American Journal of Agricultural Economics, EarlyView.Abstract Extension services are designed to facilitate the flow of information from researchers to farmers. However, information failures continue to impede the diffusion of soil‐improving and water conservation technologies in Sub‐Saharan African countries. We use a randomized controlled trial (RCT) to examine the impact of an extension‐based campaign
Esther Gloria Mbabazi +3 more
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The economic foundations of powersharing: Evidence from Africa
American Journal of Political Science, EarlyView.Abstract How—and with whom—do rulers share power? Existing research focuses on the strategic logic of powersharing. In this paper, we analyze its economic foundations. Powersharing is modeled as a subnational fiscal contract, in which rulers allocate political representation based on constituencies’ revenue potential. Empirically, we combine historical
Yannick I. Pengl, Philip Roessler
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Breathing in Plants and Chaos—Cosmic Tree Events in Cameroon and Beyond
Anthropology of Consciousness, EarlyView.ABSTRACT Contemporary practices of tapping into the wisdom of ancestral trees are described through three entangled recent events lived within the context of Bantu practices in Cameroon. In the three instances, the steered or chance encounters with high potency trees were serendipitous telling moments which brought something new to the horizon.
Julie Laplante +3 more
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Agricultural practices drive multifactorial pyrethroid resistance in Anopheles coluzzii populations from southern Benin. [PDF]
Trop Med HealthBoko MP +15 more
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Quaderni della Sezione di Padova - Fonetica e Dialettologia - Volume VI
, 2004 Curatela del VI Volume delle pubblicazioni annuali della Sezione di Padova - Fonetica e ...
Benin, Alberto
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Gestational diabetes in multifetal versus singleton pregnancies: A multicenter cohort study
Acta Obstetricia et Gynecologica Scandinavica, EarlyView.Gestational diabetes in multifetal pregnancies was associated with increased maternal morbidity but less adverse neonatal and long‐term offspring outcomes than in singleton pregnancies, suggesting that current diagnostic thresholds derived from singleton gestations may not fully reflect the unique metabolic and clinical characteristics of multifetal ...
Rinat Gabbay‐Benziv +8 more
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Changes in molecular markers of Plasmodium falciparum drug resistance between 2017 and 2024 in Southern Benin. [PDF]
Int J Parasitol Drugs Drug ResistBohissou FET +11 more
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Global Apparel Value Chain in the Post‐MFA Era: Exploring Bangladesh's Competitive Edge
Asian-Pacific Economic Literature, EarlyView.ABSTRACT This study revisits Bangladesh's competitive edge by examining patterns of global apparel trade during the post‐Multi‐Fibre Arrangement (MFA) era using a large bilateral panel of 27 leading apparel exporters trading with 163 destinations with coverage of 90% of the world apparel exports.
Abul Bashar Mohammed Fakhruzzaman
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Plasmodium falciparum sporozoite loads in Anopheles gambiae s.l. across agro-ecological zones of Benin: a cross-sectional field study. [PDF]
Trop Med HealthAkpodji S +16 more
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Are natural resources a curse on the distributional consequences of financial development?
Contemporary Economic Policy, EarlyView.Abstract This paper examines how natural resource dependence shapes the distributional effects of financial development in developing economies. Using a balanced panel of 90 countries from 1995 to 2022 and dynamic panel and nonlinear threshold methods, we show that financial development reduces wealth inequality when resource dependence is low, but ...
Dong‐Hyeon Kim +2 more
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