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'It's not all about the land': land disputes and conflict in the eastern Congo [PDF]

, 2016
Key points • Current interventions in land conflicts are focused on conflict management rather than conflict resolution. • Land conflicts are part of a wider governance problem and need political rather than technical approaches.
Mathys, Gillian, Vlassenroot, Koen
core  

Enabling pastoralist management of rangelands to achieve Land Degradation Neutrality

Frontiers in Ecology and the Environment, EarlyView.
Rangelands cover 54% of the global terrestrial area and are threatened by land conversion and degradation, which erodes their global value and weakens the livelihoods of pastoralists who manage them. Sustainable Development Goal Target 15.3 on Land Degradation Neutrality (LDN) provides a framework for sustainable rangelands management, but countries ...
Mounir Louhaichi, Jonathan Davies, Pedro Maria Herrera Calvo, Bora Masumbuko, Hanspeter Liniger, Rima Mekdaschi Studer, Nicole Harari, Maryam Niamir‐Fuller   +7 more
wiley   +1 more source

Ejes de la política educativa colonial en el Congo Belga (1908-1960)

Historia de la Educación, 2012
En la etapa precedente a la independencia del Congo su antiguo poder colonial, Bélgica, va a desarrollar una política educativa asentada en algunos ejes: la concesión de privilegios para las escuelas de las misiones católicas, el énfasis en la enseñanza ...
Marc DEPAEPE
doaj  

Impact of tomato variety and homogenization pressure on in vitro lipid digestion and lycopene bioaccessibility in tomato emulsions

Food Biomacromolecules, EarlyView.
Tomato variety and processing impact lycopene bioaccessibility. Tomato emulsions with high pectin content decreased the in vitro lipid digestion and negatively affected lycopene bioaccessibility. High pressure homogenization may enhance the release of lycopene into emulsion oil droplets, but it may also reduce the transfer of lycopene into the micellar
Grethe Iren A. Borge, Karoline K. Rød, Ane Meisland, Maud Langton, Elin M. Wetterhus, Annika Krona, Bente Kirkhus   +6 more
wiley   +1 more source

Patient‐ and caregiver‐reported barriers to radiotherapy for cancer in sub‐Saharan Africa—A survey of population‐based registries

International Journal of Cancer, EarlyView.
What's New? Low‐ and middle‐income countries have over 70% of the global cancer burden but 10% of the world's radiotherapy capacities. This population‐based multi‐country study explores the barriers to access experienced by cancer patients in sub‐Saharan Africa.
Eric Sven Kroeber, Tamara König, Ole Stöter, Biying Liu, Phoebe Mary Amulen, Margaret Borok, Gladys Chesumbai, Eric Chokunonga, Ima‐Obong Ekanem, Mahine Ivanga, Bakarou Kamaté, William Muller, Abidemi Omonisi, Jean‐Félix Peko, Mathewos Assefa, Furaha Serventi, Markus Wallwiener, Mazvita Muchengeti, Pablo Sandro Carvalho Santos, Donald Maxwell Parkin, Eva Johanna Kantelhardt, Nikolaus Christian Simon Mezger   +21 more
wiley   +1 more source

The elephants for King Leopold: a curious experiment in Colonial Africa

Гуманитарные и юридические исследования
Introduction. The article is devoted to the subject of the colonial history of Africa, little-discussed in Russian historiography, – the attempt of the Belgians in the Congo to use elephants in the development of hard-to-reach areas, following the ...
A. A. Abakumov
doaj   +1 more source

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

International 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

Plague Epidemics and Lice, Democratic Republic of the Congo

Emerging Infectious Diseases, 2013
Renaud Piarroux, Aaron Aruna Abedi, Jean-Christophe Shako, Benoit Kebela, Stomy Karhemere, Georges Diatta, Bernard Davoust, Didier Raoult, Michel Drancourt   +8 more
doaj   +1 more source

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

International 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, Le Roi Nso Fils, Ulrich Kevin Kamwa   +2 more
wiley   +1 more source

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

International 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, Ricardo Emanuel‐Correia, Fábio Duarte, Mário Augusto   +3 more
wiley   +1 more source