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How Does Credit Information Sharing Shape the Cyclicality of Bank Liquidity Creation?
ABSTRACT We investigate the effect of credit information sharing in the banking sector on the fluctuations of bank liquidity creation over the business cycle. Using the Berger and Bouwman comprehensive measure of bank liquidity creation and data representing 354 banks from 40 developing countries between 2012 and 2020, we find that on‐ and off‐balance ...
Jeffrey Ighedosa +2 more
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Background and Aims The acute tropical infectious disease known as yellow fever (YF) is caused by an arbovirus and is characterized by fever, jaundice, hemorrhage, headache, muscle pain, nausea, vomiting, and fatigue.
Eusebio Manuel +16 more
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Potential impact of Stratospheric Aerosol Injection on horticultural crop suitability in Africa
Short Abstract Global warming will be devastating for horticultural crops in Africa; however, the injection of sulphur into the atmosphere has been proposed as stop‐gap solution that may help reduce the warming. This intervention may lead to an increase (~0.2) in Suitability Index Values (SIV) of mango and tomato over West and central Africa.
Temitope S. Egbebiyi +5 more
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In search of the 1619 African arrivals [PDF]
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Heywood, Linda M., Thornton, John
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ABSTRACT This article seeks to disrupt the undertheorization of Colored women's leadership experiences in gender transformation research. We refer specifically to women who self‐identify as Colored South African and consider themselves to be part of the South African Colored community.
Trudy Rhoda Forbay, Peliwe Pelisa Mnguni
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The comparative review of 2 representative segments of Africa continental margin: the equatorial western Africa and the SW Africa margins, helps in analysing the main controlling factors on their development.
Anka, Zahie, Seranne, Michel
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ABSTRACT This paper examines the effect of political connection on sanctions for violations of the US Foreign Corrupt Practices Act (FCPA). Using a sample of revealed FCPA sanctions and two alternative proxies for US firms’ political connections, we find a negative association between political connection and the severity of sanctions, an effect that ...
Kaishu Wu, Wenjia Yan
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From External Governance to Energy Diplomacy: The European Pursuit of Green Hydrogen
Abstract Following the Russian invasion of Ukraine, the European Union (EU) and its Member States are faced with the double imperative of ensuring energy security whilst reaching decarbonisation goals. A number of authors have suggested that we are observing a geopolitical Commission that is shifting to more active ‘energy diplomacy’, as opposed to its
Silvia Weko, Rainer Quitzow
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Colonialism and Mandates [PDF]
Daily life in contemporary African countries must be understood as determined by their status as members of an interlocking network of postcolonies, striving to imagine themselves as related through Pan-Africanism but struggling first to realize ...
Hawley, John C.
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Abstract Recent molecular studies have advanced our knowledge of the taxonomic diversity and generic placement of the slender stonebashers, previously placed in the genus Hippopotamyrus, in southern Africa. These fishes were recently transferred to the genus Heteromormyrus whose range encompasses the Kwanza, Kunene, Okavango, Zambezi, Pungwe and Buzi ...
Tadiwa I. Mutizwa +3 more
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