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Female Education and Child Marriage

Review of Development Economics, EarlyView.
ABSTRACT We examine why the education of young girls has historically lagged behind that of young boys across different countries. Using data from 105 countries during 1990–2020, we discover some evidence that is consistent with the idea that parents in many traditional societies reduce investments in the primary schooling of their daughters after they
Hasan A. Faruq
wiley   +1 more source

A new reef-dwelling coral, <i>Pavona giannii</i> sp. nov. (Scleractinia, Agariciidae), with an overview of the skeletal morphology of the type specimens of the genus <i>Pavona</i>. [PDF]

Zookeys
Benzoni F.
europepmc   +1 more source

Aid to Fight AIDS: An Empirical Analysis of HIV‐Specific Development Aid Effectiveness

Scottish Journal of Political Economy, EarlyView.
ABSTRACT Using an excludable instrument for HIV‐specific aid, we investigate its effectiveness on HIV outcomes viz., prevalence and death rates. We theorize that HIV‐specific aid fills the funding gap that prevents governments from committing adequate resources to effectively address the epidemic.
Derek Nolan, Krishna Chaitanya Vadlamannati   +1 more
wiley   +1 more source

Mapping coastal transformations with a novel Cellular Automata-Markov-Random forest framework for land use change modeling. [PDF]

Sci Rep
Nikoo MR, Zarei E, Al-Wardy M.
europepmc   +1 more source

Decolonial limits to Henri Lefebvre's spatial revolution

Transactions of the Institute of British Geographers, EarlyView.
Short Abstract This commentary appreciates Hamish Kallin's (2024) account of the prospects for reconciliation of anarchist and Marxist approaches via engaging Henri Lefebvre's work, but signals equivocation about Lefebvre triggered by his depictions of colonialism, Islam and the tropics. I argue that these are inconsistent with ongoing decolonial moves
James D. Sidaway
wiley   +1 more source

A hundred species, mostly new-first assessment of ribbon worm diversity and distribution in Oman. [PDF]

PeerJ
Maslakova S, Cherneva I, Kahn E, Wong A, Paulay G.   +4 more
europepmc   +1 more source

Structural Change in Africa: The Role of North–South and South–South Trade

The World Economy, EarlyView.
ABSTRACT This paper investigates the impact of imported capital and intermediate inputs on structural change in African economies, focusing on the origin of imports—Global North versus Global South—and the moderating role of domestic absorptive capacity.
Gideon Ndubuisi, Solomon Owusu, Woubet Kassa   +2 more
wiley   +1 more source

Migration of Crab Plovers <i>Dromas ardeola</i> Wintering at Barr Al Hikman, Oman. [PDF]

Ecol Evol
Bom RA, Kwarteng AY, van Gils JA.
europepmc   +1 more source

An experimentally informed computational model of neurovestibular adaptation to altered gravity

Experimental Physiology, EarlyView.
Abstract Transitions to altered gravity environments result in acute sensorimotor impairment for astronauts, leading to serious mission and safety risks in the crucial first moments in a new setting. Our understanding of the time course and severity of impairment in the early stages of adaptation remains limited and confounded by unmonitored head ...
Victoria G. Kravets, Torin K. Clark
wiley   +1 more source

Genetic Divergence and Isolation of the Green Sea Turtle (<i>Chelonia mydas</i>) in the Red Sea. [PDF]

Ecol Evol
Scott K, He S, Hardenstine RS, Tanabe LK, Barrios-Garrido H, Jensen MP, Afiq-Rosli L, Wildermann NE, Duarte CM, Cochran JEM, Berumen ML.   +10 more
europepmc   +1 more source