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Cape Lopez, Gabon 1911

open access: yes, 1911
Depths shown by soundings.Color;1:30 ...

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Threshold Regression for Fixed‐T$$ T $$ Panel Data with Interactive Fixed Effects

open access: yesOxford Bulletin of Economics and Statistics, EarlyView.
ABSTRACT This paper develops a new toolbox for estimation and inference in panel data threshold regression models with interactive fixed effects and a fixed number of time periods, T$$ T $$. The toolbox is designed to be simple, accurate, and computationally efficient.
Jan Ditzen   +2 more
wiley   +1 more source

A Global Perspective on Trends in the Use of Withdrawal and Periodic Abstinence for Pregnancy Prevention

open access: yesPopulation and Development Review, EarlyView.
Abstract Periodic abstinence and withdrawal (the dominant methods in the “traditional methods” category) have been used to prevent pregnancy in both historical and contemporary contexts and, in some countries, continue to be used despite increased availability and use of modern methods. Yet research on family planning programs and contraceptive methods
Vladimíra Kantorová   +4 more
wiley   +1 more source

Chain Reactions: How Businesses Plan to Respond to the EU Deforestation Regulation in Brazil, the Congo Basin, and Europe

open access: yesRegulation &Governance, EarlyView.
ABSTRACT The 2023 European Union Regulation on Deforestation‐free Products (EUDR) is a transnational regulation aimed at addressing forest loss along the value chains of forest‐risk commodities. Grounding our analysis in new institutional theory with distinct behavioral drivers explaining actor behavior, and using qualitative methods, we draw on the ...
Mathias Cramm   +11 more
wiley   +1 more source

Natural Resources and Political Patronage in Africa: An Ethnicity Level Analysis

open access: yesReview of Development Economics, EarlyView.
ABSTRACT We investigate the effect of resource discoveries on ethnicity‐level political patronage in Africa using a large geospatial dataset of 254 ethnic groups in 15 countries over the period 1960–2004. We find that the first (or single first) resource discovery in a virgin ethnic homeland increases the share of cabinet posts of that ethnicity.
Sambit Bhattacharyya, Nemera Mamo
wiley   +1 more source

Les arbres utiles du Gabon

open access: yes, 2015
The Gabonese forest includes several hundred species of trees. A handful are very well known, many are much less so, and some are still anonymous.
Meunier, Quentin   +2 more
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Deteriorating Mental Well‐Being of the Young in the UK

open access: yesScottish Journal of Political Economy, EarlyView.
ABSTRACT Using several data sets for the UK we track rising perceptions of mental well‐being among the working‐age population in the UK. The trend is apparent among all age groups and for men and women, but it is most pronounced among the young, and especially young women aged under 25.
David G. Blanchflower   +2 more
wiley   +1 more source

From Expansion to Erosion: The Global Trajectory of Judicial Independence, 1960–2018

open access: yesSociological Forum, EarlyView.
ABSTRACT Judicial independence expanded globally throughout the twentieth century, but this trajectory has recently come under pressure. In recent years, governments around the world have increasingly challenged judicial autonomy. This study unpacks this global reversal by analyzing data from 156 states between 1960 and 2018.
Nir Rotem
wiley   +1 more source

Le Congo au temps des grandes compagnies concessionnaires 1898-1930. Tome 2

open access: yes, 2001
L'ancienne Afrique Équatoriale Française (AEF), que recouvrent actuellement les territoires du Gabon, du Congo-Brazzaville et de la République Centrafricaine, est passée en trente ans d'un état de type traditionnel à une situation d'économie coloniale ...
Catherine Coquery-Vidrovitch
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Returned but Not Restored: Experiences of Health and Access to Care Among Return Migrants in Sub‐Saharan Africa—A Scoping Review

open access: yesTropical Medicine &International Health, EarlyView.
ABSTRACT Introduction Return migrants form a diverse group, ranging from highly skilled to low‐skilled workers, who travel by regular or irregular migration routes and experience differing levels of physical and mental harm during transit and at destination.
Sif Sofie Vange   +6 more
wiley   +1 more source

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