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Conservation Science and Practice, EarlyView.Small Island Developing States have limited capacity to monitor Small Scale Fisheries, despite their high dependence on marine resources. Participatory monitoring of Small Scale Fisheries can fill data gaps while integrating resource users into fisheries management.
Guillermo Porriños +17 more
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The Quality of Government and Educational Performance Across Countries
Economics &Politics, EarlyView.ABSTRACT Using a new indicator of government quality, two different indicators of educational performance and two different datasets covering up to 120 countries, this study finds robust evidence that a higher quality of government improves educational performance.
Horst Feldmann
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Ongoing study on the integration of biodiversity concerns in management of forest concessions in Central Africa [PDF]
, 2008 Central Africa is home to the world's second largest contiguous tropical rainforest, after Amazon. Depending on countries in the sub-region, between 10% to 15% (Nasi, Cassagne, Billand, 2006) of the forests' surface area is occupied by protected areas ...
Billand, Alain +3 more
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Novitates Gabonenses 93: a fresh look at Podostemaceae in Gabon following recent inventories, with a new combination for Ledermanniella nicolasii [PDF]
, 2023 Ehoarn Bidault +7 more
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The Role of ESG in Shaping the Impact of Financial Development on Banks' Performance
European Financial Management, EarlyView.ABSTRACT This study investigates how financial development, divided into financial markets and financial institutions, affects banks' performance across 93 financially developed countries during the period between 2008 and 2023. The analysis highlights the role of environmental, social and governance readiness as core determinants that reshape ...
Noman Arshed +4 more
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Potential impact of Stratospheric Aerosol Injection on horticultural crop suitability in Africa
The Geographical Journal, EarlyView.Short Abstract Global warming will be devastating for horticultural crops in Africa; however, the injection of sulphur into the atmosphere has been proposed as stop‐gap solution that may help reduce the warming. This intervention may lead to an increase (~0.2) in Suitability Index Values (SIV) of mango and tomato over West and central Africa.
Temitope S. Egbebiyi +5 more
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Online Journal of Health & Allied SciencesThis prospective, cross-sectional study was conducted from April 3 to July 20, 2023, at the Paul MOUKAMBI Regional Hospital of Koula-Moutou. Blood samples taken from participants were used to diagnose Loa loa filariasis by direct optical microscopy and ...
Thiéry Ndong Mba +4 more
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Journal of Business Finance &Accounting, EarlyView.ABSTRACT This paper examines the effect of political connection on sanctions for violations of the US Foreign Corrupt Practices Act (FCPA). Using a sample of revealed FCPA sanctions and two alternative proxies for US firms’ political connections, we find a negative association between political connection and the severity of sanctions, an effect that ...
Kaishu Wu, Wenjia Yan
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Rift Valley Fever Virus Seroprevalence in Human Rural Populations of Gabon
, 2010 Xavier Pourrut +7 more
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