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Do Sovereign‐Environmental, Social and Governance (S‐ESG) Commitments Promote Financial Inclusion?

Thunderbird International Business Review, EarlyView.
ABSTRACT Given the need to respect humanity, the environment, and society, and the progressive development of social responsibility, environmental, social and governance (ESG) commitments and the need for ethical and sustainable finance, this paper aims to examine the impact of sovereign ESG on financial inclusion (FI).
Inès Gharbi, Simplice A. Asongu, Aïda Kammoun   +2 more
wiley   +1 more source

The impact on employer operating costs of low cost health insurance including an HIV/treatment benefit: results of a study of five employers in Namibia [PDF]

, 2010
This repository item contains a single issue of the Health and Development Discussion Papers, an informal working paper series that began publishing in 2002 by the Boston University Center for Global Health and Development.
Beukes, Crystal, De Beer, Ingrid, Feeley, Frank   +2 more
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Pickin' up good vibrations: a systematic review of footfall detection and analysis in the realm of wildlife surveying

Wildlife Biology, EarlyView.
Exploration of new wildlife surveying methodologies that leverage advances in sensor technology and machine learning has led to tentative research into the application of seismology techniques. This, most commonly, involves the deployment of a footfall trap – a seismic sensor and data logger customised for wildlife footfall.
Benjamin J. Blackledge, Luigi La Spada, Robert A. Briers, Niamh M. McHugh, Patrick J. C. White   +4 more
wiley   +1 more source

Policy process analysis: Advocacy coalitions in the Namibian electricity market reform

Energy Strategy Reviews
This study explores the policy process in the Namibian Electricity Supply Industry in relation to the development of the Modified Single Buyer market model.
Andreas Tangeni Ndapuka, Tom Wanjekeche, Matheus M. Kanime   +2 more
doaj   +1 more source

No. 26: The Supermarket Revolution and Food Security in Namibia [PDF]

, 2017
The surprisingly high rate of supermarket patronage in low-income areas of Windhoek, Namibia’s capital and largest city, is at odds with conventional wisdom that supermarkets in African cities are primarily patronized by middle and high-income residents ...
Crush, Jonathan, Kazembe, Lawrence, Nickanor, Ndeyapo, Wagner, Jeremy   +3 more
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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

Women's Off‐Farm Employment and Dietary Quality in Rural Africa

Journal of Agricultural Economics, EarlyView.
ABSTRACT Most households in rural Africa are involved in smallholder farming, but off‐farm employment is an important additional income source for many. Previous research has analysed links between off‐farm employment and well‐being, but mostly at the household level, not considering that household members may be affected differently.
Chrispinus Mutsami, Martin C. Parlasca, Matin Qaim   +2 more
wiley   +1 more source

Emotional and environmental factors affecting first-year university students at a public university in Namibia

International Journal of Studies in Psychology
This study This study explored environmental and emotional factors affecting first-year public university students. It also determined the strategies used by the university management to support these students when facing these factors.
Tautiko Prisca Shikongo, Anna Niitembu Hako   +1 more
doaj   +1 more source

Does Rodent Management Impact the Distribution of Rattus rattus and Mastomys natalensis in Village Settings?

Integrative Zoology, EarlyView.
Ecological differences between species may result in differential impacts of control measures. Our experimental study showed that intensive removal of rodents from houses (mostly Rattus rattus) resulted in increased use of houses by Mastomys natalensis, a species usually found outdoors. Our results suggest that M.
Herieth Mkomwa, Rhodes Makundi, Steven R. Belmain, Aurore Ponchon, Mwajabu Selemani, Alfan A. Rija, Marcela P. A. Espinaze, Sandra Telfer   +7 more
wiley   +1 more source

Measuring Institutions: Indicators of Political and Economic Institutions in Namibia: 1884 - 2008 [PDF]

This paper presents a database on institutional measures for Namibia for the period 1884 to 2008. Using the techniques of principal components and factor analysis in aggregating these indicators, the study does two things.
B.P. Zaaruka, J.W. Fedderke
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