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Climate Vulnerability and Renewable Energy Consumption: The Moderating Role of Financial Development

Sustainable Development, EarlyView.
ABSTRACT This study investigates the nexus between climate vulnerability (CVUL) and renewable energy consumption (RECO) and tests the moderating effect of financial development (FD) on this relationship. The analysis is, particularly, relevant for the 162 panel countries observed between 1995 and 2022, which face diverse climate risks and exhibit ...
Sorin Gabriel Anton
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Cognitive impairment and academic performance in students with sensorineural hearing loss in Kongo Central, Democratic Republic of the Congo

Orapuh Journal
Introduction Several studies in the literature have highlighted the impact of cognitive impairment and academic performance (AP) in students with sensorineural hearing loss in specialised schools for the deaf. However, few studies have been conducted
Jean Paul Pholo Manzimbala , Tarcisse Kilara , Gabriel Lema, Hilaire Kalala , Bienvenue Kandala, Richard Matanda, Jérôme Sokolo, Eddy Mampuya Mbambu   +7 more
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Does Economic Growth Drive Equitable Water and Sanitation Access? Assessing Inequality Reduction Across 64 Nations

Sustainable Development, EarlyView.
ABSTRACT This article examines whether economic growth reduces inequalities in access to water and sanitation across 64 countries over an average period of 13.5 years. Drawing on disaggregated data by income quintiles and rural–urban location, and employing ordinary least squares (OLS), two‐stage least squares (2SLS), and Seemingly Unrelated Regression
Marcos García‐López, Samara López‐Ruiz, Gabriela Cuadrado‐Quesada   +2 more
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Exploratory study of posterior lumbar disc herniation using low-field magnetic resonance imaging in hospital settings in Kinshasa: Case of the Diamant Medical Center

Orapuh Journal
Introduction The limited availability of advanced medical technologies, combined with the rising prevalence of degenerative disc disease, presents a significant challenge in sub-Saharan Africa.
Djo Mbo-M. IYOTO, Frederick Tshienda Tshibasu, Stéphane Tongo Yanda, Patrick Landu Kinkunda, Lys Makwanza, Guillain Nsiku Nsonde, Gorbie Ndaie, Oscar Zimbuila Nseka, joseph Kiese Kombo, Jean Tshibola Mukaya   +9 more
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Financial Inclusion Access and Female Labour Participation in Sub‐Saharan Africa: The Moderating Role of Institutional Quality

Sustainable Development, EarlyView.
ABSTRACT This study investigates the nexus between financial inclusion, institutional quality, and female labor force participation in sub‐Saharan Africa over the period 1990–2023. Using panel data for 43 countries and employing OLS, FGLS, and dynamic GMM estimators, the analysis examines whether access to financial institutions and financial markets ...
Joshua Chukwuma Onwe, Busra Agan Celik, Sodiq Olaide Bisiriyu, Odunayo Magret Olarewaju   +3 more
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The Poor-quality medical products in the Democratic Republic of Congo: A ten-year retrospective study in Kinshasa (2012–2021)

Orapuh Journal
Introduction Substandard and falsified (SF) medical products continue to threaten public health worldwide, particularly in developing countries. Unfortunately, the available literature primarily focuses on anti-infective drugs.
Dadit Ive Kitenge, Jocelyn Mankulu Kakumba, Aristide Onoloke Onoloke, Guislain Onya Lohaka, Walter Ndjibu Kiungu, Didi Mana Kialengila, Patient Ciza Hamuli, Jérémie Mbinze Kindenge, Jean-Pierre Mufusama Koy Sita   +8 more
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Effects of Development Finance on Energy Transitions and Green Growth in Sub‐Saharan Africa

Sustainable Development, EarlyView.
ABSTRACT While global agendas promote energy transition and green growth, Africa south of the Sahara (SSA) struggles with low energy access, highlighting a development paradox between climate goals and energy poverty. By aligning aid and development finance with SDGs 7 and 13, we analyze whether development finance is at a crossroads in supporting ...
Clement Oteng, Pius Gamette, Edward Kweku Nunoo, Frederick Takyi   +3 more
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Undiversity, inequity, and exclusion in supply chains: The unintended fallout of economic sanctions and consumer boycotts

Production and Operations Management, EarlyView., 2023
Abstract Economic sanctions and consumer boycotts are common tools to punish organizations for undesirable behavior and attempt to coerce them to change their actions. However, these tools occasionally spill over beyond the intended recipients and affect guiltless supply chain members, jeopardizing the principles of diversity, equity, and inclusion in ...
Timofey Shalpegin, Ajay Kumar, Tyson R. Browning   +2 more
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Democratic Republic of the Congo

IMF Staff Country Reports
Abstract This chapter highlights the Democratic Republic of the Congo (DRC) which borders nine African countries. The DRC is a member of the World Trade Organization (WTO), although as a a least-developed country, it needs not apply all provisions of the WTO Agreement on Trade-Related Aspects of Intellectual Property Rights.
Marius Schneider, Nora Ho Tu Nam
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Phytochemistry and in vitro Anti-sickling activity of Senna Occidentalis L. (Fabaceae)

Orapuh Journal
Introduction Sickle cell disease is an inherited genetic disorder characterized by the presence of abnormal hemoglobin, leading to the deformation of red blood cells and serious complications.
Damien K. Ndjoko, Clement LIYONGO, Koto-Te-Nyiwa Ngbolua, Dorothée D. Tshilanda, Benjamin Z. Gbolo, Damien S. T. Tshibangu, Hity Schie N. Mutambel, Jean L-N. Luamba, Pius T. Mpiana   +8 more
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