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Gender Differences in Multidimensional Poverty in Low‐ and Middle‐Income Countries

Journal of International Development, EarlyView.
ABSTRACT Despite the growing demand for gender‐disaggregated statistics on poverty, there is hardly any cross‐country evidence of gender disparities in poverty. The paper contributes to filling this gap, by using two novel individual‐level indices of multidimensional poverty.
Francesco Burchi, Daniele Malerba
wiley   +1 more source

Hepatitis E outbreak in the health district of Bocaranga-Koui, Central African Republic, 2018-2019. [PDF]

BMC Infect Dis
de Marguerite Nombot-Yazenguet MP, Doté JW, Koyaweda GW, Zemingui-Bembete PA, Selekon B, Vickos U, Manirakiza A, Nakoune E, Gouandjika-Vasilache I, Komas NPJ.   +9 more
europepmc   +1 more source

From Empire to Aid: Analysing Persistence of Colonial Legacies in Foreign Aid to Africa

Journal of International Development, EarlyView.
ABSTRACT For decades now, Western development agencies and donors have been castigated for their colonial biases in providing aid to Africa. It is well established that donors provide considerably more foreign aid to their former colonies relative to other countries.
Swetha Ramachandran
wiley   +1 more source

Between Practicality and Politics: Factors of Sub‐National Aid Allocation in Bosnia and Herzegovina

Journal of International Development, EarlyView.
ABSTRACT Bosnia and Herzegovina represents a unique case of aid recipient for its complex history and administrative and political divisions. Yet, little is known about how foreign aid is allocated to local recipients. This qualitative study uncovers factors shaping sub‐national aid allocation in Bosnia and Herzegovina, highlighting donors' and ...
Lenka Dušková, Simona Šafaříková, Eva Šerá Komlossyová, Aida Avdić, Boris Avdić, Tereza Nováková   +5 more
wiley   +1 more source

Youth Entrepreneurship, Credit Access and Post‐Disaster Business Recovery: Evidence From Informal Food Enterprises in Ghana

Journal of International Development, EarlyView.
ABSTRACT This study investigates how access to finance (credit access) influences business recovery and entrepreneurial performance among youth‐led informal food enterprises in Ghana, with implications for financial inclusion, entrepreneurial ability and post‐crisis business resilience in developing economies.
Bernard Kwamena Cobbina Essel, Ebenezer Donkor, Ayat Ullah, Faizal Adams, Miroslava Bavorova   +4 more
wiley   +1 more source

Global acute malnutrition is associated with geography, season and malaria incidence in the conflict-affected regions of Ouham and Ouham Pendé prefectures, Central African Republic. [PDF]

BMC Med
Stambach N, Lambert H, Eves K, Nfornuh BA, Bowler E, Williams P, Lama M, Bakamba P, Allan R.   +8 more
europepmc   +1 more source

Healing Beams: Radiation and Radiotherapy in Novels, Poems, Music, Film, Painting

Journal of Medical Radiation Sciences, EarlyView.
Radiation and radiotherapy are perceived by patients and the general public as mysterious, dangerous and healing. The image of radiation and radiotherapy can be analysed by studying novels, poems, music, film and painting. Our paper reviews how radiation and radiotherapy are perceived by patients, the general public, as reflected in various art genres.
Ad A. Kaptein, Jan W. Schoones, Yvette M. van der Linden, Brian M. Hughes   +3 more
wiley   +1 more source

Severity of Compound Precipitation and Temperature Extreme Events Over Africa at 1.5°C and 2°C Global Warming Levels

International Journal of Climatology, EarlyView.
Results indicate that, an increase in global warming level from 1.5°C to 2°C is likely to induce on the one hand a 3‐fold increase in the frequency of occurrence of dry and warm compound events, and on the other hand a 2‐fold increase in their duration, over West, Central, South‐West, and South‐East Africa, intensifying droughts through reduced ...
Thierry C. Fotso‐Nguemo, Arona Diedhiou, Gabriel Fotso‐Kamga, Ibrahima Diba, Moctar Camara, Roméo S. Tanessong, Derbetini A. Vondou   +6 more
wiley   +1 more source

Factors associated with Onchocerca volvulus transmission after 20 years of community treatment with ivermectin in savanah and forest areas in Central African Republic: A Cross Sectional Study. [PDF]

PLoS Negl Trop Dis
Woromogo SH, Garoua-Adjou SI, Ngouyombo AD, Doyama-Woza RH, Diemer HSC, Longo JD.   +5 more
europepmc   +1 more source

Monkeypox treatment with tecovirimat in the Central African Republic under an Expanded Access Programme

, 2022
Mbrenga F, Nakouné E, Malaka C, Bourner J, Dunning J, Vernet G, Horby P, Olliaro P.   +7 more
europepmc   +1 more source