Report of the Mission to the Democratic Republic of Congo [PDF]
, 2009 From the 21st of September to the 1st of October, 2008, the African Women's Development Fund (AWDF) in conjunction with the Open Society Initiative for Southern Africa (OSISA), Global Fund for Women and women's right's activists from Guinea, Swaziland ...
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Fertility in the Democratic Republic of Congo [PDF]
In this paper we examine and discuss estimates of fertility in the Democratic Republic of the Congo (DRC). Currently, the United Nations estimates that the country's total fertility rate is 6.7, and national sources provide an even higher estimate of 7.3.
Shapiro, David, Tambashe, B. Oleko
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Poverty Lines as Context Deflators in the DRC. A methodology to account for contextual differences [PDF]
In this paper we present a specific methodology to make spatial well-being and poverty assessments based on expenditure data to some extent sensitive to contextual aspects other than price differentials.
Marivoet, Wim
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A global approach for a dictionary of Lingála: from the localization of software to a lemmatization strategy [PDF]
, 2011 Lingála is the national language spoken in Kinshasa, the capital of the country. Even if this language is going through a straightforward empowering process, its progress is still hindered by the lack of terminological and lexicographic tools; hence the ...
Sene Mongaba, Bienvenu
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Economic integration in the lower Congo region : opening the Kinshasa-Brazzaville bottleneck [PDF]
This working paper assesses cross-border economic integration in the Lower Congo region. It focuses on the Kinshasa-Brazzaville conurbation, which is projected to become Africa's largest urban area by 2025, and is already serving as the gateway to large ...
Brulhart, Marius, Hoppe, Mombert
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Pan-African Journal of Health and Environmental ScienceBackground: Kinshasa’s urban and peri-urban areas have limited access to water, hygiene, and sanitation. SDG 6 calls for universal and equitable access to WASH by 2030.
Gilbert Nganga +2 more
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Human Security: Does Normative Europe Need a New Strategic Narrative? [PDF]
, 2007 Alongside a sustained debate about the role of the EU in the international system and the nature of its power as an external actor, foreign and security policy making continues to reflect an awkward mixture of civilian, military and normative instruments,
Martin, Mary.
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Addiction to pornography among teenagers in Kinshasa and its determinants
Journal of Social SciencesThe aim of this research was to evaluate pornography addiction in a sample of 405 adolescents in the city of Kinshasa, as well as its explanatory factors.
MWENZI, Jonathan Enguta +2 more
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Neurological, Cognitive, and Psychological Findings Among Survivors of Ebola Virus Disease From the 1995 Ebola Outbreak in Kikwit, Democratic Republic of Congo: A Cross-sectional Study. [PDF]
, 2019 BackgroundClinical sequelae of Ebola virus disease (EVD) have not been described more than 3 years postoutbreak. We examined survivors and close contacts from the 1995 Ebola outbreak in Kikwit, Democratic Republic of Congo (DRC), and determined ...
Bjornson, Zach +15 more
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La contribution du marketing dans les écoles privées de la ville de Kinshasa : Cas de la commune de Lingwala [PDF]
Mouvements et Enjeux SociauxComme on le sait bien, face à la mondialisation et à la concurrence, les écoles privées cherchent de plus en plus à appliquer des principes et des outils de marketing inspirés des affaires pour mieux répondre aux pressions extérieures et fonctionner de ...
Leprince NKWAHATA MASANGATA
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