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Index Insurance and Food Security Among Smallholder Farmers in Southern Mali

Journal of Agricultural Economics, EarlyView.
ABSTRACT Climate extremes increasingly threaten food security in low‐ and middle‐income countries, where vulnerable smallholder farmers often lack access to risk mitigation tools. Although index‐based insurance has been promoted as a promising adaptation measure to climate shocks, evidence on its welfare effects, especially on food security, remains ...
Anna Mader, Tim Ölkers, Oliver Mußhoff
wiley   +1 more source

Dissecting the urban footprint of unplanned settlements shaping macroinvertebrate communities in Wuye River, Abuja, Nigeria. [PDF]

Sci Rep
Arimoro FO, James J, Ikayaja EO, Assie FAGJ, Edegbene AO, Keke UN.   +5 more
europepmc   +1 more source

Is land‐use deregulation enough to deliver housing?: The case of institutional frictions in India

Real Estate Economics, EarlyView.
Abstract This paper examines whether land use deregulation increases housing supply in the presence of additional institutional frictions, such as ill‐defined property rights. India's urban land ceiling (ULC) laws, which put limits on individual ownership of private vacant land in the largest cities, were repealed during the 2000s.
Arnab Dutta, Sahil Gandhi, Richard K. Green   +2 more
wiley   +1 more source

Prevalence and determinants of urinary schistosomiasis among school-aged children: a comparative risk analysis of demographic, environmental and water-use factors, in Anambra State. [PDF]

BMC Public Health
Ezejiegu CK, Ibe EC, Ikeotuonye CB, Ogwaluonye UC, Anieto EC, Nnaemeka WS, Okezie UM.   +6 more
europepmc   +1 more source

The effect of nearby listings on house sale prices in Sydney: A spatio‐temporal regularization approach

Real Estate Economics, EarlyView.
Abstract We estimate the price impact of very nearby concurrently listed properties in the Sydney housing market and assess their competition effects. We apply a hedonic model with spatiotemporal effects regularized via a graph Laplacian prior at the month‐by‐SA2 regional level to seven SA4 subregions of metropolitan Sydney. The model structure enables
Willem P. Sijp, Mengheng Li
wiley   +1 more source

High Awareness, Poor Practice: The Cholera Prevention Knowledge-Attitude-Practice Gap in Ada Foah, Ghana-A Cross-Sectional Study. [PDF]

Public Health Chall
Dumevi CY, Dwomoh PAT, Aryee HNA, Asiamah JJ, Amenya GS, Aidoo GA, Teiko DA, Ennin IE, Amuah EE, Kretchy JP, Adjenti SK, Ayeh-Kumi PF.   +11 more
europepmc   +1 more source

Is the rent too high? Land ownership and monopoly power

Real Estate Economics, EarlyView.
Abstract Pricing power in real estate markets can reduce housing supply and redevelopment relative to the social optimum. We show how pricing power interacts with popular redevelopment subsidies and zoning regulations. Using building‐level rental income data from NYC, we find that increased concentration is correlated with increased rents.
C. Luke Watson, Oren Ziv
wiley   +1 more source

Gut Microbiome Variations in Herring Gulls (Larus argentatus) from Different Environments in the United Kingdom. [PDF]

Animals (Basel)
Kan WT, Siomko SA, Rooney NJ, Wigley P.
europepmc   +1 more source

Home foreclosure discounts in auctions without reserve prices

Real Estate Economics, EarlyView.
Abstract This article estimates foreclosure discounts in Cape Town, South Africa, where, until 2019, foreclosure auctions occurred without reserve prices. Using newly constructed data linking sheriff auction notices to the universe of property transactions, rich property characteristics, and municipal service‐request records, I document large ...
Allan Davids
wiley   +1 more source

Multilevel Determinants of HIV Prevention Among Urban Refugee Youth in Uganda: Baseline Findings from the Tushirikiane-4-Uthabiti Trial. [PDF]

AIDS Behav
Okumu M, Logie CH, Admassu Z, MacKenzie F, Tailor LS, Hakiza R, Katisi B, Musoke DK, Nakitende A, Nafula CN, Komakech MDC, Okimait D, Bukuluki P, Kyambadde P, Mbuagbaw L, Windsor LC.   +15 more
europepmc   +1 more source