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What Role Do Finance Ministers Play in Political Business Cycles? Evidence‐Based on a New African Dataset

open access: yesInternational Journal of Finance &Economics, EarlyView.
ABSTRACT This study investigates how the personal characteristics of finance ministers influence political budget cycles in Africa. Using a new dataset covering 300 finance ministers across 23 countries from 1980 to 2020, we find that political budget cycles primarily take the form of increased government consumption during election years.
Christine Olivia Strong
wiley   +1 more source

Fracture de la Verge au Cameroun : Une Étude Observationnelle Bicentrique de 23 Cas sur la Prise en Charge et les Séquelles Fonctionnelles

open access: yesHealth Research in Africa
RÉSUMÉ Introduction. La fracture de la verge est un traumatisme urologique rare mais grave, dont les données épidémiologiques et thérapeutiques en Afrique subsaharienne restent parcellaires.
Philip Fernandez Owon'Abessolo   +8 more
doaj  

Re-emphasizing the importance of Lake Chad fisheries in Nigerian economy: Borno State experience [PDF]

open access: yes, 2003
Nigeria with an estimated population of about 120 million people requires about 2.3 million metric tonnes of fish and fisheries product for good health at the recommended 19 kg/caput/year by FAO.
Odogbo, D.
core  

Revisiting the Nexus Between Trade Liberalisation and Income Inequality: The Case of Sub‐Saharan African Countries

open access: yesInternational Journal of Finance &Economics, EarlyView.
ABSTRACT This paper examines the impact of trade liberalisation on income inequality across 24 Sub‐Saharan African (SSA) countries from 2000 to 2020. Using IV‐Tobit and 2SLS models, we consistently find that greater trade openness significantly exacerbates inequality in the region. Critically, we document an inverted U‐shaped relationship between trade
Guivis Zeufack Nkemgha   +2 more
wiley   +1 more source

How Does Vulnerability Framing by Microfinance Institutions Leverage Funding Success in Crowdfunding?

open access: yesInternational Journal of Finance &Economics, EarlyView.
ABSTRACT This study draws on framing theory to investigate how microfinance institutions (MFIs) strategically construct a vulnerability‐oriented organisational identity and how this framing influences their funding decisions during the pre‐campaign phase of prosocial crowdfunding.
Ana Paula Matias Gama   +3 more
wiley   +1 more source

Myxome géant de l'oreillette gauche appendu à la valve mitrale hyper mobile symptomatique: à propos d'un cas

open access: yesThe Pan African Medical Journal, 2012
Nous rapportons le cas d'un myxome de l'oreillette gauche chez un patient âgé de 28 ans, reçu en consultation externe pour douleur précordiale à l'effort et lipothymie. L'échocardiographie a permis de poser le diagnostic de myxome géant hyper mobile avec
Euloge Yiagnigni Mfopou   +3 more
doaj   +1 more source

first results from an experiment on on-farm planting material production in Cameroon [PDF]

open access: yes, 2006
Rubber smallholdings have yet to be widely developed in Cameroon and, in the absence of a support programme for that sector, small and medium-sized farms are encountering numerous difficulties.
Chambon, Bénédicte   +3 more
core  

Terrestrial and fluvial carbon fluxes in a tropical watershed: Nyong basin, Cameroon [PDF]

open access: yes, 2009
The Nyong watershed, with an area of 27 800 km2 and a mean annual discharge of 390 m3 s−1, is the second largest river in Cameroon. The Nyong watershed serves as an outstanding study area for the examination of carbon fluxes in humid tropical ...
Boeglin, Jean-Loup   +6 more
core   +2 more sources

Woman‐centeredness of family planning care and associated factors in a semi‐urban health district in West Cameroon

open access: yesInternational Journal of Gynecology &Obstetrics, EarlyView.
Abstract Objective To measure the woman‐centeredness of family planning (FP) care and determine its correlates in West Cameroon. Methods We conducted a cross‐sectional analytical study from August to November 2024 in the Mifi Health District (MHD). We included women receiving FP care in all the public health facilities. We collected data were using the
Jovanny Tsuala Fouogue   +6 more
wiley   +1 more source

Effect of the Calving Season and Zootechnical Parameters on Milk Yield in the Western Highlands of Cameroon

open access: yesRevue d’Elevage et de Médecine Vétérinaire des Pays Tropicaux, 2001
Data on 275 lactations were collected and analyzed between 1981 and 1991 in Holstein and Jersey breeds and their crosses with Gudali and White Fulani zebus in the western highlands of Cameroon. The objective of the study was to evaluate the effect of the
P. Kamga   +11 more
doaj   +1 more source

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