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20 Years of Inspiring, Empowering, and Advancing Women! [PDF]

open access: yes, 2017
20 Years of Inspiring, Empowering, and Advancing Women! Over the last two decades, we have witnessed tremendous local, national, and international changes. The world is more accessible as a result of technology and the global economy.
Davis, Geena   +3 more
core   +1 more source

Aid to Fight AIDS: An Empirical Analysis of HIV‐Specific Development Aid Effectiveness

open access: yesScottish Journal of Political Economy, EarlyView.
ABSTRACT Using an excludable instrument for HIV‐specific aid, we investigate its effectiveness on HIV outcomes viz., prevalence and death rates. We theorize that HIV‐specific aid fills the funding gap that prevents governments from committing adequate resources to effectively address the epidemic.
Derek Nolan   +1 more
wiley   +1 more source

3. U.S. Current Account Deficits and the Dollar Standard’s Sustainability: A Monetary Approach

open access: yesThe Future of the Dollar, 2019
Economists have failed rather dismally to construct convincing theoretical models of why the seemingly endless US current account deficits are sustained by a seemingly endless willingness of the rest of the world to acquire dollar assets. Reflecting this
R. Mckinnon
semanticscholar   +1 more source

Wildfire risk and municipal bond yields

open access: yesJournal of Risk and Insurance, Volume 93, Issue 1, Page 118-162, March 2026.
Abstract Wildfires increased in frequency and severity over the past 30 years, raising the exposure of municipalities. We study whether municipal bond yields reflect wildfire risk and find that the municipal bond market begins pricing wildfire risk around 2000.
Thomas R. Berry‐Stölzle, Yi Hao
wiley   +1 more source

Evolution of Production Specialization and Factor Accumulation in Sub‐Saharan and North Africa

open access: yesReview of Development Economics, Volume 30, Issue 1, Page 518-548, February 2026.
ABSTRACT Despite trade liberalization and regional economic integration policies, the level of trade and specialization in Africa is stagnating. This long‐term observation contrasts with recent developments in Africa since the 2000s. This study aims to assess how changes in factor endowments affect the specialization pattern of production, exploring ...
Rimvie Enoc Kaboré
wiley   +1 more source

A Systematic Review on the Economic Burden of the Most Prevalent Infectious Diseases in West Africa

open access: yesHealth Science Reports, Volume 9, Issue 1, January 2026.
ABSTRACT Background and Aim Infectious diseases, including malaria, tuberculosis, cholera, and Lassa fever, pose a significant public health and economic challenge in West Africa. The financial burden includes direct medical costs (hospitalization, medication, diagnostics), nonmedical costs (transportation, food, caregiving), and indirect costs (loss ...
Kofi Afriyie Nyamekye   +3 more
wiley   +1 more source

Assessing policy dialogues and the role of context: Liberian case study before and during the Ebola outbreak

open access: yesBMC Health Services Research, 2016
BackgroundIn the last decade participatory approaches have gained prominence in policy-making, becoming the focus of good policy-making processes.
J. Nabyonga-Orem   +2 more
semanticscholar   +1 more source

Disciplining Desire: Rethinking Racial Capitalism Through Black Queer Resistance

open access: yesSociology Compass, Volume 20, Issue 1, January 2026.
ABSTRACT In Black communities, heteronormativity installs the belief that Black people are inherently straight, erasing Black Queer histories. Despite its significance, homophobia remains underexamined in racial capitalism discourse, which neglects the interplay of race, gender, sexuality, and capital.
Seon Yuzyk
wiley   +1 more source

Spartan Daily, November 2, 1992 [PDF]

open access: yes, 1992
Volume 99, Issue 46https://scholarworks.sjsu.edu/spartandaily/8330/thumbnail ...
San Jose State University, School of Journalism and Mass Communications
core   +1 more source

Does Formalization Facilitate Environmental Improvements in the Artisanal and Small‐Scale Mining Sector?

open access: yesBusiness Strategy and the Environment, Volume 34, Issue 8, Page 10962-10976, December 2025.
ABSTRACT This paper explores the link between formalization and environmental performance in the artisanal and small‐scale mining (ASM) sector, focusing on the case of sub‐Saharan Africa. The impression often conveyed by experts is that a commitment to formalizing ASM—that is, moves made to bring the sector's operations into the legal domain, where ...
Gavin Hilson   +2 more
wiley   +1 more source

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