Paving the way for development?: The impact of transport infrastructure on agricultural production and poverty reduction in the Democratic Republic of Congo [PDF]
Given its vast land resources and favorable water supply, the Democratic Republic of Congo's (DRC's) natural agricultural potential is immense. However, the economic potential of the sector is handicapped by one of the most dilapidated transport systems ...
Funes, Jose +3 more
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South Kivu: identity, territory, and power in the eastern Congo [PDF]
, 2013 This Usalama report by Koen Vlassenroot outlines the historical dynamics behind the armed movements in South Kivu, focusing on the period before and leading up to the First Congo War.
Vlassenroot, Koen
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Kolwezi : l'espace habité et ses problèmes dans le premier centre minier du Zaïre [PDF]
, 1986 Ville jeune, Kolwezi fut créée en 1937 sur de très riches gisements de cuivre et de cobalt, et reste le premier centre industriel et minier du Zaïre.
Bruneau, Jean Claude, Mansila, Fu Kiau
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Réforme douanière néolibérale, fragilité étatique et pluralisme normatif: le cas du guichet unique à Kasumbalesa [PDF]
, 2013 As a result of the fact that the Congolese government has agreed to embark on a neoliberal project aiming to reform and modernize the country’s customs services, Kasumbalesa, a booming border town on the international frontier between Congo and Zambia ...
Cuvelier, Jeroen +1 more
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The French in Lubumbashi : uses and representations
, 2015 The town of Lubumbashi lives a complex situation characterized by the coexistence of numerous languages sharing the same linguistic market: the ethnic language with the identity vocation and with limited usage, national language with a vehicular function and the official French language spoken by a reduced number of city-dwellers.
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A Qualitative Assessment of the Private Sector Antimalarial Distribution Chain in the Democratic Republic of Congo, 2010 [PDF]
, 2012 In Democratic Republic of Congo (DRC), as in many low-income countries, private commercial providers play an important role in the treatment of malaria.
ActwatchGroup +7 more
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Rapport d'analyse et table de valeur bromatologique de catΘgorie des poissons trouvΘs sur les marchΘs de poisson α Lubumbashi, RΘpublique DΘmocratique du Congo [PDF]
Le poisson est trΦs capital dans lÆalimentation α Lubumbashi, en RΘpublique DΘmocratique du Congo (RDC), et on trouve des diffΘrentes catΘgories sur les marchΘs de Lubumbashi.
Hâ¿sken, S.M.C. +2 more
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Urban agriculture and food security in the city of Lubumbashi (DRC). [PDF]
, 2010 The aim of this study is to find out whether or not urban farming is a response to food insecurity in the post-Gécamines era at the household level. This period is characterized by acute economic crisis at a time of rapid population growth and increasing
Tambwe, Nyumbaiza
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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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