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Food, Affluence and the Consumption Basket*

Economic Papers: A journal of applied economics and policy, EarlyView.
There are significant disparities across nations in incomes and spending. For example, consumers in the poorest countries spend more than half of their income on food, while in the richest, this is one‐tenth or less. We use data from the International Comparison Program for 176 countries to estimate cross‐country demand equations focusing on food and ...
Hai Long Vo, Kenneth W. Clements
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Evaluating the Quality of School Health Services in Secondary Schools Within Gbarain/Ekpetiama Clan, Bayelsa State, Nigeria.

International Journal of Medical Students
BACKGROUND: The Gbarain/Ekpetiama clan is located in Bayelsa State, Nigeria, within the Niger Delta region, predominantly inhabited by the Ijaw people.
Tonte Nyingifa, Monica Anurika Gbuchie, Deborah Oboli, Oluchi Mkpae   +3 more
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A hybrid AI model integrating LSTM, XGBoost, and K-means for interpretable prediction and clustering of water quality in data-scarce regions

Discover Civil Engineering
Water quality degradation in data-scarce and pollution-prone regions such as the Niger Delta poses serious health and ecological risks. Traditional monitoring methods are limited by cost, temporal gaps, and lack of interpretability. This study develops a
Prince Chukwuemeka, Okes Imoni, Felicia Chinwe Mogo, Desmond R. Eteh, Tarinabo William, Becky P. Bamiekumo, Francis Omonefe, Nelvin E. Agbozu, Omabuwa O. Mene-Ejegi, Obinna Ihekona, Charles U. Akajiaku, Mayen Ben-Koko   +11 more
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An analysis of Nigerian freshwater fishes: those under threat and conservation options [PDF]

, 2005
The study assessed qualitatively the threat status of all nigerian freshwater fishes using such criteria as rarity, size at maturity, mode of reproduction, human population density, habitat degradation, pollution and range of each species among others ...
Bankole, N.O., Olaosebikan, B.D.
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Mammal Responses to Habitat Degradation Induced by Cashew Expansion in West Africa

Animal Conservation, EarlyView.
Relationships between (a) estimated mammal species richness, (b) overall mammal species photographic rate, (c) carnivore photographic rate, (d) insectivore photographic rate, (e) omnivore photographic rate and (f) herbivore photographic rate and the local habitat characteristics as denoted by the scores of the first component of the Principal Component
Daniel Na Mone, Isnaba Nhassé, João Soares, Raquel de Oliveira, Manuel Lopes‐Lima, Luís Palma, Ana Filipa Palmeirim   +6 more
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Animals and animal products as medicines: A survey of Epie-Atissa and Ogbia people of Bayelsa State, Nigeria [PDF]

Journal of Pharmacy & Pharmacognosy Research, 2018
Context: The importance of traditional medicine cannot be over emphasized as a quarter of prescription drugs globally are natural based. In this type of medicine, plants are mixed together or are sometimes used in combination with other materials such as
Gideon O. Alade, Arueniobebh Frank, Kola’ K. Ajibesin   +2 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
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Climate shocks, democratization and (a culture of) cooperation

Economica, EarlyView.
Abstract While the direct economic effects of adverse climate shocks are well known, their indirect institutional impact is still poorly understood. To clarify this, we test the idea that adverse climate shocks push time‐inconsistent elites to enact inclusive political institutions, and non‐elites to embrace strong norms of cooperation.
Giacomo Benati, Carmine Guerriero
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A critical discourse analysis of representations of the Niger Delta conflict in four prominent Western anglophone newspapers [PDF]

, 2013
This thesis explores the manner in which the conflict in the oil-rich Niger Delta in Nigeria is represented in western Anglophone media. Large oil reserves in the Niger Delta have contributed millions of dollars towards the growth of Nigeria's export ...
Mushwana, Tinyiko
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Has the Euro Paid Off? A Study of the Trade‐Induced Welfare Effects of the EMU

Journal of Money, Credit and Banking, EarlyView.
Abstract This paper aims to provide policy‐relevant insights into the effect of the euro on trade. It uses a new data set of bilateral international and intranational manufacturing trade flows for 69 countries over the period 1986−2016. A general equilibrium gravity model is estimated to quantify the welfare effect of the euro and its impact on ...
Silviano Esteve‐Pérez, Salvador Gil‐Pareja, Rafael Llorca‐Vivero, Jordi Paniagua   +3 more
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