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Surveillance of Transmitted Drug-Resistant HIV Among Young Pregnant Women in Ouagadougou, Burkina Faso [PDF]

, 2017
Burkina Faso began rapid antiretroviral therapy (ART) scale-up in 2003 and by December 2009, 26 448 individuals were on treatment. With rapid scale-up of ART, some degree of human immunodeficiency virus transmitted drug resistance (TDR) is inevitable ...
Bazie, Babou, Bertagnolio, Silvia, Bigirimana, Françoise, Jordan, Michael R., Mouacha, Fatima, Peeters, Martine, Rivera, Ana Maria, Sangare, Lassana, Sanou, Marie-Joseph, Somda, Antoine, Soro, Monique, Yameogo, Saydou   +11 more
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Mapping School Accessibility in Africa: High‐Resolution Spatial Analysis Uncovers Inequalities in Education Access

Sustainable Development, EarlyView.
ABSTRACT Education is a cornerstone of sustainable development, yet large disparities in access persist across and within countries—particularly in Africa, where millions remain underserved. Among several factors influencing educational participation, physical accessibility to schools (in terms of travel time) is not comprehensively understood ...
Diana Jaramillo‐Araujo, Jim W. Hall
wiley   +1 more source

Rock phosphate increased nodulation, growth and yield of Vigna unguiculata in sub-Saharan agrosystem of Burkina Faso. P334 [PDF]

, 2014
Cowpea plays a considerable role in the nutritional balance and rural economic of Burkina Faso. However, its farming is marked by yields instability related to drought and soil depletion of nutrients, particularly nitrogen and phosphorus.
Clermont-Dauphin, Cathy, Deleporte, Philippe, Drevon, Jean Jacques, Hien, Edmond, Traoré, Mohamed, Yattara, Inamoud   +5 more
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Overcoming barriers? The mixed results of social innovation accelerator programs for women entrepreneurs

Strategic Management Journal, EarlyView.
Abstract Research Summary Entrepreneurship accelerators are increasingly promoted as structural interventions to close gender gaps, yet studies have not established a differential impact of participation for women. This prior evidence—drawn from high‐tech, male‐dominated settings—may overlook how outcomes differ in more feminized domains such as social
Nilanjana Dutt, Sarah Kaplan
wiley   +1 more source

Economic Policy Uncertainty and Structural Transformation in Africa: The Conditional Role of Human Resource Development

Thunderbird International Business Review, EarlyView.
ABSTRACT The present study has investigated two objectives. First, it examines the unconditional impact of economic policy uncertainty (EPU) on Africa's structural transformation. Second, it explores the conditional role of human resource development in the nexus between economic policy uncertainty (EPU) and structural transformation.
Ekene ThankGod Emeka, Simplice A. Asongu, Anthony C. Ajah   +2 more
wiley   +1 more source

Migration rurales et gestion des ressources naturelles au Burkina Faso [PDF]

, 2006
En se concentrant sur le thème „Migration rurale et gestion des ressources naturelles“, cette section du symposium à tiré l’attention sur un aspect très important concernant le changement de l’espace naturel et culturel dans l’air rural de Burkina Faso ...
Braun-Yao, Michaela
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Impact of Technological Innovation, Environmental Policy, and Policy Inclusion on Renewable Energy Adoption in Sub‐Sahara Africa

Thunderbird International Business Review, EarlyView.
ABSTRACT This study investigates the factors influencing renewable energy consumption and renewable electricity in Sub‐Sahara Africa (SSA) using the Lewbel 2SLS approach, panel quantile regression and Driscoll and Kraay estimator. It focuses on a panel dataset covering 41 countries from 1998 to 2020.
Emmanuel K. Manu, Simplice A. Asongu
wiley   +1 more source

Aid and environment in Burkina Faso [PDF]

, 2013
The main objective of the paper is to determine the actual aid flows that have an environmental focus in Burkina Faso. The environment literature highlights important environment issues in air, land and water, including deforestation, desertification ...
Bambio, Yiriyibin
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Biomass production and management practices in mixed crop-livestock systems in the west African Sahel: Opportunities and constraints [PDF]

, 2020
The Sahel is characterized by a marked inter-annual climate variability and has experienced a number of food security crises following the severe droughts during the 1970s and 1980s.
Ayantunde, Augustine A., Ouedraogo, I.
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Why Should we Worry about Nigeria's Fragile Security?

The Political Quarterly, EarlyView.
Abstract This paper explores the multifaceted implications of Nigeria's persistent security crisis, highlighting its domestic, regional and global consequences. It examines the humanitarian toll, economic disruption, poverty, food insecurity and the erosion of social cohesion within Nigeria. Regionally, it analyses how Nigeria's instability exacerbates
Onyedikachi Madueke
wiley   +1 more source