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Does Digital Banking Promote Remittance Receipts? Evidence From Developing Countries

International Journal of Finance &Economics, EarlyView.
ABSTRACT In the realm of technological advancement, like many sectors, the financial sector swiftly embraced digital transformation to help facilitate financial transactions, especially remittance receipts. The digitalisation of the banking sector has made transfers and access to funds quite easier, faster, and more economical by reducing transaction ...
Syed Ali Abbas, Eliyathamby A. Selvanathan, Saroja Selvanathan   +2 more
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Medical pluralism, boundary making, and tuberculosis in Lambaréné, Gabon

Medicine Anthropology Theory, 2019
Scholars of medical pluralism are interested in how healers position themselves and their healing practices within a therapeutic landscape, and how patients navigate an array of therapeutic traditions. Based on fieldwork in Lambaréné, Gabon, this article
Anne Lia Cremers
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Characteristics of longitudinal maternal health studies in sub‐Saharan Africa: A systematic mapping of literature between 2012 and 2022

International 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, Cherlynn Dumbura, Darshnika Pemi Lakhoo, Kshama Chande, Gloria Maimela, Stanley Luchters, Matthew Chersich, for the HE2AT Center   +7 more
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Traumatic penile partial amputation of unusual occurrence: A case report

Urology Case Reports, 2022
We report the clinical case of a 9-year-old boy admitted for open trauma to the penis which occurred 3 hours before his admission by domestic accident. The child pounding vegetables, was awkwardly struck on the penis with a pestle.
N. Boumas, A. Mougougou, S. Ndang Ngou-Milama, M. Angue Nguema, J. Massandé   +4 more
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Fiscal Policy Regimes in Resource‐Rich Economies

Journal of Applied Econometrics, EarlyView.
ABSTRACT We analyse fiscal policy in resource‐rich economies using a novel Bayesian regime‐switching panel model. The identified regimes capture pro‐ or countercyclical fiscal behaviour by allowing regime‐specific shifts in the average fiscal stance, while the switches between the regimes have the interpretation of changes in fiscal policy.
Hilde C. Bjørnland, Roberto Casarin, Marco Lorusso, Francesco Ravazzolo   +3 more
wiley   +1 more source

Impact of Plasmodium falciparum infection on the frequency of moderate to severe anaemia in children below 10 years of age in Gabon. [PDF]

, 2009
BACKGROUND: Improving the understanding of childhood malarial anaemia may help in the design of appropriate management strategies. METHODS: A prospective observational study over a two-year period to assess the burden of anaemia and its relationship ...
Edgard B Ngoungou, Kombila Maryvonne, Timothy Planche, Kendjo, E, Planche, Timothy, Dzeing-Ella Arnaud, Kendjo, Eric, Eric Kendjo, Kendjo Eric, Etoughe, Diane, Arnaud Dzeing-Ella, Bouyou-Akotet Marielle K, Koko, J, Diane Etoughe, Kombila, Maryvonne, Ngoungou Edgard B, Planche, T, Maryvonne Kombila, Ngoungou, Edgard Brice, Bouyou-Akotet, MK, Kombila, M, Etoughe Diane, Dzeing-Ella, Arnaud, Planche Timothy, Dzeing-Ella, A, Etoughe, D, Bouyou-Akotet, Marielle K, Jean Koko, Koko Jean, Koko, Jean, Ngoungou, EB, Marielle K Bouyou-Akotet   +31 more
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From Empire to Aid: Analysing Persistence of Colonial Legacies in Foreign Aid to Africa

Journal 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
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African Economic Growth Revisited

Journal of International Development, EarlyView.
ABSTRACT This paper presents an updated analysis of the patterns of economic development in Africa over the last 60 years. The analysis stresses the heterogeneity of development trajectories among sub‐Saharan African (SSA) countries. We examine the joint dynamics of income and population in 35 SSA countries.
Jean‐Paul Chavas, Daniel W. Bromley
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Radiological characterization of water of rivers and lakes in the Mounana region in South-Eastern Gabon

Radiation Protection and Environment
The aim of this study, which is one of the few studies undertaken in this region in Gabon, was to determine the radioactivity levels in various lakes and rivers in the Mounana region by measuring the activity concentrations of alpha- and beta-emitter ...
Sylvere Yannick Loemba Mouandza, Philippe Ondo Meye, Wilfried Ndong, Beaud Conrad Mabika Ndjembidouma, Evaldie-Dominique Durastanti-Rabenga Mombo, Thierry Blanchard Ekogo, Germain Hubert Ben-Bolie   +6 more
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Time and Free Trade Agreements: Implications for the AfCFTA

Journal of International Development, EarlyView.
ABSTRACT This study examines how free trade agreements (FTAs) can boost economic growth by increasing trade, with clear implications for the African Continental Free Trade Agreement (AfCFTA). Our main finding is that in general, the effects of FTAs are delayed by at least 3 years on average for intra‐African trade.
Michael Olabisi, Lenis Saweda O. Liverpool‐Tasie, Evans Osabuohien   +2 more
wiley   +1 more source