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VOID URBANISM: Unbuilt New Cities and State Formation in the Democratic Republic of Congo

International Journal of Urban and Regional Research, EarlyView.
Abstract Based on an analysis of the planning process behind Kitoko City in the Democratic Republic of Congo—a new city project officially launched in 2019 but never implemented—this article examines the political, social, and spatial effects generated by urban initiatives that remain at the stage of intention. It investigates how such unbuilt projects
Patrick Belinga Ondoua
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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
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Notes from the Field: Outbreak of Ebola Disease Caused by Bundibugyo Virus - Democratic Republic of the Congo and Uganda, May 2026. [PDF]

MMWR Morb Mortal Wkly Rep
Zomahoun DL, Boyd MA, Honein MA, Montgomery JM, Zielinski-Gutierrez E, Meites E, Christie A, Pillai SK, CDC 2026 Ebola Response.   +8 more
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Seeing like a citizen: Experimental evidence on how empowerment affects engagement with the state

American Journal of Political Science, EarlyView.
Abstract Building a strong and effective state requires revenue. Yet, in many low‐income countries, citizens do not make formal payments to the state or forego engaging with the state altogether due to vulnerability to opportunistic demands by state agents. We study two randomized interventions in Kinshasa, Democratic Republic of the Congo, designed to
Soeren J. Henn, Laura Paler, Wilson Prichard, Cyrus Samii, Raúl Sánchez de la Sierra   +4 more
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Renal expression of Bach1 and oxidative stress in chronic kidney disease: evidence from a preclinical model. [PDF]

J Bras Nefrol
Cruz BOD, Almeida PP, Silva-Costa N, Brito ML, Magliano DC, Stockler-Pinto MB.   +5 more
europepmc   +1 more source

The economic foundations of powersharing: Evidence from Africa

American Journal of Political Science, EarlyView.
Abstract How—and with whom—do rulers share power? Existing research focuses on the strategic logic of powersharing. In this paper, we analyze its economic foundations. Powersharing is modeled as a subnational fiscal contract, in which rulers allocate political representation based on constituencies’ revenue potential. Empirically, we combine historical
Yannick I. Pengl, Philip Roessler
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Water, Hygiene and Inequality: Keys to Understanding and Combating the Current Cholera Epidemic in the Democratic Republic of Congo-A Narrative Review. [PDF]

Health Sci Rep
Yokolo H, Tayebelasma A, Lohano G, Khan BK, Junaid A.   +4 more
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Kinetics of Antibody Responses and Effector Cell Sensitivity After High Dose Birch Extract Nasal Challenge

Allergy, EarlyView.
High‐dose birch‐extract nasal challenge induced synchronous peaks at 4 weeks in serum specific IgE (sIgE) and basophil sensitivity. Mast cell sensitivity via tSPT and sIgG1 and sIgG4 responses peaked later, at 6–8 weeks. Preseasonal allergen exposure attenuated seasonal sIgE increase and prevented further rise in tSPT sensitivity.
N. J. Campion, S. Villazala‐Merino, C. Morgenstern, L. Nemec, V. Stanek, A. Tu, M. Zghaebi, J. Toth, R. Fröschl, T. Perkmann, M. Bastl, K. Gangl, S. Schneider, H. Breiteneder, R. Ristl, M. Focke‐Tejkl, R. Valenta, V. Niederberger‐Leppin, J. Eckl‐Dorna   +18 more
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Patterns of antibiotic use for acute febrile illness in resource-limited settings: a multicenter study in DR Congo, Kenya and Uganda. [PDF]

Front Public Health
Lepore L, Dawa J, Odinoh R, Situma S, Nyakarahuka L, Makiala S, Nasimiyu C, Mukadi-Bamuleka D, Viala H, Ifufa C, Kreppel K, Breiman RF, Bakamutumaho B, Masumu J, Njenga K, Vanlerberghe V.   +15 more
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Making Mining Licit: Gold, Commodification, and the Everyday Performance of Law in Colombia

American Anthropologist, EarlyView.
ABSTRACT Ethnographies of resource‐making have shown that the extraction of resource value from objects is premised on obviating the emplaced lifeworlds that surrounded objects before they traveled to consumer markets. Much of this literature looks at such supply‐chain disentanglement from the viewpoint of corporate and formal regulatory practices ...
Jesse Jonkman
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