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High stakes and low bars: How international recognition shapes the conduct of civil wars [PDF]

open access: yes, 2018
When rebel groups engage incumbent governments in war for control of the state, questions of international recognition arise. International recognition determines which combatants can draw on state assets, receive overt military aid, and borrow as ...
Azevedo Mario J.   +25 more
core   +2 more sources

Living standards and forced labour: A comparative study of colonial Africa, 1918–74

open access: yesThe Economic History Review, Volume 78, Issue 4, Page 1039-1067, November 2025.
Abstract Despite significant advances in the quantitative study of African history, the Portuguese colonial empire remains an underexplored topic. This paper provides the first quantitative assessment of worker living standards in Angola and Mozambique, contextualized within a broader comparison of colonial African empires.
Leo Dolan
wiley   +1 more source

Purification of residual glycerol recovered from biodiesel production

open access: yesSouth African Journal of Chemical Engineering, 2019
Transesterification is the most widely used reaction in the production of biodiesel. It involves the breaking of the triglyceride structure and the exchange of alkyl groups with the hydroxide groups of the alcohol to obtain the new ester (biodiesel).
Fernando D. Pitt   +2 more
doaj   +1 more source

How public policy can drive business internationalization in Africa [PDF]

open access: yes, 2018
Public policy at national and regional levels in Africa can play a significant role in enabling entrepreneurs and their enterprises to operate across national boundaries, a process technically referred to as internationalization.
Goncalves, Marcus
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The Struggle Against Air Pollution in African Megacities and the Hidden Problems for the Estimation of the Burden of Disease

open access: yesGlobal Challenges, Volume 9, Issue 10, October 2025.
Africa's world fastest growing population and unregulated rapid urbanization and industrialization are posing serious air quality challenges. This perspective discusses the barriers to effective air quality monitoring and regulation, highlighting the need for well‐designed frameworks to support sustainable development, improve public health, and reduce
Vasileios N Matthaios   +4 more
wiley   +1 more source

Factores condicionantes da dádiva benévola de sangue em estudantes universitários em Luanda [PDF]

open access: yes, 2010
A proporção de colheitas de dadores voluntários pode ser usada como indicador não só do potencial de disponibilidade de sangue mas também da sua segurança. Em Luanda, Angola, a dádiva voluntária correspondeu a cerca de 23% das dádivas em 2004.
Condeço, Jorge   +3 more
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Reasons and circumstances for the late notification of Acute Flaccid Paralysis (AFP) cases in health facilities in Luanda

open access: yesThe Pan African Medical Journal, 2014
INTRODUCTION: As the polio eradication effort enters the end game stage, surveillance for Acute Flaccid Paralysis in children becomes a pivotal tool. Thus given the gaps in AFP surveillance as identified in the cases of late notification, this study was ...
Arciolanda Macama   +9 more
doaj   +1 more source

Luanda Leaks – A Conceptual Approach

open access: yes, 2020
The international Media in the last days is giving news about a possible appropriation of money belonging to Angola State in advantage of a misconduct of the PR of Angola, favouring a familiar. I believe necessary to make a framework of the conceptual definitions about the facts announced by the media in order to make an opinion about what it is ...
openaire   +1 more source

African gateways : measuring airline connectivity change for Africa's global urban networks in the 2003-2009 period [PDF]

open access: yes, 2012
This paper studies the globalization of major African cities through their changing insertion in global airline networks. As such, the paper adds to a growing body of literature that analyzes the role of infrastructure in the formation of world-city ...
Bassens, David   +4 more
core   +1 more source

Dietary Diversity in Pregnant Women and Its Association With Household Food Security in Rural Southern Angola

open access: yesMaternal &Child Nutrition, Volume 21, Issue 4, October 2025.
Only 7% of pregnant women in rural South Angola reached the minimum dietary diversity for women. Food insecurity measured by Food Insecurity Experience Scale and by the Household Dietary Diversity Score was above 70%, but the association with women dietary diversity varied depending on the indicator used. ABSTRACT Dietary diversity in pregnant women is
Rocio Martin‐Cañavate   +9 more
wiley   +1 more source

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