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A"research"database on infrastructure economic performance [PDF]

open access: yes
The authors present an infrastructure database that was assembled from multiple sources. Its main purposes are: (1) to provide a snapshot of the sector as of the end of 2004; and (2) to facilitate quantitative analytical research on infrastructure.
Estache, Antonio, Goicoechea, Ana
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Disability and frailty in people living with Human Immunodeficiency Virus in regional Australia: A cross‐sectional study with a measurement property assessment of the HIV Disability Questionnaire

open access: yesHIV Medicine, EarlyView.
Abstract Objectives To measure disability and frailty and assess measurement properties of the HIV Disability Questionnaire (HDQ) in outer regional Australian people living with human immunodeficiency virus (HIV). Methods This cross‐sectional, validity and reliability study included community‐dwelling outer regional Australian adults with HIV ...
Carol Ann Flavell   +5 more
wiley   +1 more source

A Human Development Index by Internal Migration Status [PDF]

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Migration continues to be a very important income diversification strategy, especially for poor populations in developing countries. However, while there has been much analysis on the economic consequences of migration for migrants and the receiving ...
Kenneth Harttgen, Stephan Klasen
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Rural Capitalists and Development in Colonial Africa: A Comparative Analysis

open access: yesJournal of Agrarian Change, EarlyView.
ABSTRACT This paper explores the emergence and role of rural capitalists in colonial Sub‐Saharan Africa by comparing three peasant‐based economies: Bechuanaland, the Gold Coast and Tanganyika. Using social tables, we estimate the population and income shares of better earning agricultural producers and assess their impact on rural inequality and ...
Prince Young Aboagye   +2 more
wiley   +1 more source

Economic Impact of Periodontitis: Global, Regional and National Estimates of Periodontal Expenditure, With Forecasts to 2050

open access: yesJournal of Periodontal Research, EarlyView.
This study provides the first global, regional and national estimates of periodontal expenditure, with projections to 2050. Costs related to prevention, diagnosis, treatment, maintenance and rehabilitation are quantified across all countries worldwide.
Dian Yi Chow   +4 more
wiley   +1 more source

RE-EXAMINING THE FINANCE-GROWTH NEXUS: STRUCTURAL BREAK, THRESHOLD COINTEGRATION AND CAUSALITY EVIDENCE FROM THE ECOWAS [PDF]

open access: yes
The aim of this paper is to re-examine the cointegrating and causal relationship between financial development and economic growth in the ECOWAS. To this end, we use the Gregory and Hansen (1996a, 1996b) approach to cointegration with structural change ...
Loesse Jacques Esso
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Comparative evaluation of the attractiveness of new polyethylene screens versus West African tiny target for the control of tsetse flies

open access: yesMedical and Veterinary Entomology, EarlyView.
The material has no significant difference in captures (non‐shiny cotton‐polyester screens vs. the shiny polyethylene screens), but the vertical screen attracted significantly more G. tachinoides for each type of material. Full white horizontal screen was significantly lower than the reference WATT.
Ernest Wendemanegde Salou   +5 more
wiley   +1 more source

Subnational Border Reforms and Economic Activity in Africa

open access: yesOxford Bulletin of Economics and Statistics, EarlyView.
ABSTRACT Using GIS methods, we identify territories in Africa affected by subnational border reforms between 1992 and 2013. Descriptive statistics reveal that these territories differed from other African regions across several key dimensions. For example, these territories were more populous and exhibited greater ethnic diversity.
Thushyanthan Baskaran, Sebastian Blesse
wiley   +1 more source

Les vulnérabilités féminines au prisme des masculinités en Côte d’Ivoire : retours de terrains socio-anthropologiques [PDF]

open access: yesPensées Genre, Penser Autrement
Cet article s’intéresse à la façon dont les « théories masculines » produisent la domination des femmes dans différents territoires de Côte d’Ivoire. Il repose sur des retours de terrains socio-anthropologiques, notamment de trois recherches effectuées ...
Zié Adama OUATTARA
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