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Design and sizing of a solar thermal power plant with parabolic trough collectors

open access: yesRevue des Énergies Renouvelables
L'objectif de ce projet est de construire une centrale solaire thermique pour alimenter le canter MUTSAMA. Le manque d'électricité et la nécessité d'augmenter l'efficacité du centre MUTSAMA sont les principales raisons pour lesquelles nous avons décidé ...
Sylvain Niyonsaba, Jean Bosco Niyonzima
doaj   +1 more source

Discussion Sessions Coupled with Microfinancing May Enhance the Roles of Women in Household Decision-Making in Burundi [PDF]

open access: yes
The empowerment of women within households remains a major issue around the world including in Africa. We have conducted a study in Burundi coupling discussion sessions with microfinancing to determine if they enhance the role of women in decisions ...
Giulia Ferrari, Radha Iyengar
core  

From credits to coherence: Applying the policy coherence approach to prevent problem‐shifting in the Paris Agreement Crediting Mechanism

open access: yesReview of European, Comparative &International Environmental Law, EarlyView.
Abstract Carbon crediting mechanisms can deliver cost‐effective climate mitigation but risk ‘problem‐shifting’ by worsening environmental harms such as biodiversity loss and water pollution. This article assesses whether the Paris Agreement Crediting Mechanism (PACM) is better equipped than the Clean Development Mechanism (CDM) to prevent such trade ...
Tomilola Akanle
wiley   +1 more source

Language Ideologies Among Pre-service Teachers At The University Of Burundi: An Appraisal Of Language Policy In Burundi

open access: yesThe Journal of Studies in Language, Culture and Society
This study investigates the language ideologies held by pre-service teachers with regard to language use in education and official settings in Burundi.
Clément Ndoricimpa   +1 more
doaj  

Quantifying Mozambique's Peace Dividend: An Application of the Synthetic Control Method

open access: yesReview of Development Economics, EarlyView.
ABSTRACT Using the synthetic control method and data from 20 African countries, this study quantifies the peace dividend in Mozambique, a country that experienced over 15 years of civil war. More specifically, we use data from 1977 to 2018 to investigate whether the end of the civil war in Mozambique in 1992 brought significant benefits to the country ...
Tendai Gwatidzo, Aldo Sitoe, Busani Moyo
wiley   +1 more source

Reimagining Violence in Contemporary Africa: Catholic Martyrdom and the Ethics of Sacrificial Solidarity in Burundi

open access: yesReligions
This article discusses the enculturated Catholic ethics of martyrdom embodied by the Martyrs of Fraternity of Burundi, a group of students whose cause is now before the Vatican’s Congregation for the Causes of Saints for refusing to separate into Hutus ...
Jodi Mikalachki
doaj   +1 more source

A Modified GHG Intensity Indicator: Toward a Sustainable Global Economy based on a Carbon Border Tax and Emissions Trading

open access: yes, 2013
It will be difficult to gain the agreement of all the actors on any proposal for climate change management, if universality and fairness are not considered.
Cheriet, Mohamed   +2 more
core   +1 more source

Female Education and Child Marriage

open access: yesReview 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

The Timing of Learning by Exporting: An Empirical Investigation on Ethiopian Large and Medium Manufacturing Firms

open access: yesReview of Development Economics, EarlyView.
ABSTRACT This paper analyzes the link between export and total factor productivity using a large panel of Ethiopian large and medium manufacturing firms. Using a modified Olley and Pakes model with export for the prediction of total factor productivity and then matching and difference‐in‐difference techniques, evidence of both self‐selection and ...
Zerihun Kelil Seid   +2 more
wiley   +1 more source

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