís C. Menezes, Amanda M. Countryman, Dustin L. Pendell   +2 more
wiley   +1 more source

Randomised controlled community trial assessing efficacy of the AWACAN-ED public toolkit to improve cancer symptom awareness and intention to seek help in South Africa and Zimbabwe: study protocol. [PDF]

BMJ Open
Scott S, Lurgain JG, Day S, Guzha BT, Pazukhina E, Arendse KD, Govender S, Chirenje M, Sills VA, Harries J, Jacobs R, Moodley J, Walter FM.   +12 more
europepmc   +1 more source

Africa’s elite [PDF]

Nature, 2016
openaire   +2 more sources

Temperature and Farm Labor in Nigeria

Applied Economic Perspectives and Policy, EarlyView.
ABSTRACT We estimate the impact of temperature shocks on the composition of farm labor in rural Nigeria using a nationally representative household panel survey. Leveraging plausibly exogenous year‐to‐year variation in growing season temperatures, we find that warmer temperatures significantly alter farm labor composition, prompting a substantial shift
Andu Berha
wiley   +1 more source