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Pentecostalism and development in Kibera informal settlement, Nairobi

, 2012
This article outlines one of the activities organised by an international Evangelical faith-based development organisation (FBDO) working in the Kibera informal settlement, an area that attracts large numbers of development practitioners, including FBDOs
Deacon, Gregory, Deacon, G
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The deprivations and inequalities based on settlement typologies and urban form: the case of Addis Ababa, Ethiopia

TeMA: Journal of Land Use, Mobility and Environment
Informal settlement is the physical expression of inequalities and deprivations, as it indicates the failure of housing policy and the resultant gaps in living conditions.
Gizachew Berhanu Gelet, Solomon Mulugeta Woldemikael, Ephrem Gebremariam Beyene, Aramde Fetene, Daniel Tesfaw Mengistu   +4 more
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Physical Analysis of Formal and Informal Integration in Urban Riverside Settlement

Mimbar, 2017
The concept of this research toward sustainability development, it focuses on avaibality of human settlement. One of the primary goals in human settlement in a city development. Most of settlement in Indonesia is located close to the river.
Noor Hamidah, R. Rijanta, Bakti Setiawan, Muh. Aris Marfai   +3 more
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Dryland nature based solutions for informal settlement upgrading schemes in Africa [PDF]

, 2020
Upgrading schemes are increasingly used by city and national governments to address rapid unplanned peri-urban growth, improve infrastructure services and living conditions, and enhance resilience to climate change for the most marginalised vulnerable ...
Marchant, Robert, Ajala, Olayinka Adebayo, Kavonic, Jessica, Ajala, Olakinka, Cinderby, Steve, Thorn, Jessica, Delgado, Guillermo, Thorn, Jessica Paula Rose, Hejnowicz, Adam Peter, Shackleton, Sheona, Muller, Anna   +10 more
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The rise of informal entrepreneurs in Zimbabwe: evidence of economic growth or failure of economic policies? [PDF]

, 2013
This paper investigates whether the rise in the number of informalentrepreneurs in Zimbabwe is linked to economic growth or failed governmentpolicies. It argues that for the past 30 years informal economic activities haveproliferated at an unprecedented ...
Ndiweni, Esinath, Verhoeven, Hendrika Ariaantje Lena   +1 more
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How Video‐Based Information Affects Farmers' Willingness to Pay for Drone Services

Applied Economic Perspectives and Policy, EarlyView.
ABSTRACT Professional service for digital technology like agricultural drones lowers transaction costs and scope thresholds for smallholders. Meanwhile, perceptual adoption barriers remain underexplored. We conduct a two‐stage choice experiment with a randomized video‐based information treatment among 384 Chinese crop farmers to measure its effect on ...
Hua Zhang, Lena Kuhn, Hang Xiong, Zhanli Sun, Thomas Glauben   +4 more
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Do Politically Motivated Import Bans Leave Lasting Scars? Evidence From Australian–Chinese Beef Trade

Agribusiness, EarlyView.
ABSTRACT In May 2020, China abruptly suspended imports from several major Australian beef processors, escalating a diplomatic dispute between the two countries. This trade measure disrupted one of the largest beef export relationships in the world almost overnight.
K. Aleks Schaefer, Youngjune Kim
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Pesticide MRLs as Trade Barriers: Evidence From Vietnam's Coffee and Rice Exporters

Agribusiness, EarlyView.
ABSTRACT As tariffs have declined globally through bilateral and regional trade agreements, food safety standards have emerged as significant determinants of agricultural trade flows. This study examines the impact of maximum residue limits (MRLs) for five pesticides—Azoxystrobin, Chlorpyrifos, Chlorantraniliprole, Clothianidin, and Cyhalothrin—on ...
Nhat Mai Nguyen, Hoa‐Thi‐Minh Nguyen, Kaliappa Kalirajan   +2 more
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Dasymetric Mapping of Population Using Urban Settlement-Focused LULC Classification: A Comparative Evaluation of Random Forest, OBIA, and Hybrid OBIA-RF Methods [PDF]

ISPRS Annals of the Photogrammetry, Remote Sensing and Spatial Information Sciences
Urbanization of cities introduces growth of population in urban settlements, formal and informal. However, these informal settlements commonly go unrecorded due to legal threats, thus the scarcity of data.
Y. A. D. Sunga, A. M. B. Capucion, G. D. S. Palma, J. C. Uy, J. B. Babaan-Mabaquiao   +4 more
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Participatory Monitoring and Evaluation in the provision of sanitation services in a South African Informal Settlement: A Case study of Isiqalo Area, in Cape Town

, 2023
Magister Administrationis - MAdminThe study investigates the efficacy of participatory monitoring and evaluation about sanitation service delivery rendered by the City of Cape Town in the Isiqalo informal settlement.
Magadla, Noluvuyo
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