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With a little help from my 'ordinary friends': relationships, networks, and resilience in Masisi, North Kivu, eastern Democratic Republic of the Congo. [PDF]

Disasters
Abstract Are social networks the key to understanding resilience in conflict? Recent studies suggest so, but relational research in conflict‐affected areas is rare. What exists stresses the importance of small circles of close family members, trusted friends, and co‐ethnic persons/groups, but tends to overlook their aggregate effect.
Fontana SG.
europepmc   +2 more sources

Conference Report on the 2025 Annual Review of the Essential Programme on Immunization in DR Congo: Dealing with Complexity

Vaccines
Background: At the end of each year, stakeholders of the Essential Immunization Programme (EPI) in the DR Congo meet to review progress made and lessons learned from the implementation of the Annual Operational Plan (AOP) and to set priorities for the ...
Audry Mulumba, Franck Mboussou, Pablito Nasaka, Augustin Milabyo Byamwitenga, Aimé Cikomola, Cyril Nogier, Thomas Noel Gaha, Mymy Mwika, Benedict Taa Nguimbis, Bridget Farham, Anne Ancia, Benido Impouma   +11 more
doaj   +1 more source

Unequal Family Ties, Wealth Transmission and Social Mobility Among Congolese Traders in Kinshasa

The British Journal of Sociology, EarlyView.
ABSTRACT Based on ethnographic fieldwork among Congolese traders operating in Kinshasa's urban economy, this article examines how differentiated family ties and wealth transmission shape social mobility and the intergenerational reproduction of inequality. We show that family support is neither uniform nor equally productive: its effects depend on both
Héritier Mesa, Joël Noret
wiley   +1 more source

PMA2020 Democratic Republic of Congo (Kinshasa) Round 2 Service Delivery Point Survey (2014)

Democratic Republic of Congo (Kinshasa) Round 2 Service Delivery Point (SQ) survey used a two-stage cluster design to draw a representative urban sample in Kinshasa. A sample of 58 enumeration areas (EAs) was drawn (PPS).
Bill & Melinda Gates Institute for Population and Reproductive Health at the Johns Hopkins Bloomberg School of Public Health, USA, Tulane University School of Public Health, Democratic Republic of Congo, University of Kinshasa School of Public Health, Democratic Republic of Congo   +2 more
core   +1 more source

Does Adherence Modify Low‐Dose Aspirin Effects in Pregnancy? Post Hoc Analysis From a Multi‐Centre Trial

BJOG: An International Journal of Obstetrics &Gynaecology, EarlyView.
ABSTRACT Objective To evaluate if the effect of low‐dose aspirin (LDA) commenced between 6 and 13 weeks of gestational age (GA) on preterm delivery (PTD) is modified by total exposure. Design Post hoc analysis of a randomized controlled trial. Setting Hospitals in low‐resource settings in Africa, Asia and Latin America.
Musaku Mwenechanya, Abigail Mwapule Tembo, Elwyn Chomba, Matthew K. Hoffman, Shivaprasad S. Goudar, Janet L. Moore, Mrityunjay C. Metgud, Manjunath S. Somannavar, Jean Okitawutshu, Adrien L. Lokangaka, Antoinette K. Tshefu, Carl L. Bose, Melissa S. Bauserman, Lester Figueroa, Ana Garces, Nancy F. Krebs, Saleem Jessani, Sarah Saleem, Robert L. Goldenberg, Kunal Kurhe, Prabir Das, Archana B. Patel, Patricia L. Hibberd, Paul Nyongesa, Fabian Esamai, Sherri L. Bucher, Norman Goco, Jennifer J. Hemingway‐Foday, Denise C. Babineau, Elizabeth M. McClure, Robert M. Silver, Richard J. Derman, Waldemar A. Carlo, ASPIRIN Study Group Collaborators, Emmah Achieng, Melissa Bauserman, Carl Bose, Sherri Bucher, Waldemar Carlo, Umesh S. Charantimath, Javier Chicuy, Elwyn Chomba, Prabir Das, Richard Derman, Fabian Esamai, Lester Figueroa, M. S. Ganachari, Ana Garces, Norman Goco, Robert Goldenberg, Shivaprasad Goudar, Jennifer Hemingway‐Foday, Patricia Hibberd, Matthew Hoffman, Narayan V. Honnungar, Saleem Jessani, Avinash Kavi, Bhalachandra S. Kodkany, Marion Koso‐Thomas, Nancy Krebs, S. Yogeshkumar, Kunal Kurhe, Edward Liechty, Adrien Lokangaka, Emily MacGuire, Ashalata A. Mallapur, Elizabeth McCure, Mrityunjay C. Metgud, Menachem Miodovnik, Janet Moore, Abigail Mwapule, Musaku Mwenechanya, Farnaz Naqvi, Seemab Naqvi, Robert Nathan, Tracy Nolen, Elizabeth McClure, Paul Nyongesa, Jean Okitawutshu, Suchita Parepalli, Archana Patel, Umesh Y. Ramadurg, Sarah Saleem, Robert Silver, Manjunath S. Somannavar, Zahid Soomro, Antoinette Tshefu, Sunil S. Vernekar, Dennis Wallace, Farnaz Zehra   +89 more
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Effects of Green Finance on Economic Growth and Renewable Energy in Developing Countries: A Panel Cointegration Analysis

Natural Resources Forum, EarlyView.
ABSTRACT This empirical study examines the impact of green finance on economic growth and renewable energy in a group of 76 developing nations in 2010–2019. Results from a cointegration analysis, vector error correction model, and Granger causality test confirm a cointegrating relationship between green finance, renewable energy, economic growth, and ...
Xuan‐Hoa Nghiem, Walid Bakry, Girijasankar Mallik   +2 more
wiley   +1 more source

Determinants of case outcomes in Rwanda's postgenocide gacaca courts

Criminology, EarlyView.
Abstract Transitional justice trials have become a central mechanism for addressing mass violence and human rights violations, yet little is known about the determinants of case outcomes within these courts—particularly in domestic contexts. This study examines Rwanda's gacaca courts, a localized transitional justice system that tried people suspected ...
Hollie Nyseth Nzitatira, Jared Edgerton, Anneliese Ward   +2 more
wiley   +1 more source

“Green Developmentalism” and the Role of International Law in Negotiating the Energy Transition

Global Policy, EarlyView.
ABSTRACT Policy evolutions in North American and European capitals have prompted debates about ongoing shifts in global economic governance from a primary emphasis on promoting markets to a more extensive role for the state in steering economic relations.
Lorenzo Cotula
wiley   +1 more source

PMA2020 Democratic Republic of Congo (Kinshasa, Kongo Central) Round 4 Service Delivery Point Survey (2016)

Democratic Republic of Congo (Kinshasa) Round 4 Service Delivery Point (SQ) survey used a two-stage cluster design. A sample of 58 enumeration areas (EAs) was drawn. Each EA was listed and mapped.
Bill & Melinda Gates Institute for Population and Reproductive Health at the Johns Hopkins Bloomberg School of Public Health, USA, Tulane University School of Public Health, Democratic Republic of Congo, University of Kinshasa School of Public Health, Democratic Republic of Congo   +2 more
core   +1 more source

The “Digital Turn” of Value Chain Due Diligence Regulation: How Technology Reconfigures Stakeholder Engagement

Global Policy, EarlyView.
ABSTRACT This article examines the “digital turn” in value chain due diligence, focusing on how emerging digital tools and technologies are reshaping the practice and politics of stakeholder engagement in transnational labor governance. As value chain legislation—most notably the EU Corporate Sustainability Due Diligence Directive (CSDDD)—extends ...
Klaas Hendrik Eller, Antoine Duval
wiley   +1 more source