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An underestimated risk? Analysis of outdoor malaria transmission in an urban area of Southern Benin. [PDF]

BMC Infect Dis
Konkon AK, Zoungbédji DM, Sovi A, Hoyochi I, Salako AS, Konkon C, Dangnon B, Yahoue G, Lokossou AS, Adjovi RV, Baba-Moussa L, Akogbéto M, Padonou GG.   +12 more
europepmc   +1 more source

Land Markets and Agricultural Land Use Efficiency and Sustainability: Evidence from East Africa [PDF]

Land markets, including land sales and short-term land rentals, have an important role to play for efficient and sustainable land management and agricultural development, especially where markets for other factors of production are imperfect or missing ...
Benin, Samuel, Nkonya, Ephraim M., Pender, John L., Place, Frank   +3 more
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Female Education and Child Marriage

Review of Development Economics, EarlyView.
ABSTRACT We examine why the education of young girls has historically lagged behind that of young boys across different countries. Using data from 105 countries during 1990–2020, we discover some evidence that is consistent with the idea that parents in many traditional societies reduce investments in the primary schooling of their daughters after they
Hasan A. Faruq
wiley   +1 more source

Contribution of surgical oncology to the surgical volume of tertiary hospitals in Benin. [PDF]

World J Surg Oncol
Gnangnon FHR, Assogba HMA, Zannou KMJV, Goudou R, Djohou SFJ, Aboubakar M, Attolou SGR, Hounsou R, Lawani I, Gbessi DG.   +9 more
europepmc   +1 more source

Do Foreign Investments Promote Export Diversification in a Host Country? Evidence From China's Investment in Africa

Review of Development Economics, EarlyView.
ABSTRACT The heavy reliance of many African nations on a few export products (typically primary products) for export earnings often creates significant development challenges. China's participation in Africa has been steadily growing, presenting both opportunities and risks for the continent's economic progress. This study aims to analyse the impact of
Aliyu Buhari Isah
wiley   +1 more source

Food environments provide availability and physical access to vegetables in urban Benin and Mali. [PDF]

Public Health Nutr
Clarke RN, Traore O, Orphyse AR, Sidibe A, Cisse F, Fanou-Fogny N, Dou Y, Harris J.   +7 more
europepmc   +1 more source

Natural Resources and Political Patronage in Africa: An Ethnicity Level Analysis

Review of Development Economics, EarlyView.
ABSTRACT We investigate the effect of resource discoveries on ethnicity‐level political patronage in Africa using a large geospatial dataset of 254 ethnic groups in 15 countries over the period 1960–2004. We find that the first (or single first) resource discovery in a virgin ethnic homeland increases the share of cabinet posts of that ethnicity.
Sambit Bhattacharyya, Nemera Mamo
wiley   +1 more source

Current Practice of Physiotherapists in the Management of Children With Cerebral Palsy in Benin Country: A Cross-Sectional Online Survey. [PDF]

Child Care Health Dev
Sogbossi ES, Gbaglo M, Dahoueto W, Kpadonou T, Mercier C.   +4 more
europepmc   +1 more source

Aid to Fight AIDS: An Empirical Analysis of HIV‐Specific Development Aid Effectiveness

Scottish Journal of Political Economy, EarlyView.
ABSTRACT Using an excludable instrument for HIV‐specific aid, we investigate its effectiveness on HIV outcomes viz., prevalence and death rates. We theorize that HIV‐specific aid fills the funding gap that prevents governments from committing adequate resources to effectively address the epidemic.
Derek Nolan, Krishna Chaitanya Vadlamannati   +1 more
wiley   +1 more source

Insecticide resistance in Aedes aegypti and Aedes albopictus in southern Benin: quantification, investigation of kdr mutations, and detection of detoxification enzyme activity. [PDF]

Trop Med Health
Konkon AK, Aikpon R, Hoyochi I, Zoungbédji DM, Sovi A, Salako AS, Konkon C, Dangnon B, Yahoue G, Adjovi RV, Antoine L, Ahouandjinou J, Grace NK, Adjottin B, Baba-Moussa L, Osse R, Akogbéto M, Padonou GG.   +17 more
europepmc   +1 more source