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Global Inequality of Opportunity in Education Decreased During the 20th Century

The British Journal of Sociology, EarlyView.
ABSTRACT We document changes in global inequality of opportunity in education for women and men born between 1941 and 1983, using individual‐level census and survey data on 46.7 million individuals from 95 countries, representing all major regions of the world.
Michael Grätz, Mobarak Hossain, Martina Beretta   +2 more
wiley   +1 more source

Scenario‐Based Guidance for International Growth Standards (GIGS): For Whom, When, and How to Apply the INTERGROWTH‐21st and WHO Child Growth Standards

BJOG: An International Journal of Obstetrics &Gynaecology, EarlyView.
ABSTRACT Objective To demonstrate when, for whom, and how to apply the INTERGROWTH−21st (IG‐21st) and WHO Child Growth Standards (WHO GS) using a scenario‐based approach with illustrations utilising a sub‐set of data from a multi‐country low birthweight infant prospective cohort.
Eric O. Ohuma, Simon R. Parker, Sara Strout, Bancy Ngatia, Linda Vesel   +4 more
wiley   +1 more source

Aquaculture for African smallholders [PDF]

Small scale aquaculture, Integrated farming, Aquaculture systems, Appropriate technology, Malawi,
Brummett, R.E., Noble, R.
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Implications for Newborn and Child Growth Classification Using INTERGROWTH‐21st and WHO Child Growth Standards

BJOG: An International Journal of Obstetrics &Gynaecology, EarlyView.
ABSTRACT Objective The aim of this study was to assess how the use of the WHO Child Growth Standards (WHO GS) and the INTERGROWTH‐21st Standards (IG‐21st) affect the classification and interpretation of growth trajectories. Design A secondary data analysis of an observational cohort study.
Linda Vesel, Sara Strout, Simon Parker, Audencio Victor, Bancy Ngatia, Eric O. Ohuma   +5 more
wiley   +1 more source

Effects of Green Finance on Economic Growth and Renewable Energy in Developing Countries: A Panel Cointegration Analysis

Natural Resources Forum, EarlyView.
ABSTRACT This empirical study examines the impact of green finance on economic growth and renewable energy in a group of 76 developing nations in 2010–2019. Results from a cointegration analysis, vector error correction model, and Granger causality test confirm a cointegrating relationship between green finance, renewable energy, economic growth, and ...
Xuan‐Hoa Nghiem, Walid Bakry, Girijasankar Mallik   +2 more
wiley   +1 more source

Unraveling Occurrence Patterns and Diversity of Avian Malaria Parasites in Iberian Obligate and Facultative Scavenger Birds

Integrative Zoology, EarlyView.
Low overall haemosporidian occurrence (3.4%; 13/383). Unexpected high lineage diversity (10 new host–parasite interactions). Novel Leucocytozoon lineage (GYPBAR01) in all European vultures except the griffon vulture. Plasmodium relictum (lineage SGS1) in adult red kites.
Pilar Oliva‐Vidal, Jaime Muriel, Alfonso Marzal, Grethell Mabel López del Aguila, José María Martínez, Antoni Margalida   +5 more
wiley   +1 more source

Governance and institutional changes in fisheries : issues and priorities for research [PDF]

Policy, Fishery policy, Cambodia, Bangladesh, Philippines, Malawi, Mozambique,
Ahmed, M., Kanagaratnam, U., Muir, J., Siar, S.V.   +3 more
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Rural land rental markets in developing countries: Can survey design innovations improve land market participation statistics?

American Journal of Agricultural Economics, EarlyView.
Abstract A longstanding puzzle in the African land rental market literature is the often‐observed discrepancy between the number of tenants (renters‐in) and the much smaller number of landlords (renters‐out) in survey data. If this discrepancy derives from systematic biases in survey data responses on rental market participation, then the existing body
Gashaw T. Abate, Kibrom A. Abay, Jordan Chamberlin, Samuel Sebsibie   +3 more
wiley   +1 more source

Spatial and temporal risk mapping of human and porcine Taenia solium infections in Malawi: a systematic review and geostatistical approach. [PDF]

One Health Outlook
Ngwili N, Kachepa U, Ahimbisibwe S, Korir M, Chavula M, Wood C, Chiphwanya J, Kafanikhale H, Glazer C, Juziwelo L, Munkhondia-Phiri P, Musaya J, Thomas LF, Dixon MA.   +13 more
europepmc   +1 more source

The political consequences of Africa's mobile revolution

American Journal of Political Science, EarlyView.
Abstract What are the political consequences of rising domestic connectivity? I study this question in Sub‐Saharan Africa, asking how mobile technology shapes public opinion in geographically isolated communities. For remote rural populations, mobile devices increase contact with physically distant social networks, through regular phone calls with ...
Alex Yeandle
wiley   +1 more source