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What Role Do Finance Ministers Play in Political Business Cycles? Evidence‐Based on a New African Dataset

open access: yesInternational Journal of Finance &Economics, EarlyView.
ABSTRACT This study investigates how the personal characteristics of finance ministers influence political budget cycles in Africa. Using a new dataset covering 300 finance ministers across 23 countries from 1980 to 2020, we find that political budget cycles primarily take the form of increased government consumption during election years.
Christine Olivia Strong
wiley   +1 more source

Ex Vivo Drug Susceptibility of Plasmodium malariae Isolates to Antimalarial Drugs in Gabon

open access: yesPathogens
Plasmodium malariae is a neglected human malaria parasite despite its global distribution and propensity for persistent, sub-microscopic infections, which are associated with a mild but significant disease burden. Artemisinin-based therapies appear to be
Yudi T. Pinilla   +9 more
doaj   +1 more source

An overview of anti-diabetic plants used in Gabon: Pharmacology and Toxicology [PDF]

open access: yes, 2018
© 2017 Elsevier B.V. All rights reserved.Ethnopharmacological relevance: The management of diabetes mellitus management in African communities, especially in Gabon, is not well established as more than 60% of population rely on traditional treatments as ...
A. Souza   +374 more
core   +4 more sources

Characteristics of longitudinal maternal health studies in sub‐Saharan Africa: A systematic mapping of literature between 2012 and 2022

open access: yesInternational Journal of Gynecology &Obstetrics, Volume 169, Issue 1, Page 51-62, April 2025.
Abstract Background High maternal mortality rates in sub‐Saharan Africa necessitate the need for aligned research focusing on prevalent causes and neglected conditions in the region. Objective This mapping review aimed to describe the characteristics of longitudinal maternal health studies between 2012 and 2022 in sub‐Saharan Africa and identify gaps ...
Ijeoma Solarin   +7 more
wiley   +1 more source

Decrease on malaria clinical cases from 2017 to 2019 in Franceville, Southeast Gabon, Central Africa

open access: yesJournal of Public Health in Africa, 2023
Background: In Gabon, malaria remains a major public health problem. All malaria cases with axillary temperature ≥ 37.5°C with a parasites density ≥ 1200/μL are serious cases and must be treated as a medical emergency.
Larson Boundenga   +8 more
doaj   +1 more source

Report on the mission to SIAT Gabon, 7 to 19 December 2006 [PDF]

open access: yes, 2007
The purpose of the mission was to make a phytosanitary inspection of the Mitzic estate, make recommendations for controlling leaf diseases, draw up an experimental protocol for ULV defoliant treatment and propose a system of general foliage monitoring at
Guyot, Jean
core  

Human African trypanosomiasis : the current situation in endemic regions and the risks for non-endemic regions from imported cases [PDF]

open access: yes, 2020
Human African trypanosomiasis (HAT) is caused by Trypanosoma brucei gambiense and T. b. rhodesiense and caused devastating epidemics during the 20th century. Due to effective control programs implemented in the last two decades, the number of reported
Gao, J-M   +5 more
core   +2 more sources

From Empire to Aid: Analysing Persistence of Colonial Legacies in Foreign Aid to Africa

open access: yesJournal of International Development, EarlyView.
ABSTRACT For decades now, Western development agencies and donors have been castigated for their colonial biases in providing aid to Africa. It is well established that donors provide considerably more foreign aid to their former colonies relative to other countries.
Swetha Ramachandran
wiley   +1 more source

Macro- and microstructural issues in Mazuna lexicography [PDF]

open access: yes, 2009
All the works in Mazuna lexicography have a common denominator: they are translation dictionaries biased towards French and were compiled by Catholic and Protestant missionaries or colonial administrators.
Mavoungou, Paul Achille
core  

Comparing the Last Interglacial (MIS 5e) with the present interglacial period (MIS 1) using a multidimensional functional diversity analysis: The marine molluscs from Santa Maria Island (Azores Archipelago, central Atlantic) as a case study

open access: yesJournal of Quaternary Science, EarlyView.
ABSTRACT Marine fossil records hold outstanding importance for ecological, evolutionary and biogeographical studies. Santa Maria Island in the Azores Archipelago (central Atlantic) features a remarkable marine fossil record spanning from the Pliocene to recent times.
Sérgio P. Ávila   +16 more
wiley   +1 more source

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